Vivek Agnihotri, director of The Kashmir Files, alleged that the Foreign Correspondents Club and the Press Club of India scrapped his events and that he had become a ‘victim of a hate campaign’
After being turned away by two press clubs, Vivek Agnihotri said he would have an ‘open house conference’ and ‘toughest questions’ would be answered. PTI
“Inviting all democratic and free speech, pro-TRUTH believers, media people, correspondents, reporters media activists and those with empathy for Kashmir Genocide victims tomm at 3.30 PM at Le MERIDIEN, New Delhi.”
The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri was fuming on Twitter on Wednesday after he alleged that his free speech had been curbed by the Foreign Correspondents Club of South Asia and the Press Club of India.
An angry Agnihotri then said that all would be revealed on 5 May when he holds an “open house press conference” and answer the “toughest questions”.
Confused about what happened? Here’s what we know about the situation and why the filmmaker has been up in arms against the two clubs.
‘Ban’ on Agnihotri
On 3 May (Tuesday), the filmmaker, whose recent movie The Kashmir Files has grossed over Rs 300 crore worldwide and is among the most successful post-pandemic Hindi films, posted a video on Twitter, alleging that “the watchdogs of free speech and the messiah of free speech” had turned him away and announced that he would now hold this media interaction at the Press Club of India instead.