After earning international acclaim with the world premiere in London, acclaimed Kashmiri short film Tasrufdar: Djinns of Kashmir is set to premiere in Srinagar later this month, with filmmaker Kapil Mattoo hoping the screening will start an honest dialogue among Kashmiris on memories, loss and reconciliation rooted in the events of 1990.
Describing the Kashmiri-language directorial as ‘more than a film’, Mattoo said Tasrufdar is an emotional journey that seeks to bring to the surface feelings that have remained buried for over three decades.
‘It is an emotion for me. It is more than a film. I think it is a necessary conversation between two Kashmiris,’ Mattoo told PTI in an interview here.
He said while many Kashmiris displaced from the Valley have rebuilt their lives elsewhere over the past 35 years, the emotional wounds remain.
‘Whether someone lives in London, Jammu or Delhi, people may have moved on with life, but those emotions are still buried deep inside. We need to vent them out and unblock them,’ he said.
Mattoo said he was particularly looking forward to the Srinagar premiere. (PTI)
