Benegal is a personality, has always been revered in my community. I saw Zubeida when I was studying. Since then, I have always wished to work with him. When I received a call from him, we met and I was finalised immediately. There were no questions asked.

Did you communicate in Konkani with him? (Shyam Benegal told us that if he was angry, he could speak in Konkani without anyone knowing.)

We spoke in Konkani, but there was no swearing. It was working with an actor from the same community, plus my favourite director.

Since the film was shot in sync sound, did you have to prepare?

Yes. We had to be well versed with our dialogues. Since we were speaking a different dialect of Hindi called Bhagelkhandi, I had to put in an extra effort to get the lines right. There was no scope for mistakes. The dialogue delivery had to be perfect.

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