Imtiaz Ali's 'Highway' is all set to release on 13 December, 2013, but not many people know that he had directed an episode of the same name, which aired on a TV channel in the early 2000s. "I had made Highway on Rishtey on Zee TV. It was a forty five minute slot. The episode was well received but I felt that the story had a lot more to say.” The Rockstar director continued, “It had power and magnificence which I could not do justice to. More than a decade later the story was still with me and I was still desperate to go into it. So this time I jumped in." "It is a story of two opposite people united by fate. I had wanted Highway to be my first film. I am very glad that it did not happen that time. I think I understand the story much better now,” he added.