Madhya Pradesh government grants leave to police personnel to watch The Kashmir Files
Madhya Pradesh government on Monday granted leaves to the states police personnel to watch the Vivek Agnihotri’s The Kashmir Files which is receiving an amazing responses from the audience after its release on Friday.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, the Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra said that all policemen in Madhya Pradesh will be given leave to watch Vivek Agnihotri’s film ‘The Kashmir Files’ whenever they choose to do so with their families.
However, the instructions have been given to the Director-General of Police Sudhir Saxena for the same. He thinks that it is a very good film an a major role is played by an actor from Bhopal in the film, Mishra said.
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Earlier on Sunday, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had exempted from entertainment tax in Madhya Pradesh. Urging the people of the states to watch out the film, the Chouhan tweeted that the film is a heart-wrenching narration of the pain, suffering, struggle, and trauma faced by Kashmiri Hindus in the 90s. The movie needs to be watched by maximum people, hence the state government has decided to make it tax-free, he wrote in his tweet.
Written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri and produced by Zee Studios, the Anupam Kher starrer film is being discussed across the country as it is based on the exodus and killings of Kashmiri Pandits. The movie also stars Darshan Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi among others.
