Srinagar, Jan. 17 -- Jammu and Kashmir has long been celebrated as Indian cinema's most enchanting canvas. From the 1960s onwards, its valleys, lakes, and snow-capped peaks became synonymous with romance and beauty, immortalized in films that defined an era. Pahalgam, Gulmarg, and Dal Lake were not merely locations; they were characters in themselves, shaping the visual language of Bollywood classics. Valley's cinematic legacy is inseparable from India's cultural memory, a reminder of how art and geography can merge to create timeless magic.

Yet, this legacy was interrupted. The turbulence of the 1990s and subsequent decades cast a shadow over Kashmir's role in cinema. Terrorism and instability forced filmmakers to abandon the Valley, re...