After watching the film D-Day, Karan Johar told Nikhil Advani, “The red line on your report card has vanished after this.” Indeed, after making a couple of films like Salaam-e-Ishq, Patiala House and Chandni Chowk to China that didn’t exactly light up the box office, D-Day has opened to critical acclaim and the filmmaker can’t help but take a deep breath of relief. Ask him whether he feels vindicated though, and he says, “I have no reason to do that. I have had failures, but people have always believed that I can still pull it off.” In a chat with SUNDAY MiD DAY, he spoke about the film and his future projects. An excerpt:

Nikhil Advani is all set to announce some projects as a producer