Sriram Raghavan says he initially envisioned "Merry Christmas" as a 90-minute thriller without interval but the story kept changing form throughout the scripting process and eventually became an "emotional love story" about two broken people.
Starring Vijay Sethupathi and Katrina Kaif, the film, set over the course of a night, revolves around two strangers whose lives get entwined after they cross paths at a restaurant on Christmas eve.
"The biggest enjoyment for me as a director was the way it shifted while scripting to editing, slowly from that hard-nosed thriller to this romance. Initially, I thought it would be a 90-minute thriller with no interval like ‘Ittefaq’. That was my thing. But as we fleshed it out, it changed for the better and the best.
