Kashmiri

So that's what we're, you know, doing today.

A little bit about the film for the listeners who might not know, um, you know, Saffron Kingdom is an independent Kashmiri-American drama, and it's inspired by real events.

Now, the driving creative force is a, a gentleman called Arfat Shaikh.

He's a filmmaker originally from same place as me, Srinagar.

Now, this is his debut feature, which he directed, produced, and co-wrote with the likes of Mariam Khalid and Katy Lehman.

It was produced through Daffodil Studios.

Um, so this is a really amazing effort, and personally, um, I think for every Kashmiri, this is a must-watch.

I would say for anybody it's, it's an absolute must-watch, okay? Now, I do have a question, uh, because I know we've all watched it, and we're here to review.

The jehalim would wail and weep, the hesitant hilltop would not greet, Moses would not one vision receive.

O Kashmiri language, I swear by you, you are my awareness and my vision too, the radiant ray of my perception, the whirling violin of my conscience.

Mercy, Lord, what will you gain from my death? Tell me, what will you gain from my death? I read 30 of your chapters today and not a vowel slipped out of place.

Who else could receive your love so lettered all at once? Here I am.

You know, they feel like shame in speaking.

Embarrassed.

They feel embarrassed in speaking in Kashmiri.

And I thought that the only way to sort of get back to it, get back to language, is to read more literature.