Why does your film Phir Bhi Dil Hai Hindustani have such a heavy dose of patriotism?
It doesn’t have a heavy dose of patriotism at all. When you see the film, you will realise this. You might find it patriotic towards the end. I think you will like what we are doing on screen. Only in the last 10-15 minutes, you will feel for your country, your people. You would suddenly want to get up and join the people on screen. There are various layers to the film’s subject. There’s a whole lot of fun, a love angle and of course, a story. A story which changes the minds and hearts of the protagonists of the film — that is Shah Rukh and me. To begin with, we are wicked people. We are today’s people. We are rivals and we hate each other. We want to get ahead and become rich and famous and we will do anything to do that. Then, an incident takes place and we just about become friends. We decide to help someone to come out with the truth. It’s our struggle to get the truth out and its not easy. And that’s how it goes till the end. It takes you to a big climax which involves hundreds o
