Director of ' Kai Po Che ', Abhishek Kapoor revealed that the film is about aspirations of the Indian youth. The movie which is the film adaptation of Chetan Bhagat 's 'The 3 Mistakes Of My Life' is set in Gujarat.

Abhishek shared, "It's a film about friendship and just a coincidence that both my films are about friends. But if you compare beyond that, both the films are dramatically different films. "Here, the character are relatable. It's a very deep rooted Indian film about middle class India and youth. It's about youth's desire of making money, becoming successful and having a girlfriend,"

The idea of making a film on the topic came to Abhishek's mind when he met Chetan Bhagat in 2009 and read his book, which fascinated him greatly. He also said, "It's much a bigger film than ' Rock On ' because the film has got so many things in the backdrop apart from friendship being the central theme. It goes into the earthquake, religion, cricket, politics and riots also. The scale is much bigger. If I have to compare ' Kai Po Che ' with my last film, it would be like making three ' Rock On ',"