Ashvin Kumar

Inshallah, Football (2010)

Inshallah, Football is about 18-year-old Basharat Baba, known as "Basha". His father, Bashir, was a much-wanted leader of the armed group Hizbul Mujahideen. When he left his home in Kashmir to join the training camps in Pakistan in the early 1990s, his son Basharat ...  (more)

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Inshallah, Football is about 18-year-old Basharat Baba, known as "Basha". His father, Bashir, was a much-wanted leader of the armed group Hizbul Mujahideen. When he left his home in Kashmir to join the training camps in Pakistan in the early 1990s, his son Basharat ...  (more)

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Inshallah, Kashmir (2012)

Testimonies of ordinary Kashmiris recount a brutal militancy and its terrible response. Dodging agents of Indian armed-forces, the filmmakers were able to obtain rare testimonials in the highest militarized zone in the world. The film tells how freedom is conceded ...  (more)

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Testimonies of ordinary Kashmiris recount a brutal militancy and its terrible response. Dodging agents of Indian armed-forces, the filmmakers were able to obtain rare testimonials in the highest militarized zone in the world. The film tells how freedom is conceded ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashvin Kumar
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The Forest (2012)

More than a 150 people are killed in leopard or tiger attacks in India every year due to rampant poaching and encroachment on the wilderness. Such animals have no choice but to invade human habitats and become man-eaters. This story is inspired by one such attack. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashvin Kumar
CAST:  Ankur Vikal  •  Javed Jaffrey  •  Salim Ali Zaidi  •  Nandana Sen

More than a 150 people are killed in leopard or tiger attacks in India every year due to rampant poaching and encroachment on the wilderness. Such animals have no choice but to invade human habitats and become man-eaters. This story is inspired by one such attack. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashvin Kumar
CAST:  Ankur Vikal  •  Javed Jaffrey  •  Salim Ali Zaidi  •  Nandana Sen

Little Terrorist (2004)

Jamal, a 10-year-old Pakistani Muslim, mistakenly crosses the border between India and Pakistan and finds an unusual ally in a Hindu Brahmin, Bhola. Indian soldiers descend on Bhola's village searching for the so-called terrorist who crossed over. Bhola's neice, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashvin Kumar
CAST:  Julfuqar Ali  •  Sushil Sharma  •  Megnaa Mehtta

Jamal, a 10-year-old Pakistani Muslim, mistakenly crosses the border between India and Pakistan and finds an unusual ally in a Hindu Brahmin, Bhola. Indian soldiers descend on Bhola's village searching for the so-called terrorist who crossed over. Bhola's neice, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashvin Kumar
CAST:  Julfuqar Ali  •  Sushil Sharma  •  Megnaa Mehtta

Road to Ladakh (2003)

A woman and a quiet stranger are thrown together by a case of mistaken identity when a mechanic mistakenly exchanges their tires.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashvin Kumar
CAST:  Irrfan Khan  •  Koel Purie  •  Rimpoche Dorje  •  Pankaj Gupta

A woman and a quiet stranger are thrown together by a case of mistaken identity when a mechanic mistakenly exchanges their tires.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashvin Kumar
CAST:  Irrfan Khan  •  Koel Purie  •  Rimpoche Dorje  •  Pankaj Gupta

No Fathers in Kashmir (2019)

A teenage British Kashmiri, Noor, retraces her roots. She is joined by Majid, a local Kashmiri boy who is more smitten by her exotic foreignness than her obsession to unravel the mysteries of their disappeared fathers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashvin Kumar
CAST:  Zara Webb  •  Shivam Raina  •  Kulbhushan Kharbanda  •  Maya Sarao

A teenage British Kashmiri, Noor, retraces her roots. She is joined by Majid, a local Kashmiri boy who is more smitten by her exotic foreignness than her obsession to unravel the mysteries of their disappeared fathers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashvin Kumar
CAST:  Zara Webb  •  Shivam Raina  •  Kulbhushan Kharbanda  •  Maya Sarao

Dazed in Doon (2010)

A delightful, heart-warming romp through the lives of boys growing up at The Doon School, the ‘Eton’ of India; arguably India’s most famous boarding school whose alumni comprises of some highly distinguished, prominent achievers in Indian public life. Howly (to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashvin Kumar
CAST:  Sookrit Malik

A delightful, heart-warming romp through the lives of boys growing up at The Doon School, the ‘Eton’ of India; arguably India’s most famous boarding school whose alumni comprises of some highly distinguished, prominent achievers in Indian public life. Howly (to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ashvin Kumar
CAST:  Sookrit Malik