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Film on Kashmir architecture to screen at Kolkata fest

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A film on Kashmiri architecture by veteran filmmaker of the Valley Mushtaq Bala is being screened at the 17th Kolkata Film Festival on 17 November.

The film "Ancient Architectural Styles of Kashmir” highlights the architectural excellence and blending of different architectural patterns through ages into Kashmir architecture.

It aims at exploring the salient feature of both the residential architecture and the monumental architecture so as to reveal how Kashmiri architecture, under...

Kashmiri play makes it to Asia's biggest theater festival

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‘Wattepaed’- a Kashmiri theatre play which made a significant impact with its premier show in Srinagar has been selected for National School of Drama’s annual International Theatre Festival, Bharangam-2012, a rare feat for a Kashmiri production.

A reflection of present political realities of the Valley, ‘Wattepaed’ is a blend of modern theatre techniques and traditional folk theatre form, Bhaand-e-Pather. The play was well received by the audiences and the critics who paid for this...

Rishi Kapoor finds Kashmir as romantic as ever

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Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor, whose Kashmir connection dates back to 1970s when he had shot to fame as a young lover in superhit 'Bobby', today revisited the Valley saying he finds the place now as romantic as it was decades ago.

"Very few places in the world provide so much variety as Kashmir. You have so much variety here. It is a virgin beauty. This place is all about romance," Rishi told reporters here.

Rishi, who is on a personal visit here, talked about the beauty of Kashmir and the...

Lets talk movies

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In my last column I had said, films are a visual representation of a story. The best part and also one which we don't really bother to think about is the fact that this visual representation is merely someones opinion, which is being broadcasted to multiple cerebrums, and we should always remain objective and unbiased while watching these films,  just because you don't condone something doesn't mean that you agree with them this week, ill talk about a few  of my favourite films over the...

Pandit plans feature film on Dardpora widows

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Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, who has already made a documentary widows of Dardpora in North Kashmir, has decided to tell their stories of pain and sorrow through a feature film.

Last year, Pandit visited Dardpora, around 115 km from Srinagar, in the border district of Kupwara, to make the documentary called "Village Of Widows" on them.

"The visits to Dardpora and the documentary changed my life. Can you imagine, an entire village of widows, and that too the widows of extremists? What do they...

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