Onir to release I Am Meghna in Kashmir, plans film workshops

MUMBAI: Undeterred by the cancellation of Lamhaa in Kashmir recently, Onir, best known for his films like My Brother… Nikhil (2005) Bas Ek Pal and Sorry Bhai! is going ahead to release his film I Am Meghna in Kashmir shortly.

I Am Meghna, which centres around the plight of Kashmir pandits who have to leave their homes in the middle of the night and restart their lives elsewhere, has been backed by several Kashmiris who have invested financially and emotionally.

So much is the director fond of Kashmiris that he and his Kashmiri actor-friend Sanjay Suri have planned to go to Srinagar every year to conduct three-month workshops for young students that will expose them to cinema filmmaking techniques and the world outside.

Meanwhile, Onir‘s first script Sabh has been picked up by the NFDC for the Screenwriters Lab 2010, the first of which would be held at Locarno from 6 to 11 August.