Amitabh Bachchan's wife, actress Jaya Bachchan is a Member of Parliament from the Samajwadi Party, which made netizens speculate that he was not able to openly praise The Kashmir Files
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.