Tag: Persian

A thought-provoking visual representing the Kashmiri Pandit exodus and the collapse of long-held assumptions about their place in Kashmir. The image evokes displacement, loss, changing social realities and the difficult reassessment of beliefs that followed the upheaval of the 1990s.

From Pamposh and Shyama Zutshi to Shammi Kapoor’s romantic Kashmir, the Valley has shared a remarkable century-long relationship with Indian cinema. Then the cameras and cinema halls disappeared amid turmoil. Now, with Bollywood returning, theatres reopening and the International Film Festival of Jammu & Kashmir bringing world cinema to the Valley, Kashmir’s cinematic journey has entered a new chapter.