Tag: J&K Bank

(By: Dr. Rajesh Bhat)* There is a remarkable story buried in the early history of Indian cinema — a story in which Kashmir played a starring role in India's journey into colour filmmaking. More than seven decades ago, filmmaker Ezra Mir brought a film crew to Kashmir to make Pamposh, an ambitious feature designed to demonstrate that India could produce, process and print a full-colour...

(Kashmir Rechords Exclusive) There are stories history records. There are others history owes itself the duty to recover. The story of Din Mohammad Jagir belongs to the second category. In official records of the Government of India, he is simply “Shri Mohammad Din Jagir, Jammu and Kashmir — Padma Shree, 1966, Social Work.” Behind those few words, however, lies an extraordinary and almost forgotten episode...