Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s interaction with filmmakers in Bengaluru is part of a welcome government effort to bring back film-makers to Kashmir in greater numbers. Jammu and Kashmir and Indian cinema share a long, emotional and culturally rich relationship, one that deserves to be revived with renewed energy.

For decades, Kashmir has been the favoured location of Hindi cinema, and to a lesser extent for the movies from South. Its lakes, gardens, meadows and mountains gave Indian films some of their most memorable imagery. From Raj Kapoor’s Barsaat in 1949 to the romance-filled........

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