India, Aug. 2 -- Cont'd from page 1 I'd forgotten that I have made a career out of people with heartbreaks. When I go home from office at night and see some boys on Carter Road (Mumbai), listening to Toh Phir Aao from my film Awarapan (2007), I don't mess with them, as they are heartbroken (laughs). My music, like Sunn Raha Hai and Tum Hi Ho (both from Aashiqui 2, 2013) has lived with people for a really long time. Yes, it was a last minute thing. Ahaan (Panday, actor) and I'd gone to Mount Mary's church in Mumbai at midnight. Then we went to my office to celebrate after the release. He surprised me by calling Saiyaara's singer Faheem Abdullah in the middle of the night. I have seen this popularity with Woh Lamhe (2007) and Galliyan (from 2014's Ek Villain). The magic only gets better, and it's scary. You're expected to do it again and again. At the moment, it feels so good. I would feel let down if I didn't let them (Ahaan and actor Aneet Padda) have the same success and position that I probably helped others reach. I've been working with newcomers all my life. The only stars I worked with are Emraan Hashmi and Vidya (Balan) in Hamari Adhuri Kahaani (2015), and John Abraham in Ek Villain Returns (2022). It was easy for me to decide on newcomers because the story required age appropriate casting. It's easy when you have a leading production house backing you, with access to all the big stars in the industry. Adi (Aditya Chopra) did tell me, 'Between you and me, we can get anyone in the industry for this film. My distribution and marketing team will be happy, too. But if you make Saiyaara with established people, it won't work.' I have to completely credit Akshaye Widhani (producer) and Aditya Chopra. I can be the dreamer who wants to do this, but for someone to back your conviction, people have to put their money where their mouth is. We had a PR meeting once, everyone was very charged. It was so good, the plan was what everyone was doing. But we all looked at each other and said, 'This is not the film.' I had a talk with the marketing team and said, 'I don't know the last time people went and watched a film because they saw the lead cast playing Truth and Dare, or being asked questions like, 'Who is the bigger prankster on set?' or asking the newcomers 'What was it like working with Mohit Suri?' I said we should talk about their work. Even when the poster was supposed to come out, we said let's release the song in theatres, because most so-called newcomers are nowadays being launched directly on OTT. This is a theatre film. No comedy shows, no reality shows....