He is the only Indian to be nominated for an academy award in the live action short film category for Little Terrorist in 2005. Director, Producer, Writer and Editor, Ashvin Kumar is ready with his next, “Inshallah Football”, a feature documentary set in Kashmir. Premiered at the prestigious Pusan International Film Festival in Korea recently, Inshallah Football is being described as a bold experiment by filmmaker to portray the situation in Kashmir. In a freewheeling chat with Syed...

Here is my response to the report in the Hindu in which chairperson of CBFC denies any censorship on either Inshallah, Football or Dazed in Doon.

I didn't speak to Mrs. Tagore, I spoke to the CEO of CBFC last night.

From what I understood last night, the film was placed in front of a second and wider committee (after the first one declined certification) and the second committee too refused to give it certification. I was informed telephonically that the recourse now available within CBFC...

Srinagar: The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has refused a censor certificate to Inshallah Football, a documentary film about an aspiring footballer who was denied the right to travel abroad on the pretext that father was a militant in the 1990s.

New Delhi: Inshallah, Football a film on a Kashmiri footballer has bagged the the special mention award at the 7th Dubai International Film Festival on Sunday.

Directed by Asvin Kumar, Inshallah, Football is a film about the difficulty of having a dream in an invisible war. It follows the journey of a young footballer, Basharat, caught between the dilemmas of a regular teenager and the extraordinary dilemmas of being born the son of an ex-militant in Kashmir.

The festival, which ended...

The anger of the youth in Kashmir has myriad manifestations. What could possibly incense a Dylan-humming, Jacko-clad youth get out on the street and pelt stones? What could be the drive strong enough for a good-at-studies MBA student to hit the road and tread the “militant” path.Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ashvin Kumar, through Inshallah Football, attempts at a hopeful insight into the subject as he probes the pent-up anger in Kashmiri youth.

Set in the backdrop of the ongoing “youth...

For centuries Kashmir has had a history of invasions by outside forces to subjugate people by perpetual use of force and apart from persecution and plunder,the worst hit has always been the culture of this paradise on earth.

What is Kashmir identity? In my opinion, it is not a bellicose concept which some quarters make it to be. It is the assertion of the talented people of this beautiful land; that their only claim to distinction and excellence in the World,

Rahman Rahi's residence is on a slightly higher plain, has a simple outlook and a quiet calm surrounding it, just like Prof. Rahman Rahi, the poet. I ring the bell of their small, old style wooden door, and wait for the response. Rahi himself comes out, and quietly greets me.