Envoy raps jury head, row escalates

THE KASHMIR FILES REMARK

NEW DELHI: Israeli ambassador Naor Gilon on Tuesday lashed out at Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, the head of the jury at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), for describing The Kashmir Files as “vulgar” and “propaganda”, and urged him to apologise to his hosts in India. Lapid triggered a controversy on Monday by saying that the film was “inappropriate for an artistic, competitive section of such a prestigious film festival”.

The Kashmir Files... felt like a propaganda, vulgar movie, inappropriate for such a film festival NADAV LAPID, Head of jury, IFFI

I feel ashamed and want to apologise to our hosts for the bad manner in which we repaid them for generosity NAOR GILON, Israeli ambassador