Anupam Kher starrer political thriller 'The Kashmir Files' has garnered largely postive response from audience, critics as well as Bollywood fraternity. However, the film has polarized politicians into two groups one of which promotes the film while the other one calls it a propaganda.

Arvind Kejriwal, CM of Delhi, recently talked about 'The Kashmir Files' and questioned its tax free status. He has stated, "They (BJP) are demanding that the movie be declared tax-free in Delhi. Upload it on YouTube, the movie will become free and everyone will be able to watch it. Some people are earning crores in the name of Kashmiri Pandits and you (BJP) have been sticking posters of the film.”

Actor Anupam Kher, who was quite hurt with such remarks, recently told Times Now, "After Kejriwal’s statement, I think every true Indian should go and watch this film in the theatre. The only way you can give a resounding response to his insensitivity is by collecting more money and connecting with more people from Kashmir…He was crude, insensitive and he didn’t think about the lakhs of Kashmir Hindus who were thrown out of their own homes, the women raped and people murdered."

Callimg Kejriwal equivalent to an uneducated oeraon, Anupam said, "...To rub salts on wounds of people who have suffered for the last 32 years is unbecoming of a chief minister. He was playing to the gallery, he was trying to do a stand-up comedian’s job over there… He should not come across as a caricature, he is a real person, he is an educated person, he is an IRS officer. Ek anpadh gawaar aadmi bhi aisi baat nahi karta hai (An uneducated person also doesn’t talk like this). It was not done.”