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Posted By admin on January 30, 2022

In a matter of pride to Hindus in India, Vivek Ranjan Agnihotris upcoming movie The Kashmir Files which is based on the true events of the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus in Jammu and Kashmir, was held high at the Times Square in New York for two continuous days citing the occasion of 73rd Republic Day.

The Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora that works for the Kashmiri Hindus all around the globe, had volunteered to celebrate the 73rd Republic Day in Manhattan by coordinating the display of banners of The Kashmiri Files at the worlds most expensive outdoor advertising site.

Director Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, extremely honored, said that it was a matter of pride for his team as The Kashmir Files was advertised at the Times Square. He also shared the video on Twitter and thanked the Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora for their support.

The New York Co-ordinator of Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora, Mohan Wanchoo meanwhile stated that the movie represents true picture of what happened to Kashmiri Hindus 32 years ago. The Kashmiri Hindus were tortured, slaughtered, raped and murdered just because they were Hindus, he added.

The movie reportedly takes the audiences back to year 1989 when an unprecedented insurgency began in Kashmir and a vast majority of Hindus were forced to leave the valley. According to the reports, approximately 100,000 of an estimated Kashmiri Pandit population of 140,000 left the valley between February and March 1990. More of them left in the following years so that, by 2011, only around 3,000 families remained in the valley.

The Kashmir Files stars Mithun Chakraborty, Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumar, Pallavi Joshi, Chinmay Mandlekar, Puneet Issar among the prime cast. The Sardar Udham actor, Darshan Kumar also shared the video of banners at Times Square and thanked the Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora for their coordination. A dream come true moment seeing your poster on those amazing billboards, he tweeted.

However, this is not the first Indian movie that has grabbed the attention at Times Square, New York. Earlier, Salman Khans Tubelight, Akshay Kumars Atrangi Re were advertised on the electronic billboards in New York City. Also, in November 2021, music director Ilaiyaraaja had made it to the Times Square as a part of his collaboration with Spotify.

It is worth noting that a major commercial intersection The Times Square of New York is an entertainment centre and a tourist destination, also referred to the heart of the world. The hoardings at Times Square cant be ignored for it being the busiest pedestrian areas. Reports mention that approximately 330,000 people pass through Times Square daily.

The film The Kashmiri Files was scheduled for its theatrically worldwide on 26 January 2022, coinciding with Indias 73rd Republic Day, but was postponed due to Covid-19 pandemic, especially the spread of the Omicron variant.

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The Kashmir Files, movie on the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus, advertised at Times Square in New York on Republic Day by volunteers - OpIndia

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