Deepti Naval’s Dal Lake Studio

Veteran Bollywood Actress, Deepti Naval is all set to open the very fist studio and museum on Kashmir’s famous Dal Lake.

The actress said the the goal is to keep the Bollywood romance with Kashmir alive.

“I own a houseboat on the Dal lake. It attracted my attention during a photo shoot a few years ago. I am in the process of turning it into a painting studio and a tiny museum of Bollywood where portraits of the film stars from the bygone era will be put up. I wish to see portrait of Shammi Kapoor in it,”  – said Naval.

The mobile floating studio can be docked as found needed and will serve as a motif of Bollywood in Kashmir, home to many blockbusters.

Naval keeps date with Kashmir to pursue her interest in brush and colors as a painter. Her romance with Kashmir dates back to 1978 when Naval, a fine arts graduate from New York, straight away came to the valley for holidays before starting her film career in then Bombay.

“Outsiders can come and use this place as a backdrop and do a romantic cinema. But Kashmir should produce its own films to tell the inside story,”

The actor is planning a short story and poetry reading in Srinagar in the last week of May. “I want to see people writing here and doing scripts,” added Naval.