00:00Kashmir is the jewel in the crown of the country.
00:03Kashmir is a place of the highest beauty and the highest talent.
00:07Kashmiris should remember that they should always bring about the best
00:12when it comes out from themselves to the world.
00:16I know that a lot of film shooting has already happened
00:19and a lot of Kashmiri people have involved themselves with the shootings in films.
00:24However, this is not even the tip of the iceberg from what I have seen.
00:28I would encourage the government and I'm very encouraged actually myself
00:33by the speech of the Honorable Chief Minister
00:38because he said that he's looking forward.
00:41He's told his departments to actually make it easier, cheaper, better
00:45for filmmakers like myself and Sajid and Harvard to shoot over here
00:49and I'm very thankful to him.
00:52I think that is a step forward.
00:54I would also encourage people from Kashmir to participate.
00:58because it can become a symbiotic relationship and can take...
01:02When we come over here, we rely upon people like Harvard who are local.
01:06So I will want that local participation with cinema
01:10because you know about Kashmir what we don't know.
01:12When we come, you can guide us.
01:14And you can guide us when you also know a little bit about cinema.
01:18So to become cinema literate for Kashmiris is also extremely important.
01:30But as much films we can shoot here, there's a lot of potential.
01:35We haven't seen anything which Kashmir has to offer.
01:38So this is what I would like to say.
01:38This is what I would like to say.
01:41This is what I would like to say.
02:06Because in Kashmir, there is a very special place in Kashmir.
02:11Every person has a smile on the face of Kashmir.
02:16Your cinema should also be the same as that level.
02:19So, you don't need to make it enough Kashmir.
02:23You need to make it good.
02:25How much of the international film festival can be made in Kashmir?
02:31If this international film festival, with the help of Kashmiri people and the government and the Almighty,
02:42if this film festival can go to good festivals,
02:48if it's a good team and it's good,
02:52it can be very high in Kashmir.
02:58Because Kashmiri youth and Kashmiri people,
03:02when there will be interaction, they will also be inspired.
03:05When the international film makers come here,
03:09they will also watch Kashmir,
03:10they will also listen to Kashmir,
03:11they will also listen to Kashmir.
03:13They will also make a film.
03:26So I think the international film festival is a very nice initiative.
03:30I would request the government to look at it in the highest and the most aesthetic fashion
03:35and place it among the best film festivals in the world.
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