India, May 16 -- Director Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar, whose latest film Ground Zero released days after the terror attack in Pahalgam last month, recalls the turmoil he felt when he heard the news. "I have seen the Kashmir where [the attack] took place. We had a screening of the film in Srinagar, just three days before this incident. Mujhe dhakka laga," he says.

Ask if he was worried about how this might affect the film's performance and Tejas replies, "It wasn't mentally and emotionally possible for us to even think about our film when we heard the news. The entire team was shaken. If I start thinking about whether this will benefit our film, I'll be finished as a person."

Starring Emraan Hashmi, Ground Zero tells the story of Border S...