SRINAGAR : Twenty-five years after its release, Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s Mission Kashmir remains one of Bollywood’s most ambitious creations — a film that fused spectacle with personal memory, and risk with conviction. For Chopra, who grew up in Kashmir and witnessed his family’s departure during the 1990 exodus, the film was far more than a political thriller. As he described it at the time, it was “a journey into the past in search of the future.” Follow Us On G -N e w s | Whatsapp

When Mission Kashmir hit cinemas in 2000, Chopra’s career was at a turning point. His previous film, Kareeb , had underperformed, leaving him with a debt of Rs 1 crore. “If this film fails, my house will be up for sale,” he told writer Suketu Mehta. Determined to bring his vision to

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