Not to shoot. That is the answer coming from Santosh Sivan Films Pvt. Ltd. as his representative Ritesh Menon returns from Pahalgam, the most popular hill resort in the Kashmir valley. After searching, he was unable to find a suitable filming location for their new venture.

The company was looking to produce a docu-drama featuring Anupam Kher, Rahul Bose and Sarika. The filming schedule was to commence this Saturday for a total of 25 days.

Prior to 1990, Kashmir was one of the most favoured locations for shooting Bollywood movies. Militant activity over the past 12 years forced producers to look for safer places like Himachal Pradesh and abroad.

Since the situation has changed within the past 5 years, many producers have returned, including Vidhu Vinod Chopra, who filmed the much acclaimed Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan starrer Mission Kashmir in 2000.