Archive · 10 Sep 2026
Floating Cinema Brings Classic Films to Dal Lake During Festival
A film festival in Jammu and Kashmir created a cinema on Dal Lake.
People watched movies on a large floating screen.
They sat along the shore while the films played over the water.
The first movie shown was “Junglee,” released in 1961.
Families, visitors and movie fans came to see it.
The floating cinema also showed “Kashmir Ki Kali.”
That movie starred Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore.
The final planned screening is “Kabhi Kabhie” on September 10.
Organizers said the setting connects movies with Kashmir’s landscapes and history.
The Floating Cinema opened during the first International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir with the 1961 classic “Junglee.”
Large screens were placed over Dal Lake, while audiences watched from the lakefront.
Families, visitors, film enthusiasts and curious onlookers attended the screenings.
“Kashmir Ki Kali” was shown on Wednesday, featuring Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore.
The festival will conclude on September 10 with Yash Chopra’s 1976 film “Kabhi Kabhie.”
- Who
- The International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir, along with families, visitors, film enthusiasts and onlookers.
- What
- A Floating Cinema screened classic Hindi films on a large screen over Dal Lake.
- When
- The festival began September 7; the report was published September 9, with a final screening planned for September 10.
- Where
- Dal Lake in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
- Why
- Organizers aimed to take cinema beyond traditional theatres and connect screenings with culturally significant Kashmiri landscapes.
- Festival
- Maiden edition of the International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir
- Festival duration
- Four days, beginning September 7
- Opening film
- “Junglee” (1961)
- Wednesday screening
- “Kashmir Ki Kali”
- Final screening
- “Kabhi Kabhie” (1976) on September 10
- Venue
- Dal Lake, Srinagar
- Viewing arrangement
- Films projected on a large floating screen for audiences gathered along the lakefront