India, Nov. 29 -- Veteran filmmaker Anupam Kher has slammed International Film Festival of India or IFFI jury head Nadav Lapid for calling The Kashmir Files, which is based on Hindu exodus from Kashmir, "propaganda" and "vulgar".

What is the controversy about?

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, who headed the jury, on Monday said at the IFFI that "all of them" were "disturbed and shocked" that the film was screened at the festival.

Directed by Vivek Agnihotri, the film is based on the true event of the exodus of Kashmir Pandits from the erstwhile northern state in 1990.

Apart from Kher, the film starring Mithun Chakraborty and Pallavi Joshi was featured in the "Panorama" section of the festival.

The film was praised by the country's ruli...