Speaking on a podcast with Shubhankar Mishra, director Anil Sharma said that his film 'Ab Tumhare Hawale Watan Sathiyo' flopped because he became too secular. "I showed the Pakistan Army...arriving to protect the Amarnath Yatra, and helping save the pilgrims from terrorists," Anil added. "The Indian public doesn’t think like that, and it isn’t the reality either," he stated.