New Delhi, Nov. 29 -- Israeli envoy to India Naor Gilon slammed fellow countryman and filmmaker Nadav Lapid for calling 'The Kashmir Files' "propaganda" and "vulgar" at the 53rd International Film Festival of India and said he should feel 'ashamed' for his act.

Nadav Lapidwas a jury head at the IFFI 2022.

Gilon said the filmmaker should be 'ashamed' for his remarks on the movie.

"The friendship between the people and the states of India and Israel is very strong and will survive the damage you have inflicted.As a human being I feel ashamed and want to apologize to our hosts for the bad manner in which we repaid them for their generosity and friendship," he tweeted.

"An open letter to #NadavLapid following his criticism of #KashmirFile...