Lollywood - Official ~ Film festival hopes to revive Jammu & Kashmir cinema industry While many parts of Jammu and Kashmir are inundated with flood the department of tourism is helping conduct Jammu & Kashmir International Film Festival (JKIFF) from October 12 to 17, Actor and film maker Rahat Kazmi (not THAT Rahat Kazmi) is the told the media that they were in talks with AJK’s chief minister Omar Abdullah to hold the event on time. Kazmi is hopeful to gather more media attention as the event comes closer. Apart from resurrecting movie culture, opening up the cinemas again; the festival will also enable upcoming and talented filmmakers in J&K to showcase their work. “We all know cinemas are closed there for several years, and the state has been through a bad period. Now thankfully, the conditions are much better,” Host of some beautiful movies like Highway, Jab Tuk hai Jaan and Rockstar; Kashmir’s very own film industry is yet to see a revival. Although the valley has acted as a backdrop for many majestic Bollywood movies; its cinemas have remained barren and some even destroyed in bombings by security forces. Back in the 1950s, Kashmir was churning out movies like Pamposh which were being screened at the Cannes film Festival. The industry kept on producing films but then faced a sabbatical of 39 years after a film named Mehjoor. But they kept on screening telefilms and other Bollywood movies. The insurgency in 1989 turned out to be suicidal for Kashmir’s film industry. The chief minister opened up cinemas – Broadway Cinema Regal and Neelam – in 1996 but none of them survived attacks apart from Neelam which reportedly shows old Indian movies. In 2006, the lull broke and Akh Daleel Looluch was released and in 2012 Kashmir saw its first 35mm film Partav. Recently also, Kashmir is facing floods but it is about time one shook the majestic valley out of its misery and provided some entertainment to the art0loving people in Kashmir. We’ve seen a lot of films being picturised in Kashmir in the recent times like Imtiaz Ali’s Highway, Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider and Rahat Kazmi’s Identity Card so this might be the best time to launch a festival in the majestic valley of Kashmir. (( LIKE # FB/LollywoodOfficialPage # SHARE ))
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 11:40:10 +0000
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