Tigmanshu Dhulia criticizes ‘The Kashmir Files’ calls it an agenda-driven and ‘bekaar’ film

Renowned filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia in an interview on Red Mike’s YouTube channel spoke about the state of Bollywood. He said that there has been a rise in politically motivated and agenda-driven movies in India.

He calls these films ‘artistically lacking and aesthetically bankrupt’ as they sacrifice the artistic integrity of the filmmakers today.

Talking about them, he called these types of films terrible that people do not even watch. “Sirf wahi chali thi, kya naam tha uska, Kashmir Files. Main inki baat hi nahi karta, bekaar picturein hain sab. (Only Kashmir Files was popular. I don’t even talk about these films, they’re all terrible),” he said.

“They’re badly made films”

While Dhulia acknowledged the impact of these films despite their nature but says Indian propaganda films ‘fail to achieve the same level of artistic merit due’. Most of the directors making politically motivated films lack the artistic skills to make good films.

He further questions the main intention behind making these types of films and speculates it is mostly to earn money. Such was the case for The Kashmir Files, which earned over 300 crore despite huge backlash.

“We see directors using their political ideologies as propaganda in their cinema. This is a wide-ranging topic. In India, the sort of films that are being made to promote the kind of politics that we see around us, are aesthetically terrible,” Dhulia further added.

In the meantime, there are more similar films lined up for release, including Kangana Ranaut‘s Emergency and Vikrant Massey‘s The Sabarmati Report. While many like to watch this kind of film, others simply want light entertainment.