Israeli envoy slams IFFI jury head, row escalates

NEW DELHI: Israeli ambassador Naor Gilon on Tuesday lashed out at Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, who headed the jury at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) for describing “The Kashmir Files” as a “vulgar movie”, and said Lapid should apologise to his hosts in the country.

Lapid triggered a major controversy on Monday by describing “The Kashmir Files”, as “propaganda” and a “vulgar” film “inappropriate for an artistic, competitive section of such a prestigious film festival”.

Gilon criticised Lapid on Twitter, saying, “I feel ashamed and want to apologize to our hosts for the bad manner in which we repaid them for their generosity and friendship.”