New Delhi, Nov 14, : .The Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora organized a virtual pre-release event on Saturday to present “The Kashmir Files” to the public and kick-start the US-wide promotional tour.
It took place from November 26 to January 6, 2022.Noted community stalwarts Kashi Pandit, Chaman Lal Gadoo, Moti Kaul, and Sudhir Sopory released the movie brochure and “behind the scenes” video of the movie on behalf of the community.
Kashi Pandeit, Chaman Lel Gadoo and Moti Kaul, all community leaders, released the movie brochure as well as the “behind-the scenes” video on behalf of their community.
Sandeep Bamzai, Editor-in-Chief and CEO, IANS, was the keynote speaker at the event.
Sandeep Bamzai (Editor-in-Chief, CEO, IANS) was the keynote speaker.
In his keynote address, Bamzai shared some details of his recent visit to Kashmir, which was both painful and encouraging for him at the same time.
Bamzai gave a keynote speech in which he shared details about his recent visit to Kashmir.It was both traumatic and encouraging.
There has been a great deal of development in Kashmir in the past few months under the leadership of present Lt Governor Manoj Sinha with great boom in tourism and associated industries which is very encouraging and praiseworthy, he said.Under the leadership of Manoj Sinha, the Kashmiri government has seen a lot of progress in recent months.
There has been an explosion in tourism and related industries.This is encouraging and highly praiseworthy.
However, he was pained at the site of his ancestral home, which he has been unable to visit and live in for a very long time, ever since he, like lakhs of Kashmiri Pandits, was made a refugee in his own country.He was however sad to see the remains of his ancestral home that he had been unable visit since becoming a refugee in his country.
Vivek Agnihotri, the noted director, and Pallavi Joshi, the noted actor, who have directed and produced the movie under their banner IAmBuddha and VRA productions also attended the event as special guests of honour.Pallavi Joshi (the noted actor) and Vivek Agnihotri (the noted director), were special guests of honor at the event.
On behalf of GKPD, Surinder Kaul welcomed the guests and gave the audience the background information on how the movie was conceived and its important role in increasing worldwide awareness of the story of Kashmiri Pandit genocide and ethnic cleansing.Surinder Kaul, representing GKPD, welcomed guests and provided background information about how the movie was made and the importance of its role in raising awareness worldwide about the Kashmiri Pandit genocide/ethnic cleansing.
He emphasised that the objective of the movie is not to propagate malice towards any religion/community but to highlight a part of history that has been largely ignored till date.He stressed that the film’s objective is not to promote hatred towards any religion/community, but to illuminate a portion of history that has been mostly ignored.
He also shared the details of the US wide movie promotional tour that has been organised starting November 26 whereby the movie will be screened at all major US cities and prominent venues like the Capitol Hill and thanked the wider Indian community in the US for overwhelming supporting the movie.He shared details about the US-wide movie promotion tour, which will see the movie in all major US cities as well as prominent venues such Capitol Hill.
He thanked the larger Indian community for their overwhelming support of the movie.
Vivek Agnihotri and Pallavi Joshi spoke about the behind-the-scenes hard work put in by the team and thousands of hours of research, that has gone into making this movie with the hope that they are able to do full justice to our story.
Pallavi Joshi and Vivek Agnihotri spoke out about the hard work behind the scenes and the thousands of hours of research that went into creating this movie in the hope of doing justice to our story.
Chaman Lal Gadoo spoke about his role in helping the beleaguered community in 1990 as an office bearer at the Kashmiri Samiti Delhi and that a white paper on the community situation was released in 1996.
Chaman Lal Gadoo talked about his involvement in helping the beleaguered community as an office bearer at Kashmiri Samiti Delhi in 1990.In 1996, a white paper was published on the situation in the community.
The community focus at that time was to provide education to our children and he and his organisation played a key role in safeguarding this.His organisation and Chaman Lal Gadoo played an important role in ensuring that education was provided for our children.
This helped the community immensely in time of distress.In times of crisis, this was a huge help to the community.
Kashi Pandit thanked the production team for their efforts.Kashi Pandit thanked all the members of the production team.He talked about the challenge of radicalisation and the herculean efforts that are needed to overcome these threats.He spoke about the danger of radicalisation, and the immense efforts required to overcome it.This is the only way to save our civilisation from being annihilated.This is the only way we can save our civilisation.
His contribution towards highlighting our story at the global level including at the United Nation was highly appreciated by all present.All present appreciated his contribution to highlighting our story at global level, including at the United Nations.
Sopory talked about the importance of media and movies such as “The Kashmir Files” in highlighting our story.Sopory spoke about the importance media and movies like “The Kashmir Files” when highlighting our story.
Movies leave a lasting impact on the minds of people especially those in power and have an intergenerational impact.Movies have a lasting impression on people’s minds, especially those at the top of power, and they can also have an intergenerational effect.
How world over memorials and like the Holocaust Museum in Germany have educated generations, he noted.He noted how memorials around the world, such as the Holocaust Museum in Germany, have helped educate generations.
The event was watched online by thousands of people from across the globe.The event was viewed online by thousands of people around the world.
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