Sunday confessions: Censorship has ensured that people of the rest of India view Kashmir in simplistic binaries, says director Ashvin Kumar - Hindustan Times
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Sunday confessions: Censorship has ensured that people of the rest of India view Kashmir in simplistic binaries, says director Ashvin Kumar

Hindustan Times | ByAshvin Kumar
Apr 28, 2019 02:29 PM IST

After six screenings, seven hearings and eight months of wait, the Oscar-nominated director’s new film, No Fathers in Kashmir, finally made it to the screens, and this was neither his first film on Kashmir nor his brush with censorship

I still recall the somewhat comic ritual that saw Inshallah, Football, my first film on Kashmir, being banned by the Censor board. After protest in the media and being given an ‘A’ certificate, it went on to win a National Award (2011). My next film, Inshallah, Kashmir in the following year, was also banned, and this film too won a National Award (2012). Note: both these movies are documentary films and the censor board felt that the descriptions of torture and rape would be too much for a young adult audience to hear and watch.

A still from Ashvin Kumar’s latest film No Fathers in Kashmir
A still from Ashvin Kumar’s latest film No Fathers in Kashmir
“For the lack of a coherent Kashmir policy, our government uses censorship as a blunt tool ”
Award-winning director Ashvin Kumar’s latest outing is centered around two teenagers experiencing their first love and heartbreak.
Award-winning director Ashvin Kumar’s latest outing is centered around two teenagers experiencing their first love and heartbreak.
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