J-K: Muslim family turns saviour for filmmakers stranded in lockdown

Bhadarwah:  Demonstrating harmony and hospitality, a Muslim family here opened its home and heart — to a film team from Pune stranded after the nationide lockdown was imposed on March 25.
It’s the true spirit of Kashmiriyat, said Nachiket Guttikar who has been staying at the home of Nazim Malik in Gatha village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district for several weeks and counting.
With him are his team members Shamin Kulkarni and Ninad Datar. The team reached here on March 15 to shoot for a documentary and was scheduled to board a flight from Jammu to Pune on March 25, the very day the lockdown came into effect.
The night before, on March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a three-week lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19. It was evident they had no option but to stay put.
“The situation was scary when the government announced the lockdown. We were in panic because surface as well as air traffic was suspended and all hotels were closed,” Guttikar said.
Seeing that the travellers were in distress, Malik’s family offered them their house.