Kashmir Files maker Vivek Agnihotri sends legal notice to Mamata Banerjee: ‘People trying to silence me’
2 min read . Updated: 09 May 2023, 06:23 PM IST
PremiumThe legal notice was issued one day after Vivek Agnihotri said that he is mulling over the idea of filing a case against the West Bengal Chief Minister for calling 'The Kashmir Files' propaganda
Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri sent a legal notice to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday for her “false and highly defamatory statements" against his blockbuster film ‘The Kashmir Files. Vivek Agnihotri said that he had a very difficult one year after the release of his film and people are trying to silence him.
“BREAKING: I have, alongwith @AbhishekOfficl & Pallavi Joshi, sent a LEGAL NOTICE to the Chief Minister, Bengal @MamataOfficial for her false & highly defamatory statements made with malafide intention to defame us & our films #TheKashmirFiles & upcoming 2024 film #TheDelhiFiles," Vivek Agnihotri said in a tweet.
The legal notice was issued one day after Vivek Agnihotri said that he is mulling over the idea of filing a case against the West Bengal Chief Minister for calling 'The Kashmir Files' propaganda funded by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
“Yesterday Mamata Banerjee said that 'The Kashmir Files' and my upcoming film which is based on the genocide in Bengal, are propaganda. She said that BJP funds me for the films I make. We have sent a legal notice to CM Mamata Banerjee against the statements she made", Agnihotri told news agency ANI.
Vivek Agnihotri added that for the past year, he is living a difficult life with people trying to silence him.
“How I have been living for the past year, only I can tell you. Some politicians, journalists, and so-called communal fact-checkers have made my life difficult. They are trying to silence me. Some communal fact checkers circulated my daughter's picture after lifting it from her Instagram profile, which is a shameless act", he said.
The notice came a day after West Bengal Chief Minister decided to ban ‘The Kerala Story’ in the state calling the film a potential threat to the law and order of the state.
"What is "The Kashmir Files"? it is to humiliate one section. What is "The Kerala Story"?... It is a distorted story," Mamata Banerjee said.
“I am talking about people and not in favour of the CPI(M) as the party is working with the BJP. It is the BJP which is patronising the film", she had said.
The decision to ban ‘The Kerala Story’ attracted immediate backlash against the West Bengal government with BJP vice-president Dilip Ghosh calling it a move to appease the minority community of the state.
“The film is against terrorism and IS. The film exposes their modus operandi. Is the TMC supporting terrorism? This has been done to appease a section of the minority community", the BJP leader said.