Shikara is a 2020 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced and directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film is based on the love story of a Kashmiri Hindu couple at the peak of insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir during the 1990s and the subsequent exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from the Kashmir Valley.The film was released on 7 February 2020.

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Directed byVidhu Vinod ChopraProduced byVidhu Vinod ChopraScreenplay byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Rahul Pandita
Abhijat JoshiStory byVidhu Vinod ChopraStarringAadil Khan
Sadia KhateebMusic bySongs:
Sandesh Shandilya
Abhay Sopori
Rohit Kulkarni


Score:
A. R. Rahman
Qutub-E-KripaCinematographyRangarajan RamabadranEdited byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Shikhar Misra

Production
company

Vinod Chopra Films

Distributed byFox Star Studios

Release date

7 February 2020


Running time

120 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageHindiBox officeest. ₹8.15 crore
Aadil Khan as Shiv Kumar Dhar

Sadia Khateeb as Shanti Dhar

Zamir Ashai as Khursheed Hassan Lone

Zain Khan Durrani as Lateef Lone

Priyanshu Chatterjee as Naveen

Vinay Raina as Shiv's Father

Bhavana Chauhan as Arti

Ashwin Dhar as Mohanlal

Farid Azad Khan as Rehmana

Saghar Sehrai as Haji Sahab

Mushtaq Kak as Masood Sahab

Anjana Sood as Shiv's mother

Faiyaz Dilbar as Shanti's father

Shahid Lateef as Yunus

Ajay Kaul as Manoharlal Kaul

Rahul Kilam as Raina's Son

Ravi Braroo as Raina Sahab


Shikara earned ₹1.20 crore at the domestic box office on its opening day. On the second day, the film collected ₹1.85 crore. On the third day, the film collected ₹1.90 crore, taking total opening weekend collection to ₹4.95 crore. The lifetime collection of the film in net gross India was ₹8.15 crore.


Plot:-
The film is based on the love story of Hindu Kashmiris in the backdrop of the Exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Kashmir. The book Our Moon Has Blood Clots by Rahul Pandita has inspired many parts of the movie.