No movie can justify the pain and suffering of people who lost their home, motherland and family but this movie bravely tries to show a glimpse of what the atmosphere was like back then in Kashmir.
The cinematography is beautiful, the background score is sombre and melancholic. I like how often there is no background score at all, emphasising more on the melancholic tone of events being portrayed. There is constant horror lingering in the back, you can feel it and can imagine what fright the Kashmiri Pandits had to endure back then.
The performance by the cast is top-notch. The inclusion of the Kashmiri language in dialogues is appreciable. The raw Kashmiri songs in the movie are very touching and heart-wrenching.
Vivek Agnihotri doesn't hold back from showing gore violence. There are very disturbing scenes that you would rather not like to watch, but many worse incidents happened in reality back then. These scenes are necessary and I applaud the director for keeping them.
The movie is lengthy and feels a bit stretched out. Apart from that, the only thing I would've changed would be the point of view from which the story is told. I feel that the fear and fright of the KP families living back then in Kashmir is still not echoing enough. The psychological effect of this genocide on the people is missing in the movie, in my opinion.
I hope the success of this movie inspires other competent directors to make movies on related subjects. Kudos to everyone choosing to watch this film and respect for the KP families for not picking up guns ever.
The cinematography is beautiful, the background score is sombre and melancholic. I like how often there is no background score at all, emphasising more on the melancholic tone of events being portrayed. There is constant horror lingering in the back, you can feel it and can imagine what fright the Kashmiri Pandits had to endure back then.
The performance by the cast is top-notch. The inclusion of the Kashmiri language in dialogues is appreciable. The raw Kashmiri songs in the movie are very touching and heart-wrenching.
Vivek Agnihotri doesn't hold back from showing gore violence. There are very disturbing scenes that you would rather not like to watch, but many worse incidents happened in reality back then. These scenes are necessary and I applaud the director for keeping them.
The movie is lengthy and feels a bit stretched out. Apart from that, the only thing I would've changed would be the point of view from which the story is told. I feel that the fear and fright of the KP families living back then in Kashmir is still not echoing enough. The psychological effect of this genocide on the people is missing in the movie, in my opinion.
I hope the success of this movie inspires other competent directors to make movies on related subjects. Kudos to everyone choosing to watch this film and respect for the KP families for not picking up guns ever.