Abhishek Kapoor says the story of Kedarnath touches upon the country's topical issues, not with the intention to spark a controversy or commit blasphemy but simply to provide healing to people in the current divisive times. Set against the backdrop of one of the worst human tragedies, the film chronicles the love story of a Muslim porter and a Hindu girl, while making a larger commentary on religious inclusion.

Kapoor says the team "recognises" the issues they are talking about in the film are delicate and they tried to handled them with a lot of sensitivity. "If you just look at the current state we are in, this entire election has been fought on Hindu-Muslim politics, after that you got the entire Sabrimala issue going on. If you look at this movie, it is touching upon all these issues. It's a very delicate subject to touch upon," Kapoor told PTI.