What made you take up the film?

I felt it was a new experience for the viewers. It is completely new to me. I have done films based on a similar genre but doing a film like this was really scary and risky. I was very nervous. But I also knew that if this film worked, it could help me in many ways.

Apparently, you were very skeptical at the start.

Unhappy is the word. That was the last place in the world I wanted to be. I was wondering why I was on this strange set, which was outside my comfort zone. I didn't know any of these people. But by the time the film got over, I didn't want to go home. We got so attached to these characters and had such an amazing time.

Were you apprehensive about doing a film with Kabir Khan, whose debut film, Kabul Express, didn't do well?

The first question I asked him was that if he was doing a film like Kabul Express. He said no. Kabul Express was good but I thought it was a documentary. He said that it was a documentary because it was meant to be one. But he assured me that New York was a commercial and entertaining film. He asked me to trust him. I am glad I did because when I saw the film, I was moved.