Vivek Agnihotri Announces His Next Movie : "The Delhi Files"

"The Kashmir Files", which released on March 11, depicted the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in the 1990s.

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Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri announced on Thursday that he will soon begin work on his next feature film, The Delhi Files.

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The Kashmir Files, which was a box office success, but also sparked a political firestorm

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Vivek Thanked all the people who was a part of TheKashmirFiles.And he used #TheDelhiFiles hashtag in a later tweet.

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Though the film was called out for its problematic politics by some critics and authors, it performed exceptionally well at the box office by minting over ₹ 330 crore.

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The movie also sparked a debate among political parties after several BJP-ruled states, including Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, gave it exemption from entertainment tax.

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Before "The Kashmir Files", the filmmaker directed "The Tashkent Files" based on the mysterious death of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966.

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