Six years? That's a long time...

Yes. Jha had to do extensive research. When a person is so passionate, you want to give so much more back and with the way the audience has reacted, I think we have done a good job. We are very proud.

What he really wanted to do was to take a few characters from the Mahabharat and use them in a very modern day political setting. He came up with a story of a family of third generation politicians. He asked us to study as many politicians as possible to get a feel of how they behave. I saw a lot of footage of young Rajiv Gandhi and Sanjay Gandhi. I closely followed the Scindhia family too, how they walk, talk and how confident they are on stage because confidence was the key to Prithivi's character.

Jha also created the whole environment -- thousands of people while shooting in Bhopal, while you stand up on stage, throw garlands and rallies. The whole set up was so fantastically done, that it makes your life much easier.