War and poverty force Gulzar, a young tourist boatman (shikarawala) at Dal Lake,[1] to run away from Kashmir with his best friend.

Waiting for conditions to change, they discover a mysterious woman, Asifa, a scientist braving the curfew to research pollution levels in the lake.

The first film set in the endangered lake communities of Kashmir, Valley of Saints blends fiction and documentary to bring audiences inside this unique world.

[1][2] The director of the film, Musa Syeed, grew up in US, where his father had migrated in the 1970s, after being a political prisoner in Kashmir.

[3][4] The film is scored by NY based indie alternative/rock band Zerobridge's Mubashir Mohi-ud-din, J. P. Bowersock, and also features songs like 'Nightingale's Lament (Gulzar Bhat)'[5] rendering poetry of Rasul Mir, and the song 'Boulevard' penned by Makhanlal Bekas.