[Reader-list] THE ‘K’ FACTOR - Irrationality of rational realist films..

Aditya Raj Kaul kauladityaraj at gmail.com
Tue Dec 23 23:05:09 IST 2008


 THE 'K' FACTOR - Irrationality of rational realist
films..<http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/2008/12/k-factor.html>
by
Pooja Shali

Films From Kashmir,
Films For Kashmiris,
Without Kashmiri Pandits!

 In the world of documentaries, every artist has the freedom to choose and
deliver at his own will. All the more better if supported by the government
and masses. As every filmmaker tricks the audience into believing his theme
as abject truth, the masses too tend to drown themselves into it.

This weekend proved to be a crammed package of films on J&K. As one channel
flashed a documentary based on a famous poem, the other channel followed
with a special report on the children of conflict. Like always this viewer
remained glued hoping against hope to catch a minority face…but I am glad my
hopes were not raised. The first film reiterated their 'freedom struggle' as
'satyagraha'; the other believed that the children of the valley are the
worst victims.

Once more we had to watch the pain of the majority (Muslim) community, their
kith and kin and their troubles caused at the hands of the ruthless Indian
government. Once again the filmmakers decided to ignore that 'there once
lived a minority that now has the whole galaxy as their home except their
own valley'. It is always troublesome to watch young lives suffer, their
faces becoming a paradox to peace. But to believe that the conflict war zone
weighed heavy only on population presently in the valley, one is mistaken.

read more at..  http://kashmiris-in-exile.blogspot.com/2008/12/k-factor.html

Thanks

on behalf of Roots In Kashmir

Aditya Raj Kaul


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