For Zeeshan Ayyub, Real Kashmir Football Club wasn’t just another web series offered to him; it went on to inspire him for life. In an exclusive chat with India Today, the actor shared how he got the call two years ago about a show based on a football club in Kashmir. When he finally heard the narration, he immediately said yes to it.

"Within 15 minutes, as soon as I got to know that it’s based on a real story, and is such an inspirational story, I was like 'We are doing it'," he said.

Given how Kashmir continues to be framed through politics and conflict, especially in the national conversation over the past year, Ayyub believes that the show has captured the state through a rare human lens. Adding that stories like this can help recalibrate mainstream perception, Zeeshan said. “I thi

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