Creators are using the abandoned, bullet-riddled hotels of Gulmarg and the haunted ruins of Martand Sun Temple not just as sets, but as metaphors. In the 2024 breakout web series "Zalzala" (available on a regional OTT app), the protagonist is haunted not by a ghost, but by the "specter of the 90s"—a psychological patchwork of missing persons, erased memories, and the internet’s fragmented arrival.
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