Kashmir's Betaab Valley remains a top choice for film shooting

In the year 1983, the spot where actors Amrita Singh and Sunny Deol shot for their debut film Betaab in the picturesque valley of Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam came to be named after the superhit film.

The romantic film Betaab's box-office success gave a fresh recognition to Kashmir and rekindled the unending affair between Kashmir and Bollywood that dates back to 1949, when Raj Kapoor shot sequences of his film Barsaat in the Valley, showing its breathtaking beauty to the film lovers.

Betaab Valley was previously known as Hagan Valley or Hagoon, but after the blockbuster movie Betaab, the older name was near forgotten. Located in the Anantnag district of south Kashmir, blessed with breathtaking scenery, verdant meadows, snow-clad mountains and gushing streams, the valley's pristine beauty and tranquil ambience made it one of the most famous tourist spots around Pahalgam.

Betaab valley is en route to Amarnath Yatra temple and has been the favourite retreat of Bollywood actors of yesteryear — Dilip Kumar, Rajendra Kumar and Ajit.