Indian film festival judge slams controversial movie on Kashmir as ‘propaganda'

In this picture taken on April 7, 2022, a worker cleans a display with the poster of the Bollywood movie 'The Kashmir Files', outside a cinema hall in New Delhi. AFP - XAVIER GALIANA

A row has broken out in India over "The Kashmir Files", a polarising feature that a judge at the International Film Festival of India accused of stoking hatred.

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, who served as jury chairman at the 53^th edition of the event, said he was “disturbed” by the inclusion of "The Kashmir Files" in the festival in the southern state of Goa.