Talvar... the sword hung over my head for eight years awaiting closure. That was, until I went to see the brilliantly made film, directed by Meghna Gulzar (I worked as a stylist in her Filhaal).

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As I walk into the preview, I am greeted by Meghna, Gulzar Saab, Rekha and Vishal Bhardwaj, Alvira and Atul Agnihotri, Sajid and Wardha Nadiadwala and Vishal's co-producer on the film, Preeti Sahani.

I step into the theatre, with my own conclusions and suspicions and the suspects that I created in my head about the Aarushi Talwar murder case. Did the parents do it? Or the domestic help? Were there others? I always wanted to know. How could a mother and father murder their own daughter in cold blood? I just could not believe it.

I sat in anticipation, waiting for the murder mystery to unfold right before my eyes. The stage was set, circumstantial evidence was got forth and everything from finger prints to blood stains, bed sheets to alcohol bottles were not taken into consideration.

Yes, is true. The police didn't think it necessary. I am stumped by the way the investigation was conducted. All hell breaks loose... and in walks Irrfan Khan.

I sit there, biting my nails, hoping and praying justice is done... until I realise I am in a movie. The lights come on and it's interval time. I quickly hold back my tears and the pain I feel for the 14-year-old. I soon get back into my seat to see what happens next.

Believe it or not, it only gets better and takes me on an emotional whirlwind of suspicion, conspiracy, fear, sympathy, anger and pain. I am moved by the end and walk out, all charged to do anything to change the system we are in.

Kudos to Meghna for the realistic adaptation that she brought to life on screen and all the painstaking background work, she has done for two years. She showed me all possible sides to the case that made me come to my conclusion of the talwar case. As I write this column, the parents still languish in jail waiting for closure. Aarushi's grandfather still stand out side the Dasna jail , with fruits and a wish every Sunday, hoping like me and many others that justice will prevail.