Having a Mira Nair-project on one's resume is just as coveted for actors as it is for musicians, like Kavita Seth, who get the chance to explore new facets of their craft owing to her "brilliance". "She knows what she wants, and also knows how to get that from the artiste she is working with," says Seth, who composed and rendered the ghazals for Tabu's character in Nair-backed A Suitable Boy.

"For this show, Mira wanted ghazals from the 1950s, and even curated a list of ghazals of Ameer Minai and Mirza Ghalib, for me to compose. On one occasion, she said she wasn't excited about one of the ghazals we were set to record. Within 30 minutes, we worked on it again and made it right. So, it was an educational experience. Artistes like myself become aware of our abilities [when working with her]," says the singer.