Anupam Kher on massive success of The Kashmir Files: We had given up hope about cinema

Actor Anupam Kher says whatever trade pandits say about the formula for a hit film has gone out of the window with The Kashmir Files.

His latest film, The Kashmir Files, has surprised one and all. The response has been unprecedented- majority of it’s shows have been houseful, with the number of screens increasing by the day. Anupam Kher says on a personal level, he has a lot of emotions involved in it.

Actor Anupam Kher plays the lead role in the film The Kashmir Files.

“First of all, I feel the Kashmiri Pandit community who was subjected to this kind of inhuman behaviour, exodus, genocide, who were forgotten for 32 years, I feel the healing may start. The feelings they have gone through, the murders and rapes that happened… four lakh Kashmiri Pandits were thrown out of the valley. The worst part was that nobody really cared for them. That is one part of it,” he says.

Adding that the box office collections are encouraging, the 67-year-old says, “I feel euphoric, what an amazing thing to happen. Only cinema can do that. We had given up hope about it, and saying ‘teen ghante ki film ahi honi chahiye, this is not a song and dance film, this was not publicized fully’… it’s a small triumph. My philosophy ‘kuch bhi ho sakta hai’ is again underlined.”

Kher, who also serves as the executive producer for the film, reveals he himself couldn’t find tickets, such is the demand, “Maine apne liye book karani thi teen ticket, mujhe nahi mili. I haven’t felt so happy about my job.”