Uploaded April 2008 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Jammu Kashmir, April 24 (ANI): With cinema halls having downed shutters, in insurgency-hit Jammu and Kashmir, catching a movie in a theatre is a pipedream that will turn a reality only when the political strife ends. With most cinema halls having been converted into bases for security personnel, youth perforce have to turn to VCDs and DVDs for watching movies. Prior to the time when insurgency began in Kashmir, there were more than 15-16 cinema halls catering to moviegoers in the state, but the outbreak of armed insurgency resulted in closure of the halls.
Jammu Kashmir, April 24 (ANI): With cinema halls having downed shutters, in insurgency-hit Jammu and Kashmir, catching a movie in a theatre is a pipedream that will turn a reality only when the political strife ends. With most cinema halls having been converted into bases for security personnel, youth perforce have to turn to VCDs and DVDs for watching movies. Prior to the time when insurgency began in Kashmir, there were more than 15-16 cinema halls catering to moviegoers in the state, but the outbreak of armed insurgency resulted in closure of the halls.
