Shikara will hit the theatres on January 19
Vidhu Vinod Chopra is back as a director with Shikara - A love letter from Kashmir. The film tells one of the most brutal exodus stories of the modern world. The film is based on the Kashmiri Pandit exodus of 1990 that forced almost over a lakh natives of the valley to leave their homeland. The film will hit the theatres on January 19, 2020, exactly 30 years after the exodus.
The film stars debutants Sadia and Aadil Khan in the lead and captures the story behind the Kashmiri Pandit exodus and the pain of refuge in their own country. Sharing the trailer of the film, Vidhu Vinod Chopra Films tweeted, "More than 4,00,000 Kashmiri Pandits lost their homes and became refugees in their own country. Three decades later, watch their story unfold. #Shikara trailer out now."
The makers had earlier released a 37-second motion poster that started with voices of people protesting in the background.
Releasing the first motion poster, the makers captioned, "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," the makers captioned the video.
"Shikara" is touted as 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".
This is not the first time that Vidhu Vinod Chopra has made a film on Kashmir. In the past, he directed Mission Kashmir starring Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt that had the premises of growing militancy in the valley.
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