In October, Kareena Kapoor Khan’s The Buckingham Murders premièred at the BFI London Film Festival, and was the opening film at the Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. Praise poured in as many from the industry watched the noir thriller, with Anurag Kashyap calling it the actor’s best performance to date. For director Hansal Mehta, the most memorable reaction came from his daughter Kimaya. “She came out distressed as she wanted to cry, but did not want her mascara to smudge. She was moved by it,” smiles the filmmaker. “Saif [Ali Khan] liked it a lot, and we’ve decided to make a film together. The biggest purpose of a film is to enable your next one. That happened with Saif, who I’ve been trying to work with for nearly 20 years.”