Kashmiri is spoken in India and Pakistan and 4 movies (between 2010 and 2017) with this language have been recorded so far. Most of these movies were shot in India (4). Popular genres for Kashmiri movies are Drama (3), History (1) and Adventure (1). The Puppet (2013), Nainsukh (2011), Half Widow (2017) and Autumn (2010) are among the best known & most successful Kashmiri movies.
The 18th-century Indian painter Nainsukh of Guler receives a poetic, visually stunning tribute from a young Indian filmmaker employing an arresting pictorial language. Shot in the region where Nainsukh produced his most celebrated work, this is a meditative and meticulous recreation of the world of an artistic genius.
Rafiq and his family are struggling to come to terms with the loss of his older brother Tauqir, a tourist photographer, who is one of the thousands of young men who have disappeared, since the onset of the militant insurgency in Kashmir. After an unsuccessful attempt to cross the border into Pakistan,to become a militant, Rafiq returns home to an aimless existence. Until one day when he accidentally finds his brother's old camera.
A breathtaking tale of a Kashmiri woman whose happy life takes a drastic turn as her husband is made to disappear and her brother loves and protects her in her struggle as a half widow.