New Delhi, Oct 20 (PTI) "Dhadak 2" director Shazia Iqbal says her formative memories are shaped by films like "Deshpremi" and "Krantiveer" where Amitabh Bachchan's character sings about communal harmony and Nana Patekar dramatically points out about there being no difference in the blood of a Hindu and Muslim.

When she made her feature debut with critically-acclaimed "Dhadak 2", a film that talks about caste discrimination, Iqbal said she wanted to tell a story that carried the same spirit, be it the commercial movies that spoke about unity or the works of Shyam Benegal, Saeed Mirza and Hollywood directors Spike Lee and Jordan Peele.

"You reciprocate to things you have grown up with and it does not matter if things have become superficial in the last 15 years... When I got the opportunit

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