It all started as an accident sometime in 2012, Khushboo Ranka tells you, while they were out documenting the Anna Hazare andolan.

"Too much media attention was trained on the Anna movement, so we came to Delhi hoping to find something interesting," recalls Ranka, about arriving in the Capital from Mumbai along with fellow documentary filmmaker Vinay Shukla.

What Ranka and Shukla went on to capture over the next five-odd years was a transition from activism to party politics. The andolan led to the formation of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and the filmmaker duo's camera had filmed enough footage to set up a 95-minute film.

The film, An Insignificant Man, has AAP leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal splashed all over the poster. The duo, however, insists the film is not necessarily about Kejriwal.

"We are telling the story of modern Indian politics in the film, so ideally we would have wanted access to the top echelons of BJP and the Congress, too" says Shukla. Unlike most docu-films, this one had almost no research work involved.

"We arrived in Delhi with our cameras and started filming. Things started falling in place as the movement kept rolling," recalls Shukla.

NOVEMBER 17 RELEASE

With the Aap movement and Kejriwal as a subject, the film, slated for a November 17 release, has already ruffled feathers.

"It is juvenile to say we made the film with vested interest in mind. When one chooses a subject to document, it obviously becomes be the focus of the particular film. If focussing on a subject or a person means promoting them, then filmmakers will have to stop making films," says Ranka.

For Ranka, the subject of the film is not Kejriwal or AAP, but people with no political background who want to be a part of India's political system.

"It is difficult to talk about real subjects in a sensitive country as ours. There are bans, disagreements, threats and violence looming large all the time. I would request all to watch our film first, before protesting," she says.

They hope the worst is over. "We have a censor certificate now, so that should give credence to our effort. The previews have garnered good response. They have been sold out 20 days in advance, so we feel people are curious about the film," says Ranka.