The one thing that the audience expects from an Ayushmann Khurrana offering is novelty. The actor is assured that Anek, his second project with Anubhav Sinha after Article 15 (2019), will deliver on that count. While it is known that the social thriller is set in north-east India, Khurrana reveals that the director has deftly explored the theme of national identity in the current socio-political climate. “Anek is a powerful film [that] should invoke a sense of patriotism among the audiences. It will ask what it takes to be an Indian above all the divide that the country faces. [At its core] is a hard-hitting question: What does it take to be called an Indian?”

Ayushmann Khurrana with director Anubhav Sinha