Acclaimed US-based Indian filmmaker Mira Nair said the audience shouldn't confuse "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" with a 9/11 story as the event is only a game-changer in her movie.

"I don't want to confuse the movie with a 9/11 story, it's more of a love story and a thriller - 9/11 is a game changer in the movie. The story is about a man who tries to find himself," she said.

According to a report in TOI: Nair was in New Dehli for a press conference to promote "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" which is coming out in India on May 17.

"I have made all kinds of films with the subcontinent in my heart, but "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" ' is my first human thriller, a coming of age story that bridges our world with America," she said.

The film stars Britain-based Pakistani origin actor Riz Ahmed in the lead along with Hollywood biggies Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber and Bollywood veterans Shabana Azmi and Om Puri.

"It is a film like no other - an Indian director making a Pakistani film across several continents, uniting A-list of Hollywood talents with legends from the Hindi film industry, creating a modern sound that crosses borders with its Sufi qawallis, rap music, Faiz poems, and techno groove," said the director who took five years to come out with "The Reluctant..." Her last film was "The Namesake".

Based on Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid's novel of the same name, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" is about a young man chasing corporate success on Wall Street and struggling between his American dream, a hostage crisis and the enduring call of his family's homeland.

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