Cinema opens in Kashmiri city after 14 years – but few turn up

A paramilitary soldier stands guard outside the first multiplex cinema of Kashmir in Srinagar (AP)

A multi-screen cinema has opened in the main city of Indian-controlled Kashmir for the first time in 14 years.

The move in Srinagar comes as part of the government’s push to showcase normalcy in the disputed region that was brought under India’s direct rule three years ago.