Kashmir: Films return to big screen after 23 years
Movie theatres are set to reopen in Indian-administered Kashmir for the first time in more than two decades. Moazum Mohammad and Abid Bhat report on the return of the cinema to the conflict-torn region - and what it means for the people.
The foyer of the INOX multiplex in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar is filled with the region's crafts - intricate wood carvings on the ceiling and doors and a theatre logo made of papier-mâché.
"It took us four years to reach this day," says Vikas Dhar who, along with his father, has partnered with the multiplex chain to open the cinema complex in the region.
It was no ordinary task - the Dhar family demolished an eight-room guest house to make way for the four-storey multiplex.
An inaugural screening was hel...