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Mehvish completed her PhD research in the field of documentary filmmaking. Her documentary films have been showcased at film festivals across the globe, and she continues to critically examine the methodology and ethics within her field. Her work particularly focuses on the representation of subjects in documentaries set in protracted political conflict zones, seeking to envision them beyond the limited framework of victimhood. She interrogates patterns of absence within such documentaries, including the lack of humour and transcendental dimensions.

Her research combines a critique of existing documentary work in and about Kashmir with an exploration of alternative and experimental modes of responsible representation. At its core, this research seeks to understand, learn from, and develop ways to represent documentary subjects from this long-term conflict zone without reducing them to victims. Her work examines the impact of digital surveillance on interpersonal and community communication channels as well as on the viability of older media technologies in circumventing related challenges.