All About The Kashmir Files Release Time, Date And Where To Watch

The Kashmir Files release time was announced by the makers and the OTT platform Zee5 will be releasing it. The movie was based on the genocide of the Kashmiri Pandits during the 1990s and was a massive hit.

The Kashmir Files was released theatrically on March 11, 2022, in India and was a huge hit at that time, smashing the box office collection. The movie made a box office collection of Rs. 339.78 crores and went on to become 2022's highest-grossing film in Hindi. The movie was made tax free in many Indian states including Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Goa, Uttarakhand, Karnataka and Gujrat.

The Kashmir Files Release Time, Date And Platform

The movie follows the life of a young university student, Krishna, who is a Kashmiri Pandit and is raised by his grandfather who lost his son, daughter-in-law and elder grandson in the 1990 genocide of Kashmiri Pandits. He has kept this a secret from Krishna who claims that the genocide was fake. After his grandfather's death, he visits Kashmir to bury his ashes where he comes across the reality of the 1990 exodus and his family's death.

The movie features the Krishna's change of mentality from being influenced wrongly by his professor who had ties with Bitta, the person who claimed that he killed many Kashmiri Pandits, to becoming aware of his family's and Kashmiri Pandit's struggle. Director Vivek Agnihotri claimed that the film was based on true events and narratives from the survivors of the events. The movie was said to make people aware of the reality of what actually happened in 1990 which is still considered as false. Videos of Kashmiri Pandits watching the movie and coming out from theatres in tears went viral at the time of its release.

The movie stars Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Pallavi Joshi, Chinmay Madlekar, Mithun Chakraborty, Puneet Issar, Atul Srivastava, Prakash Belawadi, Mrinal Kulkarni and Bhasha Sumbli in pivotal roles. After being a huge success in theatres, the movie is now ready to stream on OTT platform and Zee5 will be releasing the film. The film is scheduled to release on May 13, 2022.

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