No Fathers In Kashmir trailer is equal parts innocence and suspense

The trailer of award-winning filmmaker Ashvin Kumar’s film No Fathers In Kashmir is out and hints at an innocent but nail-biting drama. It tells the story of a British girl Noor (Zara Webb) and a local boy Majid (Shivam Raina), who are on a dangerous journey to find their missing fathers.

The two teenagers reach a treacherous area near the Indo-Pak border and are arrested. Noor is released since she is British and then decides to help Majid get his freedom. The trailer is spellbinding and the film often touches open issues we rarely see in mainstream cinema.

Mahesh Bhatt, who attended the launch of the film also starring his wife Soni Razdan, said at the event, “A staggering, heart wrenching film. Ashvin has the guts to embrace all that darkness and then having done that bring us so much light. In these dark times of hate, here’s a love story from the blood-soaked valley of Kashmir, which has the audacity to hope.”

According to a report in India Today, Mahesh lambasted the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) for censor board saying, “It’s a tragedy that for a film like No Fathers In Kashmir, a filmmaker had to run from pillar to post and beg people to get it through. In this age and time, is there anything called censorship? I have the audacity to look at the truth; the greatest epic which mankind has been blessed with, the Mahabharata came from the battle of Kurukshetra. In that moment of darkness, he who locks the eyes with the darkness discovers a life, which Ashwin has discovered.”

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Razdan also spoke about the film at the event. She said, “When I read this script, I found it very interesting because here was a film that showed the reality. There have been many films on Kashmir but this one isn’t peppered by drama, love stories and other things. It’s what truly is representative of how the situation is in the valley. And that’s what drew me to the film”.

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First Published: Mar 19, 2019 17:18 IST