If to spark a debate is the motive of making this film, then Talvar already seems to be a success. The screening of the movie in Delhi on Sunday was not a regular one - there were questions and anticipation.

An intense discussion followed the screening between the audience and the team - Meghna Gulzar, Vishal Bhardwaj, Irrfan and Konkona Sen Sharma.

There was dark humour in this tragedy

When asked what drew her to the film, Meghna said, "Like everybody else in the country, I was stuck to the story when it broke eight years back. Every two months, there was a new story, a new investigating team, several theories for one crime. Even when it reached the point of a trial, I was trying to trace back how things happened then - several stories, several theories, contradictions, and somewhere, there were questions that needed answers and evidence."

When Vishal was asked how he resisted the urge to tilt the story a certain way, he said, "Like everyone, I thought the verdict was okay. But when I met the first investigating officer and asked him,'do murder ho gaye, ek deewar ke pare, aur kisi ko pata nahin chala?'he said that audio geniuses (audio testers) were called for tests, but despite the sound levels being so high, no sound could penetrate the walls of the bedroom where the Talwars were sleeping. That is where my interest started.Things were really amusing, bizarre, disturbing and some kind of black humour was coming out of this tragedy.And I am a great fan of Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa, so I thought that this is the best way to write the script and present it on screen. Sometimes, my own feelings used to come in the way. But we wanted to be very fair. We have used things that are in the public domain, things that were said in court and during the trial. It was a painful journey. It scares me to think if someday, I get stuck in the system, what will happen?"