BIRTHING SUCCESS

he last year ended with The film starring Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh and Kiara Advani, directed by debut director Raj Mehta, grossed more than 150 crores. Raj, understandably, is on cloud nine. He hasn’t yet come to terms with the good news. It has to yet to sink in. Box-office numbers aside, he’s happy that the film connected with the audience. “I never could have dreamt of such kind of response,” he says. Perhaps one reason why got so much love is has spread a positive message about IVF. This technology has helped countless couples to become parents. For them, it’s a God-send. So far, eight million babies have been born through IVF. I wish people knew about this,” he points out. He’s surprised that IVF is still considered taboo in our society. He agrees the team made a conscious effort to keep out vulgarity the subject being unconventional. He mentions that the sensitivity also came from Jyoti Kapoor, who has witnessed it at close quarters.