Israeli filmmaker and International Film Festival of India (IFFI) jury chief Nadav Lapad’s comments on the film The Kashmir Files, with its contested portrayal of the 1990 Kashmiri Pandit exodus from the Valley, have sparked a political controversy. While members of the Congress said “hate was eventually called out”, members of the BJP asserted that the “truth” about Kashmiri Pandits “will triumph”. Sharing the jury report during the closing ceremony of the 53rd edition of IFFI in Goa Monday, Lapid said: “Usually, I don’t read from paper. This time, I want to be precise. I want to thank the director...