Mahesh Bhatt interacted with media at the trailer launch of "The Dark Side of Life: Mumbai City" on Monday. He was present at the launch with with his  director Tariq Khan and co-actors Avi, Nikhil Ratnaparakhi, Allisha Khan, and producer Rajesh Pardasani.

The team launched the trailer on 'Suicide World prevention Day' in wake of the film's content and Mr. Bhatt also talked about growing cases of suicides in the society, he said, "It's a form of mental illness and it can be treated. When you suffer with diabetes then, you have to take insulin shots. Similarly, when you are prone towards depression then you need to consult a doctor who can treat you through medication but, I think in our country, we are lacking in generating awareness about mental illness. Almost in every household people are suffering from depression."

He also talked about his second daughter elder to Alia Bhatt, " My own daughter Shaheen elder to Alia and younger to Pooja has been a victim of depression. At the age of sixteen realized she was depressed and wanted to kill herself. This is the story of my own family and there are so many more. We need to spread more awareness about this issue, and Tariq has taken the brave step to talk about it through his first film and that takes a lot of guts."

He said, “Tariq Khan has handled the plot of the film successfully; this is a very unusual plot and has been handled beautifully. The filmmaker doesn’t make films like this, they just cannot get over the entertainment genre. So when someone comes up with a different kind of cinema, it is essential that we support him and I have supported Tariq Khan.”

Further adding, Mahesh Bhatt said, “Tariq Khan is good and decent human being. He came to me with this role, and he insisted that I take up this role. And I have always supported new and honest talent, and Tariq is one such guy. I liked him immediately; he came straight to the point in a very simple manner.”

“He explained the character to me, I am playing a Muslim father, whose is living alone and his son lives in the USA. And he keeps a Hindu boy in his house a tenant. Tariq has treated this relationship very sensitively, especially in a city where people reach that point of giving up on life, commit suicide. So there was this message for these people, to keep on living and struggling with life. I liked that message a lot because suicide is such a reality which society hasn’t deal with. I think we are in danger from ourselves, so I liked this core as well.”

During his recent media interaction, Mahesh Bhatt talked about his acting debut choice and credited the newbie filmmaker Tariq for his acting stint.

Talking about his acting debut, Mahesh Bhatt said, “Tariq Khan is good and decent human being. He came to me with this role, and he insisted that I take up this role. And I have always supported new and honest talent, and Tariq is one such guy. I liked him immediately; he came straight to the point in a very simple manner.”

“He explained the character to me of this Muslim father, whose is living alone and his son lives in the USA. And he keeps a Hindu boy in his house a tenant. Tariq has treated this relationship very sensitively, especially in a city where people reach that point of giving up on life, commit suicide. So there was this message for these people, to keep on living and struggling with life. I liked that message a lot because suicide is such a reality which society hasn’t deal with. I think we are in danger from ourselves, so I liked this core as well.”