"What impressed me was the maturity. The first time I read the script, I believed that a film like this should be made, and I wanted to be a part of it. And Rahul's passion came through so strongly in the making of the film."

The film doesn't shy away from condemning the State, and it is highly unlikely that a film like this -- while surprisingly cleared by the censors -- would release in Indian theatres. This is the reason Rahul's film is an English one.

"When you want to work on a film like this, a film with such a strong message," Sarika says, "You don't want to consider the controversy. It is a story that needs to be told. It is a very difficult subject, and the film has been handled with great sensitivity."

Rahul has made the film for his friends -- a Parsi family who lost their son during the riots, and continue to search for him.

"Every person in the film has a real-life counterpart. This is the story of a real family, a family I am very close to," Dholakia poignantly declares.