India, Nov. 14 -- Filmmaker Imtiaz Ali and actor Ananya Panday were guests at the 24th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Saturday. While there, the duo spoke about cinema and discussed their work. Imtiaz spoke about his recent release, Main Vaapas Aaunga, which appeals to Gen Z despite being set during the India-Pakistan partition. He also remarked that the film was not depicting Pakistan, just an undivided India.

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At the HT Leadership Summit, Imtiaz argued that his film wasn't risky because it didn't depict Pakistan. "I knew that there was no Pakistan in my film; it was undivided India," he pointed out, adding, "Because those portions lay across a border that was later established."

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