Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s next movie on Kashmir will be shot in the migrant camps of Kashmiri Pandits. Deputy Commissioner of Jammu K K Sidha stated, “Vinod Chopra is scheduled to shoot his upcoming movie from March 27-April 7 in the migrant camps. There would be no shooting on March 29 and 31, and April 4 at the camps, which are inhabited by Kashmiri Hindus, who were forced out of the Valley after the rise of militancy in the region in the early 90’s.”
Assistant-director Ashish Nijhawan said, "Shooting would take place in the migrant camps but refrain from giving further details about the movie."
“Most of the actors will be fresh faces”, said Nijhawan. He also added that there will be Kashmiris, including young, old, middle-aged, male, and female and kids, would be hired for the shooting. The filmmaker had earlier shot ‘Mission Kashmir’, starring Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt, and Preity Zinta, in the Valley.
Originally hailing from Jammu and Kashmir, Vidhu Vinod Chopra had spent his early life in Srinagar, where he studied in a school and college. He had met Union minister Jitendra Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra in the past and held discussions on this project.
