sagarika labroo

This is one of the few movies I liked in recent time. The movie starts with both Nicole and Charlie seated in a Marriage counselor's room. You know where the movie is headed. The movie tells a tale of the relationship from the start i.e how they met, fell in love and so on and so forth. Unfortunately they hit several bumps and one fine day Nicole day decides to serve Charlie with the divorce papers. That's when things start getting interesting and reality sets in. They are dragged to the court for negotiation of their child's custody. This bit shows how the judicial system for divorce is in a bad shape.. The couple are made snd told to do things they wouldn't want to do otherwise. One of the most emotional scenes is when Charlie reads Nicole's letter for him that she wrote during the counselling session. The letter talks about why she loves him. Charlie weeps while reading it but its too late since they are already divorced. The main reason both of the got divorced were that Charlie was too involved in his life e and Nicole wanted to live in LA. In the last 5 mins, the story end s ina way where Charlie decides to move to LA and Nicole is really happy and busy with her career. Unfortunately these changes if brought a few months earlier could have saved their marriage maybe.

I am a kashmiri pandit. Am writing this review because I was shocked to see how the rating fell from 9 to 1 or 2 on imdb after few negative videos shaming the film started streaming online . Please don't judge this movie for all the negative publicity it has been receiving. I watched it first with my mom ,she wept till everyone had left the theatre and the guard had to escort us out. She watched it twice and loved it. It saddens me that this brilliant movie could not stay in the theatres for more than two weeks and I did not even get a chance to see it on the big screen with my friends who were waiting for it since they had always heard stories from me(that I heard from my family) but this was the first time a movie had been made on our story.(you can watch it now on Amazon prime) Since I have never visited kashmir Shikara has really brought me closer to my roots and I would want to go back. Kashmiri pandits/hindus exodus is a sensitive topic and has been conveniently ignored for the past 30 years.Time and again I have been questioned about my identity as I don't have typical indian features so as soon as I reveal it the next question is:are you a muslim? Unfortunately, only a handful of people know about what happened on the night of 19 Jan 1990 let alone about who we even are and if we exist: kashmiri pandits/hindus. I hope that if people watch Shikara I will be less bothered with such questions. I would encourage you to watch this movie and take back with you a bigger message ,The message of love and hope. I would also like to add that despite all that our community had to go through we never lifted guns and that's what the movie has tried to convey. I am thankful to Vinod sir for taking this brave effort and dedicating 11 years to this which has definitely reflected in the film.