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The expression "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" is well-known. But how many people understand it? | @darab_farooqui
#TheKashmirFiles
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@darab_farooqui In this regard, #TheKashmirFiles falls short. Actually, it manipulates the truth, cherry-picks the truth, and exploits the truth emotionally. As a result, the film eventually devolves into a piece of pure vitriol and hatred.
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@darab_farooqui I believe this is propaganda rather than a genuine work of art or workmanship. Propaganda, by definition, is the spread of information – facts, arguments, speculations, half-truths, or outright lies – in order to sway public opinion.
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@darab_farooqui In 1990, according to the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti, 357 Hindus were slain in Kashmir. By all accounts, many more Muslims have been slaughtered by militants. The topic of why these Muslims were slaughtered is never addressed in the film.
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@darab_farooqui There isn't a single mention of these hapless souls or the agony that their families had to go through.
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@darab_farooqui There isn't a single Muslim character in the film who is empathetic. Every single Muslim character is either deceitful or evil.
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@darab_farooqui Muslims are portrayed solely as murderers, lusting after women, advocating the killing of 'Kafirs', and refusing to sell Kashmiri Pandits goods.
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@darab_farooqui I'm not denying that didn't happen. However, there isn't a single Muslim with even a smidgen of humanity and all Muslims are shown as diabolical. This is not just improbable, but almost impossible.
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@darab_farooqui Imagine a film set in Kashmir that doesn't even include a single shot of an army truck. The sole military imagery in the film is of air force officers who are slain by militants at the beginning.
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@darab_farooqui Only the men of Kashmir Police are shown, and that too as cowards, but no army is visible. Why?
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@darab_farooqui Simply showing an army convoy would have changed everything. It makes the problem seem less severe. It would have defeated the movie's purpose. The propaganda would be exposed as a sham.
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@darab_farooqui #TheKashmirFiles serves a purpose, and the purpose is propaganda.
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@darab_farooqui Read @darab_farooqui's full review of #TheKashmirFiles here:
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