Shikara – The Untold Story of Kashmiri Pandits is an Bollywood Movie. This Film producer and directer is Vidhu Vinod Chopra under his own banner, Vinod Chopra Movie.
The Movie marks the return of Vidhu Vinod Chopra to directer in India after 12 years. His last Film which he directed is Eklavya: The Royal Guard released in 2007.
Shikara Film Trailer :
- Directer :Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Producer :Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Screenplay :Vidhu Vinod Chopra Rahul Pandita Abhijat Joshi
- Story :Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Starring : Aadil Khan, Sadia
- Music :A. R. Rahman
- Cinematography :Rangarajan Ramabadran
- Editer :Vidhu Vinod Chopra Shikhar Misra
- Production company:Vinod Chopra Films
- Distributer :Fox Star Studios
- Release date :7 February 2020
- Country :India
Shikara Film Plot:
- The film is based on the Kashmiri pandit exodus from Kashmir.
- What is it to know the agony of being a refugee in your own country? The year 1990 saw the biggest forced migration in independent India whereby more than 4,00,000 Kashmiri Pandits had to flee from the Kashmir Valley. Almost 3 decades later, most have been unable to return.
- Shikara is the story of resilience in the face of insurmountable odds. It’s also the story of a love that remains unextinguished through 30 years of exile.
- A timeless love story in the worst of times.
Production:
- In March 2018, it was reported that a film was shot under the title “Love and Letters” in Kashmir by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. In an interview later, he mentioned that almost entirely film was shot in Kashmir. Initially in Summer, then in autumn and again in Winter. Only refugee camps were recreated in Mumbai and some sequences in Agra, but this part of story is brief. Shots in Kashmir included several places such as the Lalit Hotel in Srinagar, on shikaras in the middle of a lake, on the backwaters of the Dal, in a desolate Hindu house, near Hazratbal and many more.
- Some scenes were reported to be shot in Wandhama near Ganderbal, where one of the biggest massacre in the Valley, 23 Kashmiri Hindus — four children, nine women and ten men were massacred in 1998.
Film Casting:
- Lead characters of Kashmiri birth, Aadil Khan and Sadia were cast to lend authenticity. Several Kashmiri Hindu were selected for principal cast. Also, to make refugee camps as similar as possible to the real ones 30 years ago (19 January 1990), actual refugees were cast. Approximately 4,000 out of 400,000 refugees, who are currently inhabitants of Jagti and other refugee camps agreed to take part. They were women, children and older people. Refugee camp scenes were shot for several days and nights.
Marketing Release:
- The Movie is set to release on 7 February 2020. The Movie’s poster was released on 20th December 2019. Movie Trailer Release Online on youtube is 7th January 2020 Just one month to release.
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