 After their success together, Hansal Mehta teamed again with Rajkummar Rao to make the acclaimed City Lights (an official adaptation of the British Indie hit "'Metro Manila"') for Fox Star Studios and Mahesh Bhatt.After "Citylights", Mehta directed, "Aligarh" (2016) based on a Marathi professor and poet who was suspended by his university for being gay.This film premiered at the 20th Busan International Film Festival followed by the BFI London Film Festival.