Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra says his mother is the reason he decided to make "Shikara: The Untold Story Of Kashmiri Pandits".

The director opened up about the reason behind making the film when he came to the national capital to host a screening of the film for some Kashmiri Pandit refugees from Jagti migrant camp in Jammu on the 30th anniversary of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Valley.