Updated On: 22 May, 2016 08:19 AM IST | | Aastha Atray Banan
<p>'Udta' Punjab director Abhishek Chaubey talks about the drug issue in Punjab, the inspiration for the Alia Bhatt and Shahid Kapoor characters and much more in this emotional interview</p>

Abhishek Chaubey with Shahid Kapoor
Abhishek Chaubey, 39, doesn’t get teary-eyed easily. In fact, deep into our conversation, he will recollect how he laughed at his maternal grandmother’s funeral.
But, while researching his upcoming release on drug abuse, he came face to face with heroin addict as young as 17. “It was hard just watching them,” he admits.