Ayushmann Khurrana’s Article 15 is set to hit theatres this Friday. When asked, after back-to-back hit films, why did he choose a movie like Article 15 instead of a big budget commercial film, Ayushmann said, “As an artiste, you sometimes get a film that demands you to back it wholeheartedly because it is trying to make a strong statement, because it is trying to affect social change by starting a conversation.

A film like Article 15 compelled me to put my voice behind it because it is cinema that needs to be made and seen. It is cinema for the entire country, for the youth to notice.”

He further said, “When you get material this strong and important, you don’t think of how big the opening will be, how much the film will eventually make. You do it because it is your responsibility. I did this film because it was important for me to show India a very significant social film and that’s all that mattered.”