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However, the producers denied links to any political party, and said they had вЂњput in their personal money for making the filmвЂќ.ДЄfter much drama, the biopic was released in the theatres on 24 May. The EC also pulled up the filmmakers for a full-page advertisement for the Modi biopic in two newspapers, terming it вЂњa surrogate advertisement with political overturesвЂќ. The order banning the release or screening of political biopics acknowledged the need for the EC to intervene in the matter of political content intended to benefit or discredit the electoral prospects of any candidate or political party to ensure a level playing field. However, the EC intervened stating it would have to wait until the final phase of voting was over on 19 May. The film, PM Narendra Modi, was scheduled to release on 11 May that year. However, in 2019, during the high-octane Lok Sabha campaign, a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi starring Vivek Oberoi, created a stir after run-ins with the Election Commission (EC). No other film has received as much support from the ruling party.

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And in Karnataka, a BJP MLA from Mangaluru Y Bharath Shetty arranged free tickets for party workers from his constituency. In Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma gave government employees a half-day special leave to watch the film. It also announced a genocide museum for Kashmiri Pandits. The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government declared a leave for policemen to encourage them to watch the movie. The film was made tax-free in six BJP ruled states вЂ“ Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Haryana, Goa, Rajasthan, and Madhya Pradesh.

Instead of reviewing on facts, campaign being run to discredit it.' /mq8iqA6Ajk He also mentions 'The Kashmir Files' says 'People who always raise flag of freedom of expression are restless. #WATCH | At BJP Parliamentary Party meet, PM speaks on role of film industry in presenting history. вЂњJo log hamesha freedom of expression ki jhande lekar ke ghoomte hain, woh poori jamaat bokhala gayi hai pichale paanch-chheh din se (Those who always carry the flag of freedom of expression, this entire group has been rattled these past 5-6 days),вЂќ he said. He added that a campaign was being run to discredit The Kashmir Files. At a BJP parliamentary meeting held on 15 March days after the release of the film, the prime minister spoke on the role of the film industry in presenting history. Modi met director Agnihotri and actor Pallavi Joshi, who plays the role of a professor in the film.

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The movie on the 1990s exodus of Kashmiri Pandits kicked up a storm in the country with many contesting the portrayal of the horror that unfolded in the Valley. A controversial film that the BJP including Prime Minister Narendra Modi put its weight behind was Vivek AgnihotriвЂ™s The Kashmir Files. However, the biopic is not the only one which the party has endorsed. вЂњComing generations should also take inspiration from him, so we have decided that this film will be tax-free in Uttarakhand,вЂќ he was quoted as saying. Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that Samrat Prithviraj should be seen by all, stressing that the emperor was also вЂњbeheadedвЂќ, news agency ANI reported. Taking to Twitter, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the call to make the film tax-free was to ensure that a вЂњmaximum number of youth sees the movie and learnвЂќ about the life of the Rajput ruler and a feeling of love can be вЂњinculcated in them towards their motherlandвЂќ. The CM also declared the movie tax-free, a decision which was followed by his counterparts in Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand. He attended a special screening of the period drama with his Cabinet colleagues and the Bollywood star. He called the movie вЂњan epic (which) can at times ignite pride and mass awareness that hundreds of books cannotвЂќ.ДЄ day later, it was AdityanathвЂ™s date with Kumar. Shah attended a special screening of the film on Wednesday. Samrat Prithviraj, a biopic of ruler Prithviraj Chauhan starring Kumar and former Miss World Manushi Chhillar, which hits the theatres today has already got a thumbs up from two of the partyвЂ™s most influential leaders вЂ“ Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. If the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has to collectively pick a favourite movie star it most probably would be Akshay Kumar.