[Reader-list] The Truth about Kashmir!

[Pawan Durani]

lol....

On 11/6/08, S. Jabbar <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> But if the film is to be authentic she WILL be covered from top to toe in a
> black burqa, eyes peering out of thick spectacles.  What matter whether
> it's
> Bips or Sanjay Dutt playing AA?
>
>
> > From: Sanjay Kak <kaksanjay at gmail.com>
> > Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 13:10:13 +0530
> > To: Sarai Reader List <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > Subject: [Reader-list] The Truth about Kashmir!
> >
> > For those on the Reader-list who have been waiting with bated breath for
> > the
> truth about Kashmir, the moment may well be near.
> Bollywood's A list is
> > all set to bring out the unvarnished truth.
> And they are giving it their best:
> > Screen saver favourite Bipasha Basu will
> play Islamist Asiya Andrabi.
> Please
> > read this story from the Srinagar based daily Rising
> > Kashmir.
> http://www.risingkashmir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&i
> > d=8133
>
> "Bipasha to play Asiya in Lamha"
>
> Rising Kashmir News
> Srinagar, Nov
> > 4:
>
> Claiming that Sanjay Dutt, Kunal Kapoor and Bipasha Basu have
> > pro-Kashmir
> sentiments, Bollywood Director Rahul Dholakia Wednesday said that
> > the
> glamorous Bipasha will play Dukhtaran-e-Millat chairperson Asiya Andrabi
> > in
> his film 'Lamha'.
> Addressing media persons here, Dholakia said that his
> > film is entirely
> pro-Kashmir and it will depict the real aspirations of
> > Kashmiri people.
> "This is a love story woven with boundless void of agony
> > which Kashmiri
> people are facing for the past 61 years. Without the help of
> > Kashmiri people
> I cannot do justice with my film," he said.
> Spewing his anger
> > against the unbridled powers of troops, paramilitary
> forces and police in
> > Kashmir, Dholakia said: "I may be hated in India but I
> will show how army,
> > CRPF and police are unleashing reign of terror on
> innocent Kashmiris."
> He
> > claimed that leading artists of the film Sanjay Dutt, Kunal Kapoor and
> Bipasha
> > Basu are pro-Kashmir who are keen to reflect the real aspirations of
> Kashmiri
> > people.
> "Bipasha Basu will play the role of Dukhtaran-e-Millat chairperson.
> > She she
> is entirely pro-Kashmiri in the film," Dholakia said.
> He said Lamha
> > has a potential to clear all pre-conceived notions about
> Kashmir as the film
> > will realistically portray Kashmir to the audience
> around the world.
> "The two
> > years of my research about Kashmir suggest that all the Bollywood
> films about
> > Kashmir are fakes. I want to break this tradition. That is why I
> want to shoot
> > this film here with stars like Sanjay Dutt and Bipasha Basu,"
> he added.
> He
> > revealed some scenes in his film wherein half-widows ask the Indian
> troopers
> > whereabouts of their husbands. "I have scenes like women holding
> photos of
> > their husbands who are missing since 17 years, common Kashmiris
> being harassed
> > by troops asking them to prove their identity and other
> painful incidents
> > which happen here everyday," Dholakia said. "There are
> dialogues in the film
> > where people say that if Aishwarya Rai sees moon or
> not it makes breaking news
> > for Indian media but in Kashmir the women who
> have not seen their husbands
> > since 17 years are not newsworthy."
> Dholakia said that at the end of the day,
> > a question will be asked to the
> audience as to who should be held accountable
> > for the ongoing tyranny in
> Kashmir.
> "When in a crackdown innocent Kashmiri
> > girls are picked up and raped, no one
> does anything about it. Indians have
> > been made to believe that a Kashmiri is
> a militant which is absolutely false,
> > incorrect and ridiculous," he said.
> Dholakia said he wants to convey that
> > Kashmiris are most sensitive,
> emotional and fine human beings who have been
> > cheated year after year by
> various
> > governments.
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