At stark contrast to the lifestyle she leads today, Bhumi Pednekar is set to play the role of a resident of Chambal for a film set in the '70s. Understandably then, she had to isolate herself to acquire the demeanour of the character for Abhishek Chaubey's dacoit-drama Sonchiriya, for a fair amount of time. How much, you ask. "45 days," she responds.

"I isolated myself from the world for 45 days to understand the character. Acting is a process of metamorphosis; it's about forgetting who one is and becoming someone else. For Sonchiriya, I needed isolation to do so. I cut off from the world to understand the psyche and behaviour of the person I was becoming." Interaction for Pednekar, she says, was restricted to her family members only.