Director Vivek Agnihotri’s ‘The Kashmir Files’ won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film in the National Integration category at the National Film Awards announced on Thursday. Chief Minister MK Stalin criticised the film getting the award and called it “shocking”. “The dignity of national awards should not be compromised for cheap politics.” He added, “It is shocking that a film that was ignored by neutral film critics as a controversial film has been awarded the National Integrity Nargis Dutt award.” MK Stalin gave his opinion on the awards and said, “The absence of political bias in the literature and film awards makes the awards a timeless honour.” He also congratulated the other winners, specifically those who contributed to Tamil cinema. ‘The Kashmir Files’, a movie based on the life of Kashmiri Pandits during the Kashmir insurgency in 1990, sparked a controversy after it was released in March 2022.