All you need to know about The Kapil Sharma Show's controversy around The Kashmir Files

In a recent interview with Times Now, Anupam Kher revealed that he was invited to The Kapil Sharma Show to promote _The Kashmir Files_  but declined because his film deals with a serious subject.

This statement by Kher comes days after the director Vivek Agnihotri claimed that the cast of The Kashmir Files had not been invited to Kapil Sharma’s show.

In the interview with Times Now, both Agnihotri and Kher asserted that Sharma has no negative feelings about the film or them. Sharing this particular clip from the interview on Twitter, Sharma thanked the veteran actor for clarifying on the “false allegations” against him.

Take a glance at the tweet here:

Thank you paji ⁦⁦@AnupamPKher⁩ for clarifying all the false allegations against me ❤️🙏 और उन सब दोस्तों का भी शुक्रिया जिन्होंने बिना सच जाने मुझे इतनी मोहब्बत दी 😃 खुश रहिए, मुस्कुराते रहिये 🙏 #thekapilsharmashow #Isupportmyself 🤗 pic.twitter.com/hMxiIy9W8x

— Kapil Sharma (@KapilSharmaK9) March 14, 2022

How did the controversy start? It was Vivek Agnihotri’s response tweet to a fan who asked him why he didn’t promote his film on The Kapil Sharma Show that sparked the controversy. The director stated in his tweet that they were not invited to the show because the film does not have a commercial star cast. Following his tweet, several Twitter users called for a boycott of the show and the hashtag “BycottKapilSharmaShow” started to trend. In another tweet, Agnihotri stated that he does not get to decide who should be invited to the comedy show, added fuel to the fire. _The Tashkent Files_ director asserted that Sharma and his producers decided who would be invited on the show. “As far as Bollywood is concerned, I’d say what once  Bachchan was quoted saying about Gandhis: They are kings, we are the poor ones”, the director added. The tweets soon snowballed into a controversy, with many people tagging Kapil Sharma and asking him the reason behind his refusal to promote The Kashmir Files on his show. Sharma, in his defence, stated that the allegations about his refusal to promote the film on his show were untrue. The comedian added that while he decided to respond to the allegations made by a user since he was asked about it, he would not give any explanation to people who already believed the story to be true. He also asked users to “never believe in one-sided story in today’s social media world”. 

यह सच नहीं है rathore साहब 😊 आपने पूछा इसलिए बता दिया, बाक़ी जिन्होंने सच मान ही लिया उनको explanation देने का क्या फ़ायदा. Just a suggestion as a experienced social media user:- never believe in one sided story in today’s social media world 😊 dhanyawaad 🙏 https://t.co/pJxmf0JlN5

— Kapil Sharma (@KapilSharmaK9) March 10, 2022

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The film The Kashmir Files, based on the exodus of Kashmiri pandits, stars Anupam Kher along with Mithun Chakraborty, Darshan Kumar, and Pallavi Joshi. The film has been minting money at the box office since its release on 11 March. Till date, the film has collected over Rs 50 crore.