<p>Actor Vijay Raaz, who is turning director with period war drama Kya Dilli Kya Lahore, says his film raises some pertinent questions while depicting the pain and agony of Partition.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"My film depicts the pain and the agony that every average Indian or any Pakistani has gone through. I have tried to recount those memories through the characters of Rehmat Ali and Samarth Pratap Shastri in this film," Raaz told reporters here while promoting the film.<br /><br />The 50-year-old actor, best known for his roles in Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding, Delhi Belly and Delhi 6 , is also playing the character of Rehmat in the film.<br /><br />Set immediately after India's Independence, the film narrates what happens when, Samarth, an Indian soldier who came from Lahore after Partition meets a Pakistani soldier, Rehmat who was born and brought up in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk but had to shift to Lahore after Partition.<br /><br />On choosing to debut as a director with a subject like this, Raaz said, “I never thought that I will be direc-ting but when the story came to me, I got too involved with it. Being born and brought up in Delhi I can connect to the emotions. Subsequently the producer offered me to direct.”<br /><br />“The film is based on a serious issue, but as both of us have done earlier, we could not resist embracing comedy in it,” said Manu Rishi, who plays the character of Samarth, the Indian soldier.<br /><br />Kya Dilli Kya Lahore is slated to hit the screens in India on May 2.<br /><br />The makers are planning to release the film in Pakistan and are in talks with some distributors there but things are yet to be sorted.<br /><br />“I don't think that our film will be banned or create trouble anywhere, because it is unlike the other Indian films which bash Pakistan or vice-versa,” Rishi said.<br /><br />The film's first trailer was released on Wagah Border <br />in 2012. <br /></p>
<p>Actor Vijay Raaz, who is turning director with period war drama Kya Dilli Kya Lahore, says his film raises some pertinent questions while depicting the pain and agony of Partition.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"My film depicts the pain and the agony that every average Indian or any Pakistani has gone through. I have tried to recount those memories through the characters of Rehmat Ali and Samarth Pratap Shastri in this film," Raaz told reporters here while promoting the film.<br /><br />The 50-year-old actor, best known for his roles in Mira Nair's Monsoon Wedding, Delhi Belly and Delhi 6 , is also playing the character of Rehmat in the film.<br /><br />Set immediately after India's Independence, the film narrates what happens when, Samarth, an Indian soldier who came from Lahore after Partition meets a Pakistani soldier, Rehmat who was born and brought up in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk but had to shift to Lahore after Partition.<br /><br />On choosing to debut as a director with a subject like this, Raaz said, “I never thought that I will be direc-ting but when the story came to me, I got too involved with it. Being born and brought up in Delhi I can connect to the emotions. Subsequently the producer offered me to direct.”<br /><br />“The film is based on a serious issue, but as both of us have done earlier, we could not resist embracing comedy in it,” said Manu Rishi, who plays the character of Samarth, the Indian soldier.<br /><br />Kya Dilli Kya Lahore is slated to hit the screens in India on May 2.<br /><br />The makers are planning to release the film in Pakistan and are in talks with some distributors there but things are yet to be sorted.<br /><br />“I don't think that our film will be banned or create trouble anywhere, because it is unlike the other Indian films which bash Pakistan or vice-versa,” Rishi said.<br /><br />The film's first trailer was released on Wagah Border <br />in 2012. <br /></p>