Director Madhur Bhandarkar today said his experiences during a walk from Bandra in suburban Mumbai to the Siddhivinayak temple at Dadar had inspired his new film "Traffic Signal".

The movie is slated for release in January next year, and promises to be an intimate glimpse of Mumbai's streets, completing a trilogy that comprises Bhandarkar's "Corporate" and "Page 3".

"I always noticed this different world in which people waited for signals to turn red and rushed on the street with their activities," he said while briefing reporters along with Irang Desai, business head (feature films) for Percept Picture Company.

"Traffic Signal", a Percept Picture Company presentation, "depicts life on the streets of Mumbai through a traffic signal where all kinds of people live, survive, jostle, and yet remain human", Bhandarkar said after presenting a short trailer on his movie to the media at the International Film Festival of India here.

Bhanhard summed up his new creation as a "hard hitting film that exposes the underbelly of Mumbai".

He said it is a collage of street life that has both the sides, "the one sitting in a car and the one on the street".

The director revealed Konkona Sen's reluctance to accept the role of a character who uses garish language and often chews tobacco. "She was not able to relate to the character, so I told her to imitate me," he said. Bhandarkar feels "Satta" produced in 2002 was his own best movie.