India, June 15 -- Imtiaz Ali's Main Vaapas Aaunga opened to widespread critical acclaim. However, it had a slow start at the box office. But away from the concerns of the numbers, director Imtiaz Ali is excited to see the younger generation flocking in numbers to the theatres and connecting with the film starring Naseeruddin Shah, Diljit Dosanjh, Sharvari and Vedang Raina.

"In a strange sort of way, I wanted the youth to understand this because the people who are now more than 78, were young people at that time. So it is a youthful film on both parts," Imtiaz Ali says, adding he admires the openness that this generation possesses. "They don't have preconceived notions. If they connect with something they jump into it, if they don't know ...