For director Karan Malhotra, bigger is better. His previous offerings, Agneepath (2012) and Brothers (2015), were mounted on a big scale. He has taken the scale a notch higher with Shamshera. With the dacoit drama releasing at a time when few films are striking gold at the box office, is he apprehensive? “I am constantly fighting that fear. It is unhelpful. I made the exact film I wanted to make. Every time I watch it, I feel childlike excitement. There is no insecurity from my end,” begins the filmmaker.

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