Cinema halls have reopened in Indian-administered Kashmir for the first time in more than two decades. Moazum Mohammad and Abid Bhat report on the return of the cinema to the conflict-torn region - and what it means for the people.
The foyer of the INOX multiplex in Kashmir's main city of Srinagar is filled with the region's crafts - intricate wood carvings on the ceiling and doors and a theatre logo made of papier-mâché.
Suhail Bhat, a class 10 student, skipped school to be there on Friday when the theatre opened to public with the screening of Hindi film Vikram Vedha.
"I am so happy. I used watched movies on TV and on my phone but I have never been to a theatre," he says.
As the film breaks into an interval, Bhat waits in the foyer with a bucket of popcorn and a soft drink, occasionally clicking pictures.
"I have been sending them to my friends who couldn't make it - they are all so excited," he says.
The cinema complex has three movie halls, all equipped with sophisticated sound system, and an entertainment zone for kids.
"It took us four years to reach this day," says Vikas Dhar who, along with his father, has partnered with INOX to open the complex. The family demolished an eight-room guest house to make way for the four-storey multiplex.
An inaugural screening was held on 20 September with Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan's Laal Singh Chaddha - an adaptation of the Hollywood hit Forrest Gump.
Manoj Sinha, the lieutenant-governor of Jammu and Kashmir, called it a "historic day" and "a reflection of a new dawn of hope, dreams, confidence and aspirations of people".
The Dhars say they wanted to give children of Kashmir - a region torn by decades of conflict and violence - a chance to enter "the world of fantasy".
"Children in Kashmir do not get any entertainment after school hours," Mr Dhar says. "So we decided to open this multiplex."
Until the early 1990s, Kashmir - India's only Muslim-majority region - had a dozen cinemas, with 10 in the main city of Srinagar alone.
A lot of Bollywood films were also shot in the region, known for its idyllic meadows and picturesque landscapes.
But an armed rebellion against Indian rule that started in late 1980s forced cinema halls to close.
As violence intensified, Allah Tigers - a militant group - announced a ban on film screenings and liquor shops, declaring them against Islam.
Many of these complexes were turned into camps for Indian security forces while others became shopping complexes and hospitals.
Indian authorities attempted to reopen three halls in 1999, but a deadly militant attack at the Regal Cinema, which killed one and wounded eight others, thwarted those efforts.