Badruddin Ajmal, a former ally of the Congress party, demanded the Central government and the Government of Assam must ban the film in order to avoid communal tensions.
Even though Gujarati film Prem Prakaran was doing well in theatres, the filmmakers withdrew it temporarily so that The Kashmir Files can be allotted more shows
The film takes viewers back to the year 1989-90, when due to rising of radical Islamism, a huge conflict erupted in Kashmir, forcing the minority Hindus to leave the valley.
A slow stream of books and movies opposing the established leftist narrative appeared on the horizon. Works challenging the leftist version of events from India's past.