The double murder of 14-year-old Aarushi Talwar and the domestic help of Talwars, Hemraj Banjade (45), in Noida in 2008, forms the crux of this Meghna Gulzar-directed film.
"This should never happen again... A crime is committed with a young girl where we don't know whether the evidence is compromised and we also don't know if justice will be served or not. This has been a travesty (of justice)," Konkana told reporters here last evening at the film's trailer launch.
The 35-year-old actress, who plays Aarushi's mother Nupur in the film, found the role challenging.
"I found it (film) very interesting as a performer. It is an investigative thriller, we have shown various aspects of investigation in the case.
"There are (various) versions of this investigation, where (in one) parents are found to be innocent or (in another) parents are found to be guilty or (in another version) someone else is believed to be guilty. As a performer, it was challenging and interesting," she said.
"It is heartless if you don't move emotionally. It was a horrific tragedy. As a mother also...It has had more impact to enact the scenes," Konkana said.
"But at the same time I don't think you have to be a mother to understand the horrific nature of this tragedy, human empathy is such that you can understand the misfortune."
The film features actor Irrfan Khan in the role of an investigative officer.
Konkana, who worked with Irrfan in 2007 film "Life In A... Metro", said both have them are respectful towards each other.
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