Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said the film 'The Kashmir Files' will be declared tax-free in the state. Starring Anupam Kher, Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Kumar and Pallavi Joshi, the film revolves around the massacre of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990.
Sawant saw the film on Monday. Earlier on Sunday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader said the film will continue to be screened with maximum possible shows. "He said the struggle and "pain" of Kashmiri Hindus needs to be understood by everyone to ensure that history is not repeated."
"The story of the pain of Kashmiri Hindus, the struggle, needs to be understood by everyone so that we make sure that such history is not repeated, I have spoken to the Inox management and the film will continue to be shown with maximum possible shows," Sawant tweeted."
Earlier, the governments of Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh had announced that they would not allow the film to be released in their states.
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