“Tiki” Kashmir is a film that was a commercial success around the world and was also screened in Israel, but also drew a lot of criticism, due to its nationalist narrative. The piece deals with a mass massacre by Muslims of Hindus in the 90s in the Kashmir region, which caused a mass migration of Hindus. The events shown in his film did happen, but many claim to have falsified many data and facts. “You were told that you were being shown a film, but actually we were not showing you a film. We were showing you a very violent propaganda broadcast, very crude in its manipulations. It’s 170 minutes of cheap propaganda,” said Lapid in an interview with News 13.
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Since speaking out, the director has come under heavy attack in India from supporters of Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government, with the liberal side of the country backing him. “I’m not a person who tends to worry, but let’s say that all kinds of people in India, who want my best, wrote to me to walk carefully on the street and look behind me. So yes, it raises concerns for you,” Lapid shared about what he’s been going through in recent days.