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  • Ziyarat denied release in Jammu despite valid agreement

    Ziyarat denied release in Jammu despite valid agreement

    NEW DELHI: A film based on communal amity in Jammu and Kashmir, ‘Ziyarat‘ directed by Suresh K Goswami, has been denied released in Jammu although the filmmakers had fulfilled all necessary formalities with the theatres.


    Goswami told indiantelevision.com that the film had been cleared by the censors and was considered an important milestone in promoting communal amity in the valley.


    He said the release had been scheduled for 2 December and the pre-booking, reservation, and the theatre advance payment had been concluded 20 days before the release date for Hari Theatre.


    The producers have complained to the industry body and also sought damages at this unethical behaviour of the theatre management.


    Goswami said, “Ziyarat was a sincere effort to promote brotherhood, regional integration, local culture and national integration, a much needed genre in present Kashmir.”


    The film tells the story of a Muslim couple who are desperately looking for a Hindu Pandit. The couple forced to flee the valley in the wake of violence, leaving behind their child.

  • Ziyarat is Indian entry to Dhaka Film Fest

    Ziyarat is Indian entry to Dhaka Film Fest

    NEW DELHI: Ziyarat, the first feature film to be made by a Kashmiri
    director and starring only Kashmiri artistes which has already won an
    award in the United States, has been invited to the Dhaka
    International Film Festival early next year.


    The film, directed by Suresh K Goswami who also wrote the story, will
    have a limited release in the country in Delhi and Mumbai in the first
    phase and later in Jammu and Kashmir.


    Noting that a film of this nature may not have a mass appeal, Goswami
    told indiantelevision.com that he expected to release the film on 21
    October with about ten prints in Delhi and Mumbai, and later a bigger
    release in Jammu and Kashmir.


    Goswami said the research on the film had taken a year after which he
    shot the film in eight days in December last and did the
    post-production in just over three months. He said the film had just
    three professional actors, the rest being either newcomers or people
    living in relief camps.


    Answering a question, he said he did not face any hurdles while
    shooting on actual locations in the valley and Jammu, and the Central
    Board of Film Certification had only asked him to tone down the
    dialogues at one or two places.


    Essentially a story based on the plight of Kashmiri pundits who had to
    flee the valley and are now living miserable lives in refugee camps,
    the film won ‘Honorable Mention‘ at the Famewalk International Film
    Festival in Los Angeles on 22 July 2011.


    The story revolves around young Muslim Abdul Qadir and his wife Mariam
    who are searching for their friends – Pandit Dinanath and his wife
    Girija who had fled the valley when their family became a victim of
    militancy. Mariam has brought up Posh, the son of Pandit and his wife
    who had thought their child had been killed.