Anurag: I am very apolitical and the Jan Natya Manch had no impact. I have been very confused and still am. I read a lot of books. Films like Bicycle Thief. Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow have impressed me a lot.

Manini: Both your films are political, and in Rahul's case of the chosen family for Parzania, the latest issue of the RSS mouthpiece, Organiser asks why not a film on the plight of a karsevak or a Kashmiri Pandit family. Why do you both fight shy of being called 'political' filmmakers? Is it for reasons of art or commerce?

Rahul: I didn't care about commerce, as far as art is concerned it was to the point of making the film..I am not afraid of being political, but I am not political ! When making the film, nothing came in between. It was simply the passion of making the film.

Anurag: When you making a film and it's remotely realistic there's a problem, it has to be step by step. We had no patrons, we were asked to change names. It was more on the side of humanity, I am very apolitical. Every party has their own agenda. Idealogies do not define political parties today. The film was more on human carnage, about the foot soldiers of the ideology of political parties who are left high and dry - who pay a price.

Aman Sharma: Your film was banned on the grounds that it might affect the judgement of the case. Now that the judgement is out, do you think your film could have impacted the judgement?

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