Childhood is a key part of our lives. How did staying away from your home affect you? 
I WAS about six when my family moved to Delhi, so I couldn’t remember a lot about Kashmir. However, I realised that I was in an unfamiliar place, especially culturally. I knew there were differences, but I was too young to understand why things were the way they were. Even though I didn’t feel any strong disconnect and adapted to the city pretty well, I still felt the changes. For example, every time I came home I knew I was going to eat different kinds of food, speak a different language, see my mother dress differently from other women; even the things we discussed at home were different. Now, when I look back at it, I understand the depth of 
the situation.

How would you describe Ghar Ka Pata to our readers?
Ghar Ka Pata is largely about exile and memory. At a certain age, you realise you’ve always lived in exile, which means that you have never been able to go back to the place you actually belong. I struggled with a faint memory which I remember, but yet I couldn’t place an image of my house in Kashmir. The film is a search for memory and an understanding of how uprooted one can feel by not having the choice to go back and make that childhood home, even in their memory.