Vivek Agnihotri’s film The Kashmir Files was released today, the 11th of March 2022.
However, a district court issued a stay on the release of the film.
The wife of late Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna, Shalini Khanna, claimed that one of the scenes featuring her husband has been wrongly depicted in the film. She reportedly also raised an objection after the screening while delivering her opinions on stage but the makers apparently paid no heed to her thoughts. Since there was allegedly no response from the makers despite her objections, Shalini took the matter to court.
Sourced from a report, the order issued by the court reads, “Suit for mandatory injunction directing the defendants to immediately remove and delete the scene and incorrect facts displayed/shown vis-a-vis the husband of the plaintiff, namely Martyr Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna, in the Movie and the trailer of the movie The Kashmir Files, set to be released on March 11, 2022, which is absolutely and entirely unrelated and non-identical to the actual facts occurred as mentioned in the suit by the plaintiff; or in the alternate to amend/alter the scene and the incorrect facts vis-a-vis the husband of the plaintiff namely Martyr Squadron Leader Sh. Ravi Khanna in the movie The Kashmir Files in accordance to the actual and true, occurred on the incidence i.e. on January 25, 1990, whereby the husband of the plaintiff was martyred.”
It additionally states, “Suit for permanent prohibitory injunction restraining the defendants to release the movie The Kashmir Files until the aforesaid removal, deletion or amendment of the scene and incorrect facts displayed vis-a-vis the husband of the plaintiff in the movie and trailer, contrary to the actual and true facts narrated by the plaintiff in the suit and otherwise also, any other relief that the honourable Court deems fit and necessary.”
The film stars Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Kumar and others.