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A lawsuit was filed by the widow of an Indian Armed Forces squadron leader who died during the Kashmir Insurgency. The widow's lawsuit said that the film portrayed a false depiction of events vis-a-vis the husband and sought a stay on its release. Accordingly, the court restrained the makers from showing relevant scenes.<ref name="IT court stays">{{Cite web |last=Dipali |first=Patel |date=10 March 2022 |title=Court stays release of Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/court-stays-release-of-vivek-agnihotri-s-the-kashmir-files-1923950-2022-03-10 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=India Today}}</ref> | A lawsuit was filed by the widow of an Indian Armed Forces squadron leader who died during the Kashmir Insurgency. The widow's lawsuit said that the film portrayed a false depiction of events vis-a-vis the husband and sought a stay on its release. Accordingly, the court restrained the makers from showing relevant scenes.<ref name="IT court stays">{{Cite web |last=Dipali |first=Patel |date=10 March 2022 |title=Court stays release of Vivek Agnihotri's The Kashmir Files |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/court-stays-release-of-vivek-agnihotri-s-the-kashmir-files-1923950-2022-03-10 |access-date=2022-03-10 |website=India Today}}</ref> | ||
==Impact== | |||
After the release of film Rhode Island, officially recognized the [[genocide of Kashmiri Hindus]] for the first time in 32 years. It becomes the first state in the world to admit that there was really a massacre of Kashmiri Hindus in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rhode Island acknowledges Kashmir genocide-Entertainment News , Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/rhode-island-acknowledges-kashmir-genocide-10459311.html |website=Firstpost |language=en |date=14 March 2022}}</ref> | |||
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