Pix: when bollywood visited kashmir!

Kashmir has been the backdrop for quite a few HINDI MOVIES. The breathtaking valley has also served as a favourite holiday destination for movie stars. NAMRATA THAKKER looks at the beauty of

Kashmir through Bollywood's lenses, Photograph: Kind courtesy Shraddha Kapoor/Instagram Shraddha Kapoor takes in the lovely Kashmir air during a break from the _Haider_ shooting in

2014. Photograph: Kind courtesy Alia Bhatt/Instagram Alia Bhatt enjoys a_ shikara_ boat ride at the famous Dal Lake. Her spy thriller _Raazi_ was also shot in and around Jammu & Kashmir.

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kunal Kemmu/Instagram Kunal Kemmu gets clicked in the winter wonderland. He was in breathtaking valley just a few months back to shoot for Karan Johar's

magnum opus _Kalank._ Photograph: Kind courtesy Salman Khan/Instagram Here's Salman Khan with the cutest Kashmiri kids you'll ever see. Apart from _Bajrangi Bhaijaan_, Khan shot

some portions of _Race 3_ in the valley. Photograph: Kind courtesy Jennifer Winget/Instagram Television hottie Jennifer Winget, who made her Bollywood acting debut with Kunal Kohli's

_Phir Se_, brings in the New Year in Kashmir. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pranutan Bahl/Instagram Pranutan Bahl and Zaheer Iqbal share a light moment during the shooting for their debut film

_Notebook_ in Sonmarg. Photograph: Kind courtesy Dia Mirza/Instagram Dia Mirza looks super excited to be in the mesmerising town of Gulmarg and see its amazing flowers. Photograph: Kind

courtesy Jacqueline Fernandez/Instagram Shooting in sub-zero temperature is never easy but looks like Salman is used to it. Jacqueline Fernandez, meanwhile, is not! Photograph: Kind courtesy

Urmila Matondkar/Instagram Urmila Matondkar sure knows how to look stylish during her winter holidays. As her husband Mohsin Akhtar Mir is a Kashmiri, the actress-turned-politician is quite

familiar with the snow-clad region. Photograph: Kind courtesy Taapsee Pannu/Instagram Taapsee Pannu was in Kashmir last year to shoot for Anurag Kashyap's _Manmarziyaan._ After the

wrap up, she posted this photo on her Insta feed and wrote, 'Dear Kashmir, You truly proved to be “Paradise” for me. Lost and found wali feeling became beautiful courtesy you. Phir

milenge...... agli baar jab mausam thoda behtar hoga! Love Rumi #Manmarziyaan  #Kashmir #FilmWrap.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Imtiaz Ali/Instagram Imitiaz Ali's love-affair with

Kashmir is evident from his movies. Here, he has some fun with his niece Noor in Srinagar.