A press meet of the film No Fathers In Kashmir was organized in the presence of director Ashvin Kumar, costume designer Ritu Kumar, Soni Razdan and others.

The story of the film is about forgiveness and hope seen through the eyes of love struck teenagers, Noor and Majid.

Ashwin Kumar, the director of the film is an Oscar nominated and two time National award winning film maker who has written, directed and produced a number of films and documentaries like Inshallah Kashmir, Inshallah Football, short film like Little Terrorist and so on.

Speaking at the event, the director said “It is very essential for the rest of India to know what actually happens in Kashmir. Only when fights happen between the armed forces- reports come out in the media. This is important but there are instances which are not reported. People go out of their homes. And they often do not return back home. These happen on a regular basis. These need to be told”.

Soni Razdan plays the role of a grandmother whose son is missing. Her grandchild comes from abroad. It is the grandchild who searches for her missing son.

The actress mentioned that things were very critical in Kashmir. Steps must bow be taken so that the crisis and the tensions can be resolved at the earliest. Or else when the problems will develop even further, the whole country will be affected.

The language of the film is in English, Kashmiri and Urdu.

The music of the film has been composed by Loik Dury and Christophe Disco Minck.

Ritu Kumar who is the mother of the director of the film and also the film’s costume designer was immensely proud of her son’s achievements as a film maker. Though there was not much scope for costume designing in the film, she did her best to highlight the rich traditions of Kashmir.

She recreated Kashmiri shawls for the film. These were worn by the locals in the old times. The shawls were printed in Delhi and her main aim was to make them look like old shawls.

She also mentioned that since Kashmir was an isolated part of the world, people did not go to the mainland to get synthetic dye. Instead they use vegetable dyes. The fabrics they use are wools which are essentially protein fibres. This is the reason why the dresses of the Kashmiri people have a different texture and colour.

Zara Webb, Shivam Raina, Ashvin Kumar, Maya Sarao, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Soni Razdan, Natasha Mago and others will be seen in pivotal roles in the film.

The film is eyeing on release on 5^th April.

Priyanka Dutta