Actress Sandeepa Dhar who is a Kashmiri Pandit shared her story after watching The Kashmir Files. Sandeepa Dhar and her family had migrated from Kashmir during the Kashmir exodus. The actor recently shared her story after watching the recently released movie- ‘The Kashmir Files’ based on the same issue.
She wrote a long note about her experience while leaving Kashmir and also shared pictures of Kashmir. She also thanked Vivek Agnihotri the director of the movie and praised Anupam Kher for his performance. She wrote, “The day they announced that Kashmiri Pandits should leave their women behind and leave Kashmir, my family decided to flee their homeland, hidden in the back of a truck, with my young cousin sister hidden under the seat behind my bather’s feet for safety, quietly in the middle of the night!”
She reminds of her experience and wrote, “As I watched the same disturbing scene in Kashmir Files it shook my core ass this is literally my own story! My grandmother died, waiting to return to her home, her land, her “Panun Kashir” (my Kashmir)”
Regarding the movie she wrote, “The film has been like a punch in the gut for me. It’s been much worse for my parents. My family is having PTSD from having to relieve it. This is the most important story that took a long to be told. And remember, this is yet, only a film, there is still no justice for us.
Thank you Vivek Agnihotri for showing the world the truth. And hats off to the entire cast brilliantly headed by Anupam Ji.”
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Sandeepa is a Kashmiri Pandit, whose family migrated during the exodus. She was born in Srinagar. The movie tells the story of a student who discovers that his Kashmiri Hindu parents were killed by Islamist Assailants during the exodus.