MUMBAI: Bollywood star and Kashmiri pandit Sandeepa Dhar has said that the film 'The Kashmir files', which tells the story of Kashmiri pandits, tells her own life story. In a post shared on Instagram, the actress shared pictures of their old house and street in Kashmir. Sandeepa recollected how her family fled Kashmir in the 1990s hiding in a truck with her cousin hiding behind her father's feet for safety.
'The day they announced that Kashmiri Pandits should leave their women behind and leave Kashmir, my family decided to flee their homeland, hidden in the back of a truck, with my young cousin sister hidden under the seat behind my father's feet for safety, quietly in the middle of the night!
As I watched the same disturbing scene in Kashmir Files it shook my core as this is literally my own story! My grandmother died, waiting to return to her home, her land, her ‘Panun kashir’ (my Kashmir). This film has been like a punch in the gut for me. It's been much worse for my parents. My family is experiencing PTSD from having to relive it. this is the most important story that took too long to be told. And remember, this is yet,only a film, there is still no justice for us.
Thank you Vivek Agnihotri for showing the world the truth. And hats off to the entire cast brilliantly headed by Anupam ji,' Sandeepa wrote on her Instagram page.