India, Oct. 25 -- Ritesh Shah's directorial Gajab Raat released on Netflix this Friday. The Manoj Bajpayee-starrer is a thriller that tells the story of one night and sees a cop with no morals trying to do the right thing. But the film wasn't always called Gajab Raat. When Netflix first announced it in February, its title was Ghooskhor Pandat, something that generated huge amount of online backlash, forcing the makers to withdraw all promotional material and change the title.

As the film releases, actor Manoj Bajpayee and writer-producer Neeraj Pandey talk to Hindustan Times about the Ghooskhor Pandat controversy, and why they were unfazed by it.

Gajab Raat releases eight months after the controversy that led to threats, trolling, and e...