Soz – A Ballad Of Maladies

About the film

Of folk, rock and hip-hop, this documentary captures the rhythm and blues of resistance in Kashmir through a portraiture of those artists and musicians who have turned their art into weapons of resistance during periods of heightened state repression and violence in the region. From traditional Kashmiri poetry and folk music to the political lyricism of modern hip-hop and rock, the film negotiates with the questions of survival, resistance and expression of art in one of the world’s most militarised zones.

Director Biography

Tushar is an independent filmmaker and film editor. He has worked on numerous independent and NGO-based documentary films over the last 6 years. A post-graduate in mass communication from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, he has also taught filmmaking at several universities besides filming and editing independent work. Sarvnik is a writer and independent filmmaker based out of the Mumbai film industry. She has worked as a screenwriter in the industry over the last 6 years after completing her post-graduation in Mass Communication from the AJK Mass Communication Research Centre. Besides writing for films she has also authored a book titled ‘Where arrows meet’.