Mulk director Anubhav Sinha says he was always keen to make a sensitive but accessible film with the Rishi Kapoor and Taapsee Pannu starrer. The film, which revolves around the plight of a Muslim family on trial in court, and in society, because their son is a terrorist, has won critical acclaim.

A large chunk of the film is set in a courtroom with the judge delivering a climactic speech, defining the message of oneness and secularism that the film hopes to deliver in these fractured times. "I wanted the audience to agree with him [judge], and I am hearing that people are standing and clapping in the final scene," says Sinha, adding, "He has ended up representing the thought of people, which is a huge victory."