Kashmiri cinema  Kashmiri cinema is the Kashmiri language-based film industry in the Kashmir Valley of India. The first Kashmiri feature film, "Mainz Raat", was released in 1964. Kashmir is a shooting destination for Bollywood films, and Kashmiri actors are well known in Bollywood such as Raaj Kumar, Jeevan, Kiran Kumar, Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bhat, Aamir Bashir, Mir Sarwar, Anupam Kher director Vidhu Vinod Chopra director actor Hussein Khan and director Tariq Bhat to name few of them. The first Kashmiri feature film, ("Mainz Raat", directed by Jagjiram Pal) was released in 1964. In 1972 "Shayar-e-Kashmir Mahjoor", a biography of Kashmiri poet Mahjoor, was released. Made in Urdu and Kashmiri, the film was a joint venture of the Department of Information of Jammu and Kashmir and Indian filmmaker Prabhat Mukherjee. "Babaji" (directed by Jyoti Sarup) followed 39 years, but it was not screened in Kashmir. A 1989 film, "Inqalaab", was not released due to the turbulent political situation at the time. Because of the 1989 insurgency, film production in Kashmir was halted and an unofficial screening ban imposed on Bollywood films. "Akh Daleel Loolech" ("Love Story") starring Mir Sarwar, it was the first Kashmiri digital feature film, premiered in India in 2006. Directed by Aarshad Mushtaq, the historical drama explored the Kashmiri people's social and political struggles during the 19th century. In 2012, Kashmir’s first 35mm feature film "Partav" directed by Dilnawaz Muntazir was released. This movie, Valley of Saints, a romantic drama set near Dal Lake in Srinagar and directed by Musa Syeed, addressed environmental issues surrounding the lake. "Kashmir Daily", Mir Sarwar played the leading character in this film, Mir Sarwar has also done several Bollywood films. Kashmir Daily is filmed in Hindi and Kashmiri and produced and directed by Hussein Khan, was scheduled for release in spring 2016. Three television films have been produced in Kashmir: "Rasool Mir" (1974–75), directed by Bashir Badgami; "Habba Khatoon" (1977-1978), directed by Bashir Badgami and "Arnimaal" (1982–83), directed by Siraj Qureshi.