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| starring = Mohammed Afzal<br />Gulzar Ahmed Bhat<br />Neelofar Hamid
| music = Mubashir Mohi-ud-Din
| cinematography = Yoni Brook
| editing = Ray Hubley<br />Mary Manhardt
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'''Valley of Saints''' is a [[2012 in film|2012]] [[India]]n film in [[Kashmiri language]] directed by Musa Syeed. Syeed's directorial debut is a romantic film set in [[Dal lake]], [[Srinagar]], which also raises an environmental issue surrounding the lake. It won the [[Sundance Film Festival]] World Dramatic Audience Award in 2012. It tied for the [[Alfred P. Sloan Prize]] with the American film ''[[Robot & Frank]]''.

==Plot==
In war-torn [[Kashmir conflict|Kashmir]], a lakeside city is plunged into a military curfew. Stranded together on breathtaking Dal Lake. War and poverty force Gulzar, a young tourist boatman (''[[shikara]]wala'') at [[Dal Lake]],<ref name=ham/> to run away from Kashmir with his best friend. But a military crackdown derails their escape, and they become trapped in Gulzar's lake village. Waiting for conditions to change, they discover a mysterious woman, Asifa, a scientist braving the curfew to research pollution levels in the lake. As Gulzar falls for her, rivalry and jealousy threaten his boyhood friendship and their plans of escape. Gulzar must choose between a new life and a new love. The first film set in the endangered lake communities of Kashmir, Valley of Saints blends fiction and documentary to bring audiences inside this unique world.<ref name=ham>{{cite web |title=Sundance Winner 'Valley of Saints' to Open Hamburg Film Festival|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sundance-winner-valley-saints-open-361773 |date=2012-08-14 |publisher=Hollywood Reporter }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IMDB plot summary|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2088967/plotsummary|access-date=26 September 2012}}</ref>

==Development and production==
The director of the film, Musa Syeed, grew up in US, where his father had migrated in the 1970s, after being a political prisoner in Kashmir. Sayeed visited Kashmir in 2009 and stayed for a year, living at a houseboat on Dal lake, gathering information and developing film ideas, eventually he set the film around the Dal lake, as an allegory for Kashmir.<ref name=teh>{{cite web |title=The Lake of Forgotten Dreams |url=http://tehelka.com/the-lake-of-forgotten-dreams/ |date=13 December 2012 |publisher=Tehelka, Issue 51 Volume 9}}</ref>

He first cast a local boatman, Gulzar Bhat, as the film's lead, followed by Mohammed Afzal and Neelofar Hamid, who play lead roles in the film. The film was shot during [[2010 Kashmir unrest|uprising of 2010]], where much of the area was under curfew, and crew stayed on houseboats over the lake and script was changed to include scenes of curfew and violence, minimum crew was used to avoid attention.<ref name=teh/><ref>{{cite web |title=Musa Syeed |url=http://www.sff.org.au/public/events/musa-syeed/ |publisher=Sydney Film Festival }}</ref>

The film is scored by NY based indie alternative/rock band [[Zerobridge]]'s Mubashir Mohi-ud-din, [[J. P. Bowersock]], and also features songs like 'Nightingale's Lament (Gulzar Bhat)'<ref>{{Cite web|last=Apple iTunes|title=Nightingale's lament (Gulzar Bhat)|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/moonlight-mile-nightingales-lament-bonus/962516808?i=962517979|url-status=live|access-date=26 November 2020|website=Apple iTunes}}</ref> rendering poetry of [[Rasul Mir]], and the song 'Boulevard' penned by Makhanlal Bekas.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greater Kashmir|title=Lest I forget them|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/more/sunday-special/lest-i-forget-them/|url-status=live|archive-date=14 March 2015|access-date=9 December 2020|website=Greater Kashmir}}</ref>

==Cast==
* Mohammed Afzal as Afzal
* Gulzar Ahmed Bhat as Gulzar
* Neelofar Hamid as Asifa

==Reception and recognition==
The film opened at [[2012 Sundance Film Festival]], where it won the Sundance Film Festival World Dramatic Audience Award and also the [[Alfred P. Sloan Prize]], tied with the American film ''[[Robot & Frank]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Valley of Saints: Sundance Film Review|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/valley-of-saints-sundance-film-review-285476|author=Justin Lowe|date=28 January 2012|publisher=Hollywood Reporter|access-date=26 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sundance Film Festival - Robot & Frank - Online Film Guide|url=http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120079/robot_frank|publisher=Sundance Film Festival|access-date=26 September 2012}}</ref><ref name="sundance">{{cite web|title=Sundance FIlm Festival - Valley of Saints - Online Film Guide|url=http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/120041/valley_of_saints|access-date=25 September 2012}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|2088967|Valley of Saints}}
* [http://www.valleyofsaints.com/ Valley of Saints, Official website]

[[Category:2012 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Kashmiri culture]]
[[Category:Films set in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Kashmiri-language films]]
[[Category:Alfred P. Sloan Prize winners]]
[[Category:Kashmir conflict in films]]
[[Category:2012 directorial debut films]]

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