MUMBAI – Bollywood Diva Alia Bhatt came out in support of her mother Soni Razdan here by attending a special screening of her film No Fathers In Kashmir in Mumbai.
Kalki Koechlin, Jim Sarbh, Shabana Azmi, Rasika Dugal, Shibani Dandekar, Arjun Mathur and Ranvir Shorey and several others attended the screening of the Ashvin Kumar directorial, releasing on Friday.
The entire Bhatt family was in tow alongside Soni, supporting her for the film. No Fathers In Kashmir went through a long battle with the censor board before receiving a U/A certificate. The film also marks Kumar`s acting debut.
The film also stars Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Anshuman Jha, Zara Webb, Shivam Raina, Natasha Mago and Maya Sarao. It is based in the Kashmir Valley and follows the love story of two 16-year-olds who are in search for their fathers who have gone missing.
Alia Bhatt also praised the upcoming movie on Twitter also:
https://twitter.com/aliaa08/status/1113815350896877568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1113815350896877568&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Fmovies%2Fcelebrities%2Fstory%2Falia-bhatt-reviews-mom-soni-razdan-s-no-fathers-in-kashmir-a-must-watch-1494550-2019-04-05
No Fathers In Kashmir explores the unrest in militancy-riddled Kashmir and the stark reality of the disappeared persons, half-widows, illegal detentions and encounters. Soni plays a woman whose son was “picked up” for interrogation by the Indian Army several years ago and never returned home.
While talking about the movie with Indian publication ‘India Today’ that “I’m so relieved. None of us can really figure it out why there were so many delays. From outside, it looks like some harassment. There have been several films set in Kashmir on similar subjects that have released,” she said.
She added that No Fathers In Kashmir was unnecessarily at the receiving end. “Probably because the director does not mince the words regarding Kashmir and the situation is sensitive there and they are being overcautious. But overcautious to what extent and why? I think it’s a really high time in a country that people start realising that censorship is more or less redundant, as it’s the day of the internet,” she said.
Here is the trailer for No Fathers in Kashmir:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUkR6395p44
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