In the backdrop of hurdles faced by filmmakers from the first cut including legal as well as censorship issues Anurag Kashyap, the director of critically acclaimed movie 'Black Friday' has come out strongly against moral policing.

Once a movie gets the green-flag by the censor board that should be the final say, and self-proclaimed moral police should be dealt with strongly, Kashyap says.

He also has a piece of advice for those who are excited about Deepa Mehta's 'Water' joining the Oscar race as a Canadian entry. "Indians must not try to own 'Water' because nobody came forward and allowed the movie to be shot in the country. Today when it is nominated at the Oscars, everybody is claiming it as our film, It deserves to be called a Canadian movie" he says.

Downplaying the controversies associated with his own film he is happy that it has seen the light of the day. "My movie has been ready for the last two years, but I am happy that it is now released and also been praised," he says.

"Black Friday", a film based on the Mumbai Serial bombings in 1993, created a huge uproar two years ago as its story is based on the book of the same name written by S Hussein Zaidi.

The 13-year-old trial coming to an end in September last year has finally paved the way for its release. The Judgment which has convicted 100 people and acquitted 23 defendants is said to have been affected if the movie was released earlier.

The petitioners against his movie "Black Friday" alleged that the movie passes judgment on the accused in 1993 Mumbai serial bombings case.

On the research he did for the movie, he says, "I went through every research possible. I consulted all the newspapers. I saw most photographs and interacted with photographers and get as much information as I could."

On some of the challenges while making the movie, Kashyap says, "The most difficult thing was to create 1993 when there were no cell phones, no satellite television and the latest car was Maruti 1000. We had to shoot on the streets and avoid all modern cars. We had to avoid people with mobile phones along with the hoardings and neon signs."

"With 'Black Friday' I tried to do something new as all the characters in this movie use the original names of those accused in the Bombay blast, he says.

Kay Kay Menon, Pavan Malhotra and Aditya Srivatsva play Inspector Rakesh Maria, terrorist Tiger Memon and police informer Badshah Khan respectively.

Kashyap's informs that his upcoming venture is a fun-filled film "No Smoking", which casts John Abraham in the leading role. He is also working on his animated film "Hanuman Returns." "I want to make one film that my daughter can go and watch," he says while disclosing his interest in animation.