Gaash

Under a shroud of life, Fatima embarks on a journey in search of her beloved Gaash(light). “Set against the hinterland of a Kashmir divided into religious lines, the film tells the story of inter-faith lovers. Attempting to invoke a poetic approach in the narrative, supplemented by a strong performance by Neelofar Hamid, Gaash is about Fatima, a Kashmiri Muslim, falling in love with a Hindu man. The film opens with the sight of a group of men carrying a coffin in the snow. A parallel story is unfolding inside the coffin as a woman metaphorically awaits her life after death and the subsequent liberation from all man-made restrictions and inhibitions that kept her from her one true love. The plot attempts a comment on a society that is fraught by religious differences, misogyny, patriarchy and the complete obliteration of a woman’s voice, along with the idea of love eventually surmounting all of these odds.: Shorted

Credits:

Cast: Sheikh Neelofar, Muazzam Bhat, Sahid Lateef, Haseena Sofi, Farhana Bhat, Bashir Lone, Yousuf Shahnaz, Javed Gora, and Josiya Mir

Director/ Writer /Producer: Danish Renzu

Co-Producer: Sheikh Neelofar

Dialogues: Sunayana Kachroo

Cinematographer: Mohammed Younis Zargar

Editor: Parikshhit Jha

Music: Sufiyan Malik & Lakshay Sharma

Sound Designer: Subash Sahoo

First Assistant Director: Sheikh Zaid Zahoor

Makeup: Younis Ahmad

Second Assistant Director: Sahil Yasin

Colorist: Kiran Kumar Rao

Special thanks: Mahvish Renzu, Sunayana Kachroo & Irshaad Sideeka