Why did we not think of this until now? The question hit director Rahul Dholakia as soon as he thought about making a film about firefighters. The oversight also told him how India doesn’t place enough importance on the real-life heroes. From there was born his next, Agni. “I had read about a little boy in America, who was made a fireman for a day as firefighters were his heroes. We don’t see that in India. The audience doesn’t consider them as heroes,” rues the director.

The first look of Agni