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Kashmir yet again a favourite

THE ASIAN AGE. | SUBHASH K JHA
Published : Mar 25, 2019, 3:14 am IST
Updated : Mar 25, 2019, 3:14 am IST

Alia Bhatt who shot in Kashmir for Meghna Gulzar’s Raazi had said the valley is truly paradise on earth.

A still from Hamid
 A still from Hamid

Is it a coincidence that three Hindi films within a month have been located in the troubled valley of Jammu and Kashmir?

A while back Aijaz Khan’s Hamid, which is about a little Kashmiri boy’s search for his missing father, was shot entirely in Kashmir. This week director Nitin Kakkar’s Notebook  takes us on a romantic excursion through Kashmir. The week after Notebook we have Ashvin Kumar’s controversial No Fathers In Kashmir which again is filmed entirely in the paradise on earth.

A still from No fathers in Kashmir yA still from No fathers in Kashmir

While Hamid and No Fathers In Kashmir delve into the complex dynamics of militancy Notebook is a pure love story set in Kashmir, like Shakti Samanta’s Kashmir Ki Kali and Suraj Prakash’s Jab Jab  Phool Khile. Sun-dappled and rose-tinted Notebook gives out the feeling of zero strife and militancy in the Valley.

Alia Bhatt who shot in Kashmir for Meghna Gulzar’s Raazi had said the valley is truly paradise on earth. “It was a like a dream  shooting there. There was absolutely no tension. I’d like to go back again, this time for a holiday.”

With  Bollywood again looking towards Kashmir as ‘paradise on earth’ perhaps we can hope to see more films capturing Kashmir in all its beauteous glory rather than a  place of dark desperate violence.

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