Warning: This post contains spoilers for Baramulla.
Set in December 2016, against the snow-covered landscapes of Kashmir, Baramulla begins as a police mystery but unfolds into a haunting reflection on faith, trauma, and redemption. The story follows DSP Ridwaan Sayyed (Manav Kaul), a police officer transferred to the quiet town of Baramulla to investigate a string of child disappearances. Along with his wife Gulnaar (Bhasha Sumbli) and their children Noorie (Arista Mehta) and Ayaan (Rohaan Singh), he moves into an old, abandoned house—unaware that it holds memories of bloodshed and spirits that have yet to find peace.
As the investigation deepens, Baramulla reveals that the real mystery lies not only in the streets but within the walls of the house—and in the conscience of those who try to bury the past.
Let’s break down all the major plotlines in Netflix’s film Baramulla, premiering on Nov. 7.
The tragic past behind the ghosts
The house that Ridwaan and his family move into once belonged, decades earlier, to a Kashmiri Pandit family, the Saprus: Kamalanand, his wife Mansi, and their children Eela and Sharad. The Pandits, a Hindu minority who lived for centuries in the predominantly Muslim region of Kashmir, were targets of persecution and a broader campaign of mass displacement in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when militant separatist groups began demanding both the region’s independence and its conversion into an Islamic state.
During that period, thousands of Pandit families were forced to flee their homes in the valley, while others were killed by extremists. Baramulla revisits this painful chapter by situating the Sapru family massacre within this context: the house was invaded by militants, who murdered Kamalanand first, followed by Mansi and Eela, after Eela’s best friend, Zainab—who was in the house at the time—revealed their location to the armed men. Only Sharad,…
