Ghalib Turns Kashmiri
Strong translation and heartfelt performances carry this Kashmiri film on Ghalib, but its Delhi-centred history and thin context leave the Kashmir connection incomplete, writes...
‘The Kashmiri Society Encountered the Magic of Cinema More Than a Century Ago’
Barely eight years after the motion picture was invented, Kashmir got its first reel in 1903. It was an area that was exposed to...
How Yash Chopra Changed Shah Rukh’s Kashmir Story
SRINAGAR: For years, Shah Rukh Khan travelled across the world but deliberately stayed away from Kashmir. His father, whose mother was Kashmiri, had asked...
A Tribute to Raj Begum
Danish Renzu directed Songs of Paradise, a heartfelt musical drama honouring Kashmir’s legendary singer Raj Begum. Centred on courage, music, and memory, it revives...
Ground Zero Hits Kashmir
Emraan Hashmi’s Ground Zero arrives at a time of national grief after the Pahalgam attack, drawing from real events in Kashmir. While the film...
Jashn e Ramzan 2: Behind the Lens
Shuaib Wani revisits his 30-day non-stop journey with Umar Dar and Shadab Gillani
After the newsroom decided to get into Jashn-e-Ramzan (JeR) 2, with a...
Jashn-e-Ramzan 2: Scripting A Show
Babra Wani recounts how she and her team defied hunger and thirst while researching from the most sensitive religious text a script for a...
Jashn-e-Ramzan 2: Editing An Epic
As editor of the 30-part series, Iqra Akhoon shares her transformative quest, and how the pursuit of excellence can transform both the creator and...
The Making of Jashn-e-Ramzan 2
Four months after travelling more than 3000 km for the 30-episode Jashn-e-Ramzan 2, Syed Shadab Ali Gillani recounts the highs and lows of travelling across...
Beads of Breath: A Heart’s Odyssey
Shoaib Shawl skilfully depicts the driving forces compelling a man into a frenzied pursuit, resulting in a futile existence that resonates with the sentiments...
Kashmir’s Maharani Controversy
Jammu and Kashmir’s erstwhile assembly, once termed to be most empowered, played host to a Bollywood crew shooting Maharani, a political thriller surrounding Lalu...
Kashmir’s Celebrity Lookalikes
Most people have a role model. They can be teachers, sports persons and even film actors. However, it is rare that some of the...
Filmy Felonies
Some of the crimes reported and investigated by the police in Kashmir seem to share the same story with some of the films that people...
The Kerala Story
An underrated masala film made on presumptuous love jihad and terrorism is adding a new divider. GMC Jammu emerged as the first place that...
Pathaan: Brainless Entertainer
Shah Rukh Khan's flick, Pathaan tells the same old ‘Kashmir story’ that Bollywood has always showcased, with or without the bikini, reports Fahd Khan
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