▁an ▁idea ▁of ▁making ▁film ▁on ▁Ph al ke , ▁M ok ashi ▁started ▁his ▁research ▁with ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁National ▁Film ▁Archive ▁of ▁India , ▁P une ▁and ▁finished ▁the ▁script ▁by ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁As ▁M ok ashi ▁did ▁not ▁under go ▁any ▁formal ▁training ▁for ▁film - making ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁assist ▁any ▁other ▁film ▁direct ors ▁earlier , ▁he ▁found ▁it ▁difficult ▁to ▁find ▁produ cers ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁and ▁it ▁took ▁three ▁years ▁to ▁raise ▁fin ances ▁for ▁the ▁film . ▁Dec lin ing ▁the ▁suggestions ▁of ▁making ▁the ▁film ▁in ▁H indi , ▁casting ▁big ▁stars , ▁adding ▁at ▁least ▁one ▁title ▁track , ▁M ok ashi ▁decided ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁film ▁by ▁himself ▁through ▁his ▁production ▁company , ▁" May as ab ha ▁Produ ctions ". ▁Made ▁with ▁the ▁budget ▁of ▁, ▁M ok ashi ▁had ▁to ▁mort g age ▁his ▁house ▁to ▁complete ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁M ok ashi ▁made ▁director ial ▁debut ▁with ▁his ▁much ▁acc laimed ▁feature ▁film , ▁Har ish ch andra chi ▁Factory . ▁The ▁film ▁shoot ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁and ▁post ▁production ▁work ▁was ▁finished ▁in ▁eight ▁months ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁Red iff . com , ▁M ok ashi ▁told ▁that ▁the ▁film ▁" had ▁a ▁technical ▁release ▁in ▁the ▁remote ▁places ▁of ▁Mah ar as ht ra ▁so ▁[ it ] ▁could ▁particip ate ▁in ▁various ▁festiv als ▁across ▁the