i think we all need to understand that life is not about getting bigger in life it is about making life bigger raksha bandhan is my answer to myself that life is not about so many materialistic things around us it is about people it is about family subconsciously we all have started taking relationships for granted through this film i wanted to focus on the basic things the value of time spent with family and time given to relation ships adds akshay the best part about the film is its simplicity i have been saying this is the best film of my career i am not someone who cries watching films but this movie has made me cry so much and it makes you realise that we all have been going so fast that we have forgotten to invest time in our relationshipsi hope after this film people think five times before asking for dowry akshay kumarwhile the film highlights the issue of dowry akshay who has been a part of films with social messages like toilet ek prem katha and padman says the film is not preachy but it has an important underlying message if this film could bring a change in the thought process of even 10 families when it comes to dowry it will be a big thing for us dowry is a big issue which we may not realise living in cities i watched the movie with my son recently and he asked me dad what is dahej after watching the film he understood the problem that he hadnt even known existed yeh film jo bhi dekhenge unko kahin na kahin aisi chot zaroor lagegi ki agar woh soch bhi raha hoga dahej ke baare mein woh kam se kam paanch baar sochega i think chandni chowk is like mini india it depicts our country well aanand l raias revealed in the trailer of the film the story of raksha bandhan is set in chandni chowk the place where akshay kumar spent his childhood we have shot a few portions of the film in chandni chowk i have my home here which i visit often each time it brings back a lot of childhood memories says akshay about choosing chandni chowk as the backdrop to the story aanand says i wanted a place that is like a mini india and chandni chowk gives you that feeling that place depicts our country very well it has a certain simplicity and character which was required for this story