Actor Prateik Babbar, who plays a misguided youth in the film Mulk, says he has always wanted to essay the role of an anti-national. "I have always wanted to essay the role of an anti-national. Playing grey comes easy to me but I had to learn a lot of new things to portray terrorism in the right light," Prateik said in a statement to IANS.

Based on true events, "Mulk", a courtroom drama, also features Rishi Kapoor, Taapsee Pannu, Rajat Kapoor, Ashutosh Rana, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra and Neena Gupta.