Mumbai, December 11: The Tashkent files director, Vivek Agnihotri has fired former cricketer Yuvraj Singh's father and actor Yograj Singh from his upcoming film,' The Kashmir Files' for creating controversy and uttering nonsense thing during the farmers protest.
Director Vivek Agnihotri said, "His recent speech was misogynistic. It wasn't about the religion of the women; his narrative was hateful and divisive. My film is about the Hindu genocide in Kashmir. It doesn't make sense for me to have someone in the film who propagates the idea of dividing society on the basis of religion."
Vivek further said that "The termination letter was sent to Yograj two days ago, and they haven't received a response yet. We don't care for one either. I make films with a larger purpose, and Singh's bigotry can't become a part of my telling. I have never spared a thought about an artiste's political beliefs. The shooting of the film The Kashmir files is taking place in Uttarakhand's Dehradoon."
The Kashmir Files is based on the unreported story of the most tragic and gut-wrenching genocide of Kashmiri Hindus.
During his speech, Yograj made some disparaging comments about the 'Hindu community'. He also made some derogatory remarks about Hindu women saying, " Their women were sold for two cents. When their women and daughters were abducted by people like Ahmed Shah Durrani and sold off, it was we Sikhs who saved them. These are the people who have betrayed us. This community has been slaves for thousands of years."
The case also has been registered against Yograj for his hate speech.