India, June 5 -- The USSR in turmoil, a war in the gulf, surging oil prices and geopolitical and economic headwinds.Sometimes history can repeat itself at an opportune moment for a filmmaker.

When film director Vipul Shah who came of age in pre-liberalisation India decided to revisit India's balance of payment (BOP) crisis of 1991 for a film, little did he expect the prevailing challenges. Best-known in the Mumbai film world for directing pacy Akshay Kumar starrers like 'Aankhen', 'Namaste London', 'Waqt: Race against time' and producing films like Singh Is Kinng and multiple sequels of Commando, Shah's recent filmography has taken a more political turn. In 2023 he produced The Kerala Story, Bastar: The Naxal Story the following year and...