Cartoonist uses Sharmila Tagore’s iconic image from Hindi film to highlight pain of blinded protesters. Sharmila Tagore and Shammi Kapoor’s musical shikara romance mesmerized audiences in Kashmir Ki Kali five decades ago. Today, the valley is troubled and cartoonist Mir Suhail decided to visualise the darkness of eyes blinded by pellet guns through the iconic poster of the film featuring the two stars. Thus, Sharmila Tagore gazes down, one eye hit by pellets, in the recreated poster. It is one more artistic protest to focus the world’s attention on the…
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