Shikara - The Untold Story of Kashmiri Pandits

(2020)

Panning through a very narrow lane of Jammu, we see the camera panning towards a person writing a letter on the typewriter to the POTUS (President of the United States). This is the 1665th letter Shiv Kumar Dhar (Aadil Khan) is posting to the POTUS as he wants to let him know how he's been a refugee in his own country for the last 28 years. In the flashback, we see Shiv meeting Shanti (Sadia) and marrying her in the very introductory scene.

Amidst the building tensions between Kashmiri Pandits & Kashmiri Muslims, a whole lot of Pandits get a forced exit from their own houses. What we now remember as the tragic 'Exodus Day' Shiv & Shanti were one of those lacs who went homeless overnight. They stay at a refugee camp in Jammu as Shiv gets a reply from the POTUS to his 1665th letter and what happens next is what the story is about.