There are so many movies and OTT shows set in Kashmir, capturing its beauty and poignant stories. Many Bollywood actors have played Kashmiris, donning pherans for their roles.
Triptii Dimri and Avinash Tiwary play titular star-crossed lovers in the 2018 romantic drama, Laila Majnu, set against the backdrop of Kashmir.
Nargis Fakhri plays Heer, a Kashmiri girl studying in Delhi University, in Imtiaz Ali's musical Rockstar.
In Fanaa, Kajol portrays a sight-disabled Kashmiri woman named Zooni, who falls for Aamir Khan's tourist guide in Delhi.
Shoojit Sircar's debut film Yahaan tells a story of an Army officer, who falls in love with a local Kashmir girl named Adaa, played by Minissha Lamba.
In Raazi, Alia Bhatt plays a Kashmiri woman Sehmat, who marries a Pakistani army officer in an undercover op.
In Rahul Dholakia's Lamhaa, Bipasha Basu plays a Kashmiri woman named Aziza, who helps the Indian intelligence in their mission.
In Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Shikara, Sadia Khateeb and Aadil Khan portray a couple grappling with the Kashmiri pandit exodus of 1990.
In Abhishek Kapoor's tale of love and obsession, Fitoor, Katrina Kaif and Aditya Roy Kapur become Firdaus and Noor.
Rasika Dugal plays a Kashmiri woman named Ishrat, who is also mother to eight-year-old son, in Hamid.
Shraddha Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor play lovers in Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider that re-imagines William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet.