Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra has always believed in telling stories that not only capture the gorgeousness of the locales they are based in but also depict the horrific side of them. Barring Kareeb, his ode to love and longing, all his films have been searing and scorching. Shikara, his latest directorial, is one such film.

It narrates the story of the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits, and Chopra being a Kashmiri Pandit himself, keeps the tone of the film both beautiful and brutal, at least the trailer suggests so. It's the story of two lovers, played by newcomers Aadil Khan and Sadia, and how their dreamy lives turn into a horrific reality when they are asked to leave their own homes.