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The film is based on the love story of Hindu
Kashmiri in the backdrop of the Exodus of
Kashmiri Hindus from Kashmir. The book
Our Moon Has Blood Clots by Rahul Pandita
has inspired many parts of the movie. included several places such as the Lalit
Hotel in Srinagar, on shikaras in the middle
of a lake, on the backwaters of the Dal, in a
desolate Hindu house, near Hazratbal and
many more.
In March 2018, it was reported that a film
was shot under the title "Love and Letters"
in Kashmir by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. In an
interview later, he mentioned that almost
entirely film was shot in Kashmir. Initially
in Summer, then in autumn and again in
Winter. Only refugee camps were recreated
in Mumbai and some sequences in Agra, but
this part of the story is brief. Shots in Kashmir Some scenes were reported to be shot in
Wandhama near Ganderbal, where one
of the biggest massacre in the Valley,
23 Kashmiri Hindus — four children, nine
women and ten men were massacred in
1998. Lead characters of Kashmiri birth,
Aadil Khan and Sadia were cast to lend
authenticity. Several Kashmiri Pandits were
selected for principal cast. Also, to make
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