Those who lack an appetite for horror movies often wonder how actors go through the ordeal of filming it. As Bhumi Pednekar breathed life into Durgamati — her first horror outing, she realised that her aversion to the genre was perhaps an "over-reaction". Having shot for the Ashok-directed venture earlier this year, she says that the challenges of filming a scare-fest are so consuming that she barely found the time to tend to her fears.

"While shooting a horror film, you have to bank on your imagination to a large extent because often, you have not even seen the things that you are expected to respond to. An actor is supposed to anticipate the situation. For a [major part] of the film, I was simply shooting against a green screen because it is VFX-heavy," says Pednekar. She points out that actors are not aided with the audio and visual effects that play vital roles in creating an impact, thus adding to the challenge of emoting for the scene at hand.