Filmmaker Nikkhil Advani, who is all set to release Batla House on Independence Day, says his cinematic focus has shifted from fiction to reality over the years since he made his debut with the romantic drama Kal Ho Naa Ho in 2003.

"I open the newspaper and see a potential script in reports that are published -- reports that are real but sound like fiction, whether it is cast-based murder, corruption, police encounter or anti-social activity. Those stories coming from real life are more complex and engaging than what we can imagine in fiction," said Advani.