At the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid criticised Vivek Agnihotri바카라s divisive film 바카라The Kashmir Files바카라 바카라vulgar and propaganda driven바카라 during the closing ceremony on Monday. And now the jury board has distanced itself from its chief바카라s comments, terming them 바카라his personal opinion바카라.
Filmmaker Sudipto Sen, Nadav Lapid바카라s fellow juror who served on the jury of the just-concluded International Film Festival of India (IFFI), has now tweeted the board바카라s statement, saying the opinion of Nadav Lapid on 'The Kashmir Files' was entirely his own and not shared by his colleagues on the jury. Clarifying his position, Sen tweeted, "Whatever has been said by IFFI 2022 Jury Chairman Mr Nadav Lapid about the film 'The Kashmir Files' from the stage of the closing ceremony of 53rd IFFI was completely his personal opinion."
He went on to say, "In the official presentation of the Jury Board to the Festival Director and in the official Press Conference, where we four jury members (the fifth had to leave for a personal emergency) were present and interacted with the press, we never mentioned anything about our likes or dislikes. Both were our official collective opinion."
Sen concluded by noting, "As jurors, we are assigned to judge the technical, aesthetic quality and socio-cultural relevance of a film. We don't indulge in any kind of political comments on any film and if it is done, it is completely in a personal capacity -- nothing to do with the esteemed Jury Board."
In his speech, Lapid had said, 바카라We were, all of us, disturbed and shocked by the 15th film, 바카라The Kashmir Files바카라. That felt to us like a propaganda, vulgar movie, inappropriate for an artistic competitive section of such a prestigious film festival바카라바카라
On Tuesday, the Ambassador of Israel to India, Naor Gilon, slammed Lapid for his comments and tweeted, 바카라In Indian culture, they say a guest is like God바카라 I바카라m no film expert but I do know that it바카라s insensitive and presumptuous to speak about historic events before deeply studying them, and which are an open wound in India because many of the involved are still around and paying the price.바카라
바카라The Kashmir Files바카라 actors Anupam Kher and Ranvir Shorey have criticised Lapid바카라s comments on the film as well.
