Ishfaq-ul-Hassan

SRINAGAR: A critically acclaimed feature film on Kashmiri pandits is all set to be premiered at the fourth edition of the International Film Festival of Srinagar (TIFF Srinagar), which kicked off here on Wednesday.

`Batt Koch’ is a movie about a Kashmiri Pandit who returns home for the first time in the valley. It is an emotional sojourn of the pandit lad as he reaches home.

A Kashmiri language movie, it will be screened on the last day of the festival on November 14. Produced by Vivek Razdan, the movie is written by Siddarath Koul. It features noted Kashmir theatre and Bollywood actor MK Raina and others.

In fact, `Batt Koch’ is among 30 films that will be screened during the next three days at Tagore Hall. “We received 100 entries from different countries. We shortli

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