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00:00We are going to take a look at Mehaq Jamal's film film, but also an author.
00:07He also has some feature films and short films.
00:11The author of Lowell Kashmir also has a book.
00:19Mehaq Kashmir is also a big one, but he is settled in this moment.
00:24Welcome to your community.
00:27I would like to ask you, where was your education?
00:32Where was your education?
00:33I have all my education here in Srinagar.
00:38I mean, schooling, from kindergarten to 12th standard.
00:43After that, I did my college from Bangalore.
00:46Film making?
00:49Yes.
00:50I have an art and design school in Srishti, Bangalore.
00:55When I joined, I thought I would design.
00:58But slowly, slowly, I discovered the film.
01:02Then, I graduated.
01:05After that, I am based in Bombay.
01:09I work on that.
01:11Because the film industry is also there.
01:14I am based on my work.
01:16That's why.
01:17Mehaq as a filmmaker.
01:19We will talk about that too.
01:21But first, we want to talk about Lowell Kashmir.
01:23We want to talk about Lowell Kashmir.
01:28Lowell is a Kashmiri.
01:30It means love, love and affection.
01:33We want to talk about that too.
01:34We want to talk about that too.
01:35We want to talk about that too.
01:36We want to talk about that too.
01:37Yes, absolutely.
01:38So, what kind of stories of love in this book are in this book?
01:40And how long has it been to prepare for it?
01:43If you see, the time has been 4 years.
01:48In 2020, you have started.
01:49In 2020, you have started.
01:50In November, December 2020, when COVID lockdown was open.
01:55And I was here in Srinagar.
01:57So, I started this project.
01:59And its name was Lowell Kashmir.
02:02And I wanted to see that the love, the love, the love,
02:07I didn't listen to the real stories in Kashmir.
02:11And I was curious about it.
02:13Especially since I had abrogation here.
02:16So, there was a lot of communication blockers and lockdowns.
02:23So, how did people communicate with each other?
02:29And what inventive things were they?
02:33And I was listening to some stories.
02:36So, I was curious about it.
02:38So, I started this project.
02:40And I started interviewing people.
02:44The history of twenty-cence.
02:45Where do you are from?
02:46And the history of the love of the�est.
02:48So, there were 16 stories first.
02:52They were published on three stages.
02:53The first part is the author.
02:54So, The first part, author.
02:56Which means, day before yesterday, in Kashmiri.
02:57Then, the rest, which was yesterday.
02:59And now, which is today.
03:01So, the author, author is the news of the 80s and 90s.
03:05In the late 2000s, in the late 2000s, the Summers of Unrest started.
03:16Last Us, in the late 2000s, is a story of 2019.
03:22The story of these three parts is discussed because it covers each time period.
03:33In Kashmir, there was an ongoing conflict over decades.
03:39There was a different time period when something happened.
03:44So, these stories, the love stories, are in the backdrop.
03:51Does this love story have also been shown by the mother-in-law?
03:55Or the boyfriend or girlfriend have also been shown by the love of her?
03:59Or is there any affection that has been given in her life?
04:03Yes.
04:04If you look outside, it seems that it will only be romantic, but it is not.
04:09There is a parental love.
04:10There is a love between two friends.
04:12There is a love between two friends.
04:14There is a love between them.
04:15There is a love between them.
04:16There is a love between them.
04:17There is a love between them.
04:18There is a love between them and your family, your own homeland.
04:27So, I've covered different kinds of love.
04:30and I tried to find that the stories are diverse and different,
04:37as possible as possible.
04:39Yes, this is the 16 stories.
04:42Because the stories are real, it is not fiction.
04:47No.
04:48So, living with these characters, or talking to them,
04:52I think this is a very difficult job.
04:55Sometimes it was difficult.
04:58To identify these characters?
05:01Yes, to identify.
05:02So, when I started this,
05:05I had a project call
05:09where I explained everything,
05:13what I'm looking for.
05:15It was like a poster,
05:17and I was sending them all.
05:19It was a Google form type,
05:24which people could be filled.
05:26If they were reading,
05:27they thought that my story could be in it,
05:29then they would send me to them.
05:31So, through them,
05:33I had to contact them,
05:35and talk to them.
05:37So, the interviews were different.
05:40They were on the phone,
05:41on the Zoom call,
05:42on the in-person.
05:43So, this was one way.
05:44The other way,
05:45it was word of mouth,
05:46to ask people,
05:47which I also knew.
05:49They were asking,
05:51you know,
05:52you know,
05:53couples,
05:54or people,
05:55who have a real story,
05:57which can fit in your project.
05:59So,
06:00I identified many people over the years,
06:05and interviewed them.
06:07I think the majority of the people,
06:11who are in it,
06:12didn't tell their identity.
06:14Reviewing?
06:15Yes, anonymously.
06:16I want to give a story.
06:18Kashmir,
06:19a conservative place.
06:20So,
06:21if you don't talk about it,
06:23you don't talk about it.
06:25And,
06:26if you don't have a marriage,
06:28for example,
06:29and you have a date,
06:30then you won't talk about it.
06:32You won't talk about it.
06:33You won't tell your name.
06:34So,
06:35I was fine with that.
06:37So,
06:38I changed their name,
06:40and sometimes,
06:41you know,
06:42the name of the place,
06:43or something,
06:44but I changed their story,
06:46I wrote their stories.
06:47You showed them in 2 or 3 eras.
06:51In the book,
06:52you have shown them,
06:53after the 80s,
06:54after the 90s,
06:55after the 80s,
06:56and after the 90s,
06:57after the 90s.
06:58And,
06:59after the internet
07:00was blocked.
07:01The internet was blocked,
07:02or the phone,
07:03the software was closed.
07:04It was for a long time.
07:05In that book,
07:06the story comes out of the way,
07:08that happened.
07:09It was for a long time.
07:10It was for a long time.
07:11So how did this come to mind that they were talking on the phone, but they were saying that they were not talking about the story of the internet and that they were not listening to the mobile.
07:21When I had interviewed, my phone started and the internet was coming.
07:28But I think it was completely dry in the mind of the time.
07:33I think that when I had interviewed one year ago, they wanted to tell them.
07:44If you take a little bit of COVID, I would not want to compare with the lockdowns.
07:52But if all of us were in the middle of the COVID, they had a phone, internet, everything was connected.
08:01But in Kashmir, when the abrogation happened, people couldn't do a little commute.
08:08If they went to one kilometer far, there was a consenting wiring.
08:12There was no private vehicles.
08:16There were essential workers, doctors, but they were also going to ambulances.
08:26They were taking a lot of time.
08:28So when the time comes, and people experience their experience,
08:36I think there were a lot of things that they wanted to say to the world at large.
08:43So I think that my contributors, characters in this book,
08:49all of them had a little urgency.
08:53People should know what's happening in Kashmir in the world.
08:57And my story is people who know them?
08:59They know them.
09:00And other people who have experienced the same thing,
09:03they know that we are not alone in this experience.
09:06From 1989 to 2025, in Kashmir, there are many stories in Kashmir.
09:12There are many stories in Kashmir.
09:14There are many stories in Kashmir.
09:16There are many stories in Kashmir.
09:18So why did you choose the love?
09:21And then you came to mind that this is a book of art.
09:24Because, as I said earlier, I didn't have to read such stories.
09:30So why do you think there is something missing?
09:38When you think there is something missing in the world,
09:42and you don't have to tell such stories in Kashmir.
09:44So I thought I had to tell such stories in Kashmir.
09:46I had to tell them.
09:47I had to tell them.
09:48I had to tell them.
09:49I had to tell them.
09:50So I chose this subject.
09:52I chose this subject.
09:53When you gave the title, what was the title?
09:57I always liked him.
09:59I was always a name of Kashmir.
10:02And I am very thankful that I didn't have to change.
10:05Because the author is a title after the book.
10:08But they compile it.
10:10They are all the stories.
10:11They are all the stories.
10:12They are all the stories.
10:13They are all the stories.
10:14They are all the stories.
10:15They are all the stories.
10:16They are all the stories.
10:17But they have all the titles.
10:18Why did you choose the title?
10:19I think that...
10:21Because if you give a name,
10:24then people keep in mind.
10:26They keep in mind.
10:27They keep in mind.
10:28Because...
10:29You were talking about the character.
10:31They were talking about the name of Kashmir.
10:33Yes.
10:34I thought that my book is a title.
10:35Yes.
10:36At the beginning, I had never thought that it will be a book.
10:40I was looking at it as a memory project.
10:43So, I thought that it should be a name.
10:45Because what you are explaining.
10:46When you are explaining,
10:48then you should be tangible.
10:50And interestingly,
10:53you know,
10:54when I was writing a book,
10:56when I was writing a book,
10:57and when I was a publisher,
10:58and everything was happening.
10:59Then,
11:00I met someone with a new person.
11:02And I knew who I was.
11:04Because of the project.
11:05Because of Lowel Kashmir.
11:06And I didn't know them.
11:07So,
11:08I would never know them.
11:09But,
11:10then,
11:11that name,
11:12then it will be left with people.
11:13A little bit.
11:14So,
11:15I thought that the name was first.
11:17And that book was made.
11:19Because,
11:20I think,
11:21I have interviewed the time.
11:24I think,
11:25I have talked about 60-70 people.
11:29About Lowel Kashmir.
11:31Did you talk about this?
11:33Yes.
11:34You talked about that.
11:35Where will it be?
11:36Yes.
11:37Where will it be?
11:38It will be less than three or four.
11:42I have talked about that.
11:46And,
11:47there are some people,
11:48who I have known before.
11:50So,
11:51I met with them.
11:52But,
11:53I will not meet with the time of interview.
11:56Because,
11:57it was COVID-19.
11:58So,
11:59it was not good at that time.
12:02It was not good at that time.
12:03It was not good at that time.
12:04At that time,
12:05it was available at Amazon.
12:06So,
12:07how are people looking at it?
12:08It is good.
12:09There is a lot of interesting response.
12:12Because,
12:13Kashmiri people,
12:15often,
12:16write me,
12:17or message me.
12:18So,
12:19they relate to the stories.
12:21And,
12:22those who are not from Kashmir,
12:25they also write me.
12:27And,
12:28they say,
12:29that they don't know.
12:30That they are like.
12:31That they are like.
12:32Which is true.
12:33Right?
12:34Because Kashmir's depiction,
12:36in general media,
12:37and films,
12:39is a lot of black and white.
12:41So,
12:42here,
12:43there are also people,
12:44who love and love,
12:46who live and love,
12:48and go on.
12:49They don't see anything.
12:53So,
12:54Kashmir's story is black and white.
12:56And,
12:57you know,
12:58Kashmir's story is black and white.
12:59And,
13:00I wanted to break these stories.
13:02Kashmir's big authors,
13:04and,
13:05other authors,
13:06who have talked about this book?
13:08Who will you give this book?
13:10I mean,
13:11they have studied,
13:13and they are in their own.
13:14You thought it could be better?
13:16Or,
13:17you did it?
13:19I am very happy with my book.
13:22I think it is a complete piece of work.
13:27Of course,
13:29there are a case that it could be,
13:31and it could not happen.
13:32Because,
13:34when you interview real people,
13:37then,
13:38sometimes,
13:39there will be someone,
13:40who doesn't get that story,
13:42or,
13:43who doesn't get that story,
13:44or,
13:45who doesn't get that story.
13:46Maybe,
13:47with some time period,
13:48or,
13:49with some age group.
13:50So,
13:51there are some gaps.
13:53But,
13:54if you see the book as a whole,
13:56then,
13:57it is a complete piece of work.
13:59So,
14:00what I wanted to say,
14:01what I wanted to say,
14:02that I have achieved.
14:03In this book,
14:0416 stories,
14:05there will be such a story,
14:06that you were surprised,
14:07that you were surprised?
14:08You were surprised?
14:09Yes,
14:10surprised?
14:11I mean,
14:12surprised is not enough.
14:14But,
14:15you were surprised,
14:16but,
14:17you were surprised,
14:18that,
14:19you were surprised,
14:20as a story.
14:21Yes,
14:22there is a story,
14:23you will know,
14:24that,
14:25there is a story,
14:26which,
14:27many of the people,
14:28that,
14:29and the people,
14:30the people who lived in Kashmir,
14:31who have married for Kashmir,
14:33who have married for the rehabilitation policy,
14:35and were returned to the rehabilitation policy,
14:37and that,
14:38they didn't get citizenship here.
14:40They have not yet received citizenship,
14:41they have been 10-15 years,
14:43and they have not received citizenship,
14:45and they have not received children,
14:47He was able to go from here, but he was able to go from here.
14:52He was able to go from 4-5 years ago.
14:58I wrote a story about this book.
15:01I thought that it was one thing that people don't talk about in Kashmir.
15:08When I interviewed him and his story, it was heartbreaking.
15:13My heart was filled with it.
15:20You had your career as a supervisor.
15:27Which film was it?
15:29Script supervision?
15:31My first film was a Tibetan film.
15:36His name is The Sweet Requiem.
15:39Ritu and Tenzing are a married couple.
15:44It was a short film.
15:45No, it was a feature film.
15:47Ritu is Indian and Tenzing is Tibetan.
15:51There is a Tibetan community in Dharamshala.
15:53There are many refugees in Dharamshala.
15:55They have made many films as a couple.
15:59They also have a film festival.
16:01There was a feature film called Sweet Requiem.
16:04It was my first feature film.
16:07I was script supervised.
16:09In script supervision, you have to check the dialogue.
16:13I didn't have to check the dialogue.
16:14I didn't come to Tibet.
16:15I didn't come to Tibet.
16:16There was another person who was helping me.
16:19I started it.
16:20After that, I started it.
16:21After that, I did 4 or 5 other films.
16:23There was also a film in Kashmir.
16:25There was also a film in Kashmir.
16:27After that, I started writing.
16:31I got into screenwriting.
16:33I do screenwriting.
16:34I mainly do screenwriting and direct.
16:37I also do a short film.
16:38Do you have a short film?
16:40I haven't done a short film.
16:42It was a short film called Bad Egg.
16:46I worked on the right, direct and produce.
16:50In 2022, it was a premiere in Germany.
16:56There were awards.
16:59It was a great festival.
17:02It was a great festival.
17:04Screenwriter and author are two different things.
17:09How has it helped me as a writer or author?
17:16I think that screenwriting and filmmaking
17:22has helped me at the interview level.
17:25Because I have to ask questions.
17:27It is a visualized.
17:29When someone talks to me,
17:31the story unfolds.
17:37How difficult to put yourself in three characters?
17:41Which one?
17:42Filmmaker, author, screenwriter.
17:45Filmmaker and screenwriter are similar.
17:51But it's a very important story.
17:52It's a very important thing.
17:53I enjoy it.
17:54I enjoy it.
17:57Because I have to feel tired, bored and tired.
18:02It's a great thing.
18:03But it's something that I have to write screenwriting.
18:07And I have to write book and book.
18:09I had to write a time when I was writing the whole day.
18:12Do you have any project in the future that you want to do in the future or do you want to do in the future or do you want to do in the future?
18:27There is a story that I am writing. We will see where it will be because it will be difficult to create a film in Kashmir.
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