Vishal Bhardwaj's latest 'Haider' has once again brought to the fore the grim reality that exists in the picturesque Kashmir. Terrorism ridden, the beautiful valley has been subjected to wars, torture and destruction for years now.
While the state provided the best locales for shooting films in the 1960s, over the years, due to the political crisis brewing in the state, filmmakers in Bollywood started avoiding the state. In the recent past, some filmmakers have made films with Kashmir and militancy as the backdrop. Some have been commercial films while some have made rounds of various international festivals.
Here's a look at the films that highlighted the problems that Kashmir has been plagued with in the past few decades.
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Roja- Perhaps one of the first film to highlight terrorism on celluloid, Mani Ratnam’s ‘Roja’ was a love story set in a troubled state.
Yahaan- Directed by Shoojit Sircar, the film featured Jimmy Shergill in as an army fficer stationed in Kashmir who falls in love with a local Kasmiri girl (minissha Lamba) unaware of the fact that her brother (Yashpal Sharma) is a jehadi.
Mission Kashmir- Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s ambitious ‘Mission Kashmir’ was shot in actual locations in Srinagar and featured Hrithik Roshan as a militant and Sanjay Dutt as a senior police officer. While the film narrated the story of a father and his adopted son, militancy formed the background of the story.
Lamhaa- Directed and written by Rahul Dholakia, the film depicted the struggle of the Kashmiris and their resistance to the Indian army and their regime in the state. The film featured Bipasha Basu, Sanjay Dutt and Kunal Kapoor.
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