India, April 14 -- Babil Khan is back with his new tech thriller, Logout. The actor plays an Instagram influencer whose life turns upside down after a fan gets hold of his phone and all passwords. Ahead of the film's release, Babil and the film's creators sat down with HT for a chat about the genre and making the usually mild-mannered actor go all out for the role.

Talking about the real-world inspiration for the setting, writer Biswapati Sarkar says, "The addiction was real. We could see our focus going away. We could not concentrate on projects, and we started noticing that it was probably due to the smartphone. Then we researched and realised it's not just but millions of people."

The film's director, Amit Golani, says they conscious...