After
so
many
hurdles,
now
the
movie
is
releasing.
So,
how
are
you
feeling?
Feeling
relieved.
Usually
at
this
point
of
time,
just
before
the
film
release,
one
should
feel
nervous
about
the
reactions.
But
we
have
not
even
reached
that
stage.
We
are
just
happy
that
film
is
releasing
and
thankful
to
the
honourable
High
Court
for
exactly
putting
out
this
verdict.
As
a
producer,
what
made
you
to
choose
the
subject,
nuclear
test.
Do
you
think
this
will
appeal
to
majority
of
cinema
audience?
Abhishek
(director)
narrated
the
idea
to
me.
And
I
was
like,
why
in
all
these
years
no
one
thought
to
make
a
movie
on
this
subject.
This
is
one
of
the
biggest
achievements
of
Indian
history
after
independence.
We
repeat
the
same
subject,
we
make
love
stories
and
all,
but
how
nobody
touched
this.
When
he
narrated
the
idea
to
me,
the
first
thing
I
thought
was,
this
is
a
very
difficult
film.
And
second
thing
was,
how
would
I
pull
it
off.
And
when
I
have
those
questions
I
was
sure
that
I
am
going
to
do
this.
I
wanted
to
give
it
a
try,
I
wanted
to
challenge
myself.
And
the
whole
credit
goes
to
Abhishek
and
his
entire
team.
And
honestly,
I
am
also
thankful
to
Diana
for
doing
this.
And
the
entire
cast
for
making
this
happen
in
record
time.
We
completed
the
shooting
2
days
before
the
scheduled
time.
What
are
the
key
points
you
kept
in
your
mind
while
doing
this
film,
as
this
is
based
on
a
real
life
incident?
Parmanu
is
a
true
story.
So
the
first
thing
to
keep
in
mind
is
to
do
research.
You
can't
mess
with
the
plot.
Our
plot
is
85-90
percent
accurate,
based
on
facts,
while
we
have
to
fictionalise
other
10-15
percent.
We
obviously
couldn't
use
real
names
like
APJ
Abdul
Kalam,
P
Chidambaram,
Atal
Bihari
Vajpayee..
so
we
have
to
fictionalise
certain
names
and
characters.
There
is
so
much
information
in
the
film,
we
have
to
establish
that
information
with
our
audience
in
the
first
20-
25
minutes.
I
don't
want
to
make
an
overtly
intelligent
film,
so
we
made
it
very
simple.
You
can
say
that
this
is
not
a
patriotic
film,
we
made
it
an
engaging
thriller.
But
when
you
will
walk
out
from
theatre,
you
will
feel
that
'I
am
proud
to
be
an
Indian.'
What
preparations
have
you
done
for
this
movie?
We
have
done
workshops
as
getting
into
army
uniforms
is
a
very
big
responsibility
in
itself.
We
can't
make
mistakes.
And
of
course
research
work.
Whatever
you
will
see
in
the
movie
,
everything
what
we
followed
is
very
accurate.
When
you
see
the
credit,
you
will
know
how
much
research
have
been
done.
One
works
so
hard
on
a
film
but
sometimes
it
doesn't
work.
So,
does
failure
affects
you?
Actually
no,
I
think
it's
just
because
things
happen
so
fast.
You
don't
have
time
to
sit
back
and
think
what
worked
and
what
didn't.
And
there
are
so
many
elements
of
a
film.
We
can't
point
out
one
single
reason
in
a
film
which
did
not
work
out.
John
Abraham
as
a
producer
backs
different
kinds
of
films,
but
it
comes
to
acting
he
chooses
different.
Why?
Very
honestly,
I
think
differently
as
a
producer.
But
as
an
actor
people
love
to
see
me
in
a
certain
way.
If
you
ask
me
about
my
favorite
genre,
it
is
comedy.
I
love
doing
films
like
Welcome
Back.
I
can
also
produce
comedy
films,
if
I
find
some
good
scripts,
except
adult
comedy
films.
But
people
want
to
see
me
more
in
films
like
Madras
Cafe.
So
I
try
to
balance
both
out.
There
are
reports
that
storyline
of
your
upcoming
film
RAW
is
somewhat
similar
to
Raazi.
So,
the
makers
are
working
on
the
script
again.
Is
it
true?
We
have
stuck
by
the
script
that
was
narrated
to
me,
I
think
4
to
5
months
ago.
So
we
have
not
moved
from
that.
And
I
have
not
seen
Raazi,
though
I
have
heard
it's
a
lovely
film.
But
ya,
we
didn't
deviate
from
our
script.
So,
I
really
can't
comment
on
the
similarities
because
I
haven't
seen
Raazi.