Shikara in storm: Hysterical woman charges at Vidhu Vinod Chopra post watching film

A Kashmiri Pandit woman accused Shikara director Vidhu Vinod Chopra of "commercialising" the entire issue of Kashmiri Pandit exodus, adding that he did not portray the true suffering of the community.

Mumbai: A Kashmiri Pandit woman lashed out at Vidhu Vinod Chopra at a screening of his new film Shikara on Friday. The filmmaker had turned out at the screening to get a firsthand public review of his film.

A video that has gone viral shows the woman screaming at Chopra for "commercialising" the entire issue of Kashmiri Pandit exodus, adding that he did not portray the true suffering of the community -- including genocide, mass rapes and murders committed by Islamic radical groups -- in his film. She said: "Ye aapka commercialism aapko mubarakh ho (congratulations to you for your commercialism). As a Kashmiri Pandit, I disown your film. I disown it."

• Shame on @VVCFilms for #Shikara
  
  No matter if Kashmiri Hindu Women Breaks down into tears 😭
  
  Vidhu Vinod Chopra chose money making over facts 🤬
  
  @neelakantha how he said this 👉 "Bahut acha boli , talli bajao, inke liye shikara 2 banayenge" pic.twitter.com/Fun2M1kQgo

  — Social Crusader🚩 (@Xs2partner) February 7, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  Shame on @VVCFilms for #Shikara
  
  No matter if Kashmiri Hindu Women Breaks down into tears 😭
  
  Vidhu Vinod Chopra chose money making over facts 🤬
  
  @neelakantha how he said this 👉 "Bahut acha boli , talli bajao, inke liye shikara 2 banayenge" pic.twitter.com/Fun2M1kQgo

  — Social Crusader🚩 (@Xs2partner) February 7, 2020

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  Shame on @VVCFilms for #Shikara
  
  No matter if Kashmiri Hindu Women Breaks down into tears 😭
  
  Vidhu Vinod Chopra chose money making over facts 🤬
  
  @neelakantha how he said this 👉 "Bahut acha boli , talli bajao, inke liye shikara 2 banayenge" pic.twitter.com/Fun2M1kQgo

  — Social Crusader🚩 (@Xs2partner) February 7, 2020

Chopra was heard saying to the audience: "Har sachai ke do pehlu hote hain (every truth has two sides)."

The film is set against the backdrop of the Kashmiri Pandit exodus from the Kashmir Valley in late 1989 and early 1990, in the wake of violent Islamist insurgency. Shikara opened on February 7.

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Revealing the Day 1 box office numbers of Shikara, Taran Adarsh wrote, "#Shikara surprises on Day 1... Released at multiplexes mainly, the biz gathered momentum post noon shows [a norm nowadays]... Needs to double its Day 1 number on Day 2 and maintain the trend on Day 3 for a respectable weekend total... Fri ₹ 1.20 cr. #India biz."

• #Shikara surprises on Day 1... Released at multiplexes mainly, the biz gathered momentum post noon shows [a norm nowadays]... Needs to double its Day 1 number on Day 2 and maintain the trend on Day 3 for a respectable weekend total... Fri ₹ 1.20 cr. #India biz.

  — taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) February 8, 2020 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="

  #Shikara surprises on Day 1... Released at multiplexes mainly, the biz gathered momentum post noon shows [a norm nowadays]... Needs to double its Day 1 number on Day 2 and maintain the trend on Day 3 for a respectable weekend total... Fri ₹ 1.20 cr. #India biz.

  — taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) February 8, 2020

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  #Shikara surprises on Day 1... Released at multiplexes mainly, the biz gathered momentum post noon shows [a norm nowadays]... Needs to double its Day 1 number on Day 2 and maintain the trend on Day 3 for a respectable weekend total... Fri ₹ 1.20 cr. #India biz.

  — taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) February 8, 2020

From IANS inputs.