Shikara (2020 film)

Shikara
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Screenplay byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Rahul Pandita
Abhijat Joshi
Story byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Produced byVidhu Vinod Chopra
StarringAadil Khan
Sadia Khateeb
CinematographyRangarajan Ramabadran
Edited byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Shikhar Misra
Music byScore:
A. R. Rahman
Qutub-E-Kripa
Songs:
Sandesh Shandilya
Abhay Sopori
Rohit Kulkarni
Production
company
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Release date
  • 7 February 2020 (2020-02-07) (India)[1]
Running time
120 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest. ₹8.15 crore[3]

Shikara is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced and directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film is based on the Kashmiri pandit exodus of 1990. The story revolved around the love story of Shanti and Shiv Dhar, who are Kashmiri Pandits in the backdrop of the Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from Kashmir.[1] The book Our Moon Has Blood Clots by Rahul Pandita has inspired many parts of the movie.[4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ a b "Vidhu Vinod Chopra's upcoming film 'Shikara - A love letter from Kashmir' is slated to release on THIS date - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
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  3. ^ "Shikara Box Office". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  4. ^ Sharma, Devansh (7 February 2020). "Shikara movie review: Vidhu Vinod Chopra's account of Kashmiri Pandit exodus is strikingly poetic but seldom urgent". Firstpost. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Vidhu Vinod Chopra's 'Shikara - A Love Letter From Kashmir's' trailer to be out on THIS day". The Times of India. 5 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Vidhu Vinod Chopra brings searing pain of Kashmiri Pandit genocide on film". India Today. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Vidhu Vinod Chopra Highlights 'Untold Story' of Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990". India Today. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2020.