Bengali filmmaker Sudipto Sen has finally opened up on 'The Kashmir Files' row at the 53rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI). In a conversation with ANI, the 'Lucknow Times' filmmaker, who was a part of the jury board at the IFFI, said he found it 'unethical' on the part of fellow juror and Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid to make statements against a film, which 'wasn't even awarded' at the ceremony.

"As a practice, etiquette and ethic, the jury board is supposed to talk about films that are awarded. We don't talk about films that are not awarded. The jury board has nothing to do with someone bringing out a rejected film for discussion in a public forum," the 'Aasma' filmmaker said. "If one of us (members) randomly goes to talk about a film which wasn't even awarded at some platform, I would find it unethical," he added.