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Films

These are reviews, commentaries on various categories of films and visual reports pertaining to Jammu and Kashmir. It also features actors from Kashmir.

Homecoming ‘Haider’

 It was Vishal Bardawaj’s Haider that helped Kashmiri artists revive their lost connections with their homeland. Shams Irfan meets three Kashmiri actors who successfully...

Talking Lights

He wanted to be a creative person like his goldsmith father, but in a different field. Mohammad Younis Zargar, whose work as cinematographer was...

Murmurs Of A Political Thriller

  Irfan Mehraj When mainstream Indian film-makers zoom their cameras on any political turmoil scouring the subcontinent’s landscape they come up with two visions. One is...

“A decade ago could we imagine that a small projector and a laptop could...

Independent filmmaker Sanjay Kak of Jashn-e-Azadi fame tells Junaid Nabi Bazaz how his new film Red Ant Day which talks about Maoist struggle is...
Sharukh Khan with Khawar Jamsheed

Breaking Tradition

Khawar Jamsheed is the only line-producer from the valley who has tirelessly worked with Bollywood directors to bring them back to the scenic landscapes...
Bilal A JAn

“Cinema is like a glass. It depends on whether you are pouring milk or...

For the first time in the history of conflict, a central government institution has financed a documentary ‘Ocean of Tears’ on human rights violations...
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VALLEY OF TEARS

Ocean of Tears is the first government funded documentary on Kashmir's human rights crisis. In anticipation of its maiden screening,120000 people watched it. Shams...

The Ashai Phenomenon

The hard work and dedication of a Kashmiri doctor has gained him a celebrity status in the field of physiotherapy with an elite list...

Harud, the new beginning

Aamir Bashir’s Harud is born out of distress, out of the anguish that has become a routine for people living in a conflict ridden...

High On Creativity

A celebration of a film set in scenic Ladakh. Bilal A Jan attends the event and reviews the festivities. A film festival in one of...

Bollywood Boosting Tourism?

Cinema is one of the most potent mediums of promoting culture, but Bollywood has used Kashmir either for its scenic beauty or to create...

Aborted Zooni, The Film

Twenty-three years ago, hailed as a dream project of the then Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah and noted filmmaker Muzaffar Ali, the shooting of a film on the queen poetess Haba Khatun began with a lot of fan-fare.

InshAllah Kashmir

Amid a raging debate recently in India about freedom of expression, filmmaker Ashvin Kumar bypassed the censor board and released his film about Kashmir...

KHUDI – The Fountainhead

A film based on a global bestseller novel debuted in Kashmir recently. SHAMS IRFAN reviews a Kashmiri rendition of The Fountainhead. Before the screening of...

Shooting In The Silence

Suffocated under indefinite curfew, four young students came together on the Facebook and evolved an idea of making a documentary video about an eight-year-old...