Juhi Chawla plays a Kashmiri Pandit widow in Onir helmed I Am - Megha

Juhi Chawla plays a Kashmiri Pandit widow in Onir helmed I Am - Megha. The role is inspired by the life of Urvashi - mother of her film co-star and producer Sanjay Suri.
"Yes, it is loosely based on my mother's story but it is also about coming to terms with your past. Every person who has left Kashmir will identify with that. My mother revisited Kashmir after 17 years but she still didn't visit our house in Srinagar where dad was killed," says Suri.
Onir's "I Am" is a tale of 4 stories woven together taking audiences through issues and dilemmas that bruise modern Indian society.
The Megha story, revolving around the life of a refugee, takes Megha (Juhi) back to Kashmir after 20 years, to the house she lived in. Many incidents from Urvashi Suri's life have been incorporated into the film.
The other three films in the I am series include Omar about homosexuality, Afia about sperm donor and Abhimanyu about child sex abuse.

Megha is inspired by the harsh reality faced by scores of Kashmiri Pandits who were forcefully made to leave the valley in the 80's, and thereby made to live as refugees in their own country.
It isn't exactly homecoming for Megha who, after nearly two decades, decides to go back to her hometown – a militia-controlled Kashmir – on business. After all, a city that destroyed her life and that of other Kashmiri Pandits isn't likely to have a change of heart and welcome her with open arms. On the surface, she appears to be stone cold and strong willed, but Megha knows her arrival will revive bitter memories, both for her and the family she has come to meet with. Rubina (Manisha Koirala), a Kashmiri Muslim woman, is a victim of circumstance. She leads a life of monotony and hardship while bearing her grief in silence. A silence borne out of resignation to the turmoil around her. Now with Megha back after all these years, will a long lost childhood friendship be rekindled? What Megha doesn't realize is that this journey is about to make her discover some harsh realities. That this journey isn't so much about closing chapters as it is about opening new ones. That it never really was about bridging gaps as
much as it is about healing old wounds. How will Rubina make Megha realize that she had no part to play in her eviction from her homeland? How will Megha resign to the fact that Rubina is as much a victim of communal violence, hatred and segregation as she is?