"It is important to understand why normal people become terrorists, moreover it is equally important to gauge the different types of interpretations of religions that go into the making of these terrorists. The movie Black and White revolves round the making of one such terrorist. It portrays into his journey of becoming a hardliner, and his eventual interaction with people, which compels him to take a look at himself and examine his own outlook towards life," says Ghai during a meet after his film Black and White was screened on Saturday at the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF).

Subhash Ghai, an FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) graduate has gone on to direct and produce over 80 films in a career spanning over almost four decades. Black and White marks his first foray into parallel cinema and a paradigm shift from mainstream commercial Bollywood Movies.

"In the life of every film maker there comes a time when he starts questioning the serious issues that plague the society. For me the moving point was when I was watching the news of a terrorist bombing on the television. It was then that the idea to make Black and White struck me. I wanted to understand the mind of a terrorist. As a result I began researching on the ways young men and boys are indoctrinated with these shallow ideas, I also met up with religious heads, and authorities on various religions and sought their help and the different types of interpretations of religions. Black and White is born after a lot of painstaking research by not only me but also the actor Anurag Sinha who actually read and spoke to people to understand the mind of a terrorist," Ghai says.

Speaking about future projects he says, "I definitely intend to make movies on such issues. Also my company Mukta Arts intends to foray further into Marathi and regional films."