Vivek Agnihotri to focus on persecution of Hindus in 'The Kashmir Files'

On the 73rd Independence anniversary, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri will come up with his next film 'The Kashmir Files' based on the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus.

Mumbai: 'The Kashmir Files' based on the genocide of Kashmiri Hindus will be the next flick of filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri.

Agnihotri tweeted, "Presenting 'The Kashmir Files'. Next year, same time, on our 73rd Independence anniversary, we will bring you the unreported story of the most tragic and gut-wrenching genocide of Kashmiri Hindus. Please bless our team as it's not an easy story to tell."

The filmmaker also shared a poster of the film, which featured a map of Kashmir in a burnt orange shade and had "The right to truth continues" sub-title written on it.

Other details about the film are yet to be announced.

The director had earlier made 'The Tashkent Files' which revolves around the mysterious death of Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966 soon after the signing of the Tashkent Agreement between India and Pakistan to end the 1965 war.

'The Tashkent Files' featured Naseeruddin Shah, Pallavi Joshi, Shweta Basu, Pankaj Tripathi, Mithun Chakraborty and Vinay Pathak.

'The Kashmir Files' is scheduled to hit screens on August 2020.