Ringing the wedding bells in valid Kashmiri style, creators of the film Shikara on Friday dropped the wedding song Shukrana Gul Khile. Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra reported the arrival of the song and tweeted, "An authentic Kashmiri Pandit wedding of yesteryears. Song out now."
With Kashmiri music establishing the pace out of sight, the song shows the wedding celebrations of the lead team. The credible society music of the song sung by Munir Ahmad Mir and composed by Bashir Arif gives a cut of the Kashmiri culture to the audience.
The video begins with performers playing conventional instruments and family members of the couple applauding, moving and praising the wedding. It further continues with the lead couple, Shiv and Shanti, entering the festivals and getting pictures clicked with their family members. With the festivals of the wedding, the video shows the flare-up of contention in an equal note.
Shikara portrays the narrative of the mass exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in 1990 and the bond between the lead actors in the most noticeably awful of times. The film showcases 40,000 genuine transients of Jagti and different camps. It likewise has a genuine film from the time of the mass exodus.
The film is to a great extent shot in the Kashmir Valley and is being advanced fundamentally as an excursion of affection between the lead couple. AR Rahman and Qutub-e-Kirpa have made the music out of the film, while the song is by Abhay Rustam Sopori and Sandesh Shandilya. It has been created by Vinod Chopra Productions and co-delivered by Fox Star Studios. Shikara is set to hit the theatres on February 7, 2020.
Director and maker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, himself a Kashmiri pandit, has said the film is a tribute to Kashmiri Pandits and their moms.
