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00:00The first thing that came to my mind after reading the book was that even if you take
00:12political names or incidences out and even if you put XYZ names into it, some other random
00:19names, even then the story will stand on its own.
00:22So, this is a very good story, not just a political drama.
00:31And when I sat with Anuj for the first time, I told him that we have to focus on the screenplay.
00:38After watching any film, whether it is a left-wing film or a right-wing film, it should not be
00:45called a propaganda film.
00:47You know, the screenplay should stand on its own.
00:50And secondly, if there is a controversy, for a first-time director like me, I will take
00:56it as an advantage because who will listen to me other than Dhamak Hai Ke?
01:01I have to make some noise.
01:02So, I decided to jump into it.
01:04And how did you approach Vineet?
01:08I have seen a lot of his work before.
01:13According to me, he is one of the finest actors in the country today.
01:16And I am not saying it because he is here with me.
01:19But genuinely, you can ask anyone, anybody will agree to what I am saying.
01:25Secondly, when I and my daughter saw Gunjan Saxena, both of us literally cried with his
01:32performance.
01:33The performance he gave in the climax, it's a power-packed performance.
01:39First reason.
01:40Second reason is, I was looking at an actor who could don the uniform of an army and look
01:49like a bond, look like a dashing army person who could bring goosebumps to people.
01:55And because this story, Vineet's character is playing the intelligence officer also.
02:02So, an intelligence officer has to mix with people and gather intelligence.
02:09So, I wanted an actor who could mix with four people.
02:14So that he doesn't stand out when he is not in the uniform and when he wears the uniform,
02:19he looks like an army person where people take notice of him.
02:23So, both these qualities are in him.
02:28I felt that Vineet is the only choice, believe me.
02:31Vineet, we have praised you a lot.
02:33You tell us, when you did the film, we have talked about that.
02:36What is the experience after doing the film?
02:38Is there any memorable incident during the making of the film that touched you the most?
02:45There are a lot of things, but I would like to share a few things.
02:49First of all, I have been working for a long time.
02:53It rarely happens that a film is smoothly completed in such a short period of time.
03:04Producer Pallavi Gurjar, this is her first film.
03:09Kedarki, this is her first Hindi film.
03:12But when you go with a very professional team,
03:20even then if this happens, it is a matter of good luck.
03:22Why am I saying this?
03:24Because we have shot in three countries and six cities.
03:32And the shoot started in January and ended in mid-March.
03:39Plus, when I was shooting in Kashmir,
03:43the day we started because there is a long span where the character is undercover.
03:52When we went, it felt like this weather is of June-Moon.
03:58When the third day came, it felt like this weather is of October.
04:05And we were thinking that it would have been better if we had got snow.
04:10So, we asked many people to go far in the Pahalgam valley
04:16and see if there is snow.
04:19So that we get a change in the weather.
04:22There is a stay time of 7-8 months.
04:27By the grace of God, the snow that had started to fall,
04:32the people of Pahalgam were saying that this time there was no snow.
04:35And the snow that had started to fall,
04:38the clear land that we could see,
04:41that land filled up to my knees that day.
04:48And we shot in complete snow.
04:51So, me, Kedar, all the people of the unit, we were talking about what was happening.
04:56So, this was magic.