It went by so quickly. I feel we had started just now,” laughs Shabana Azmi, who wrapped up her portions of Ghoomer yesterday. R Balki’s cricket drama, also starring Abhishek Bachchan and Saiyami Kher, is almost complete, save for a day’s shoot with Amitabh Bachchan who makes a cameo appearance. Her first collaboration with the director was everything she had hoped for. Azmi says, “Balki and I wanted to work together for long. When I read Ghoomer’s script, I knew this was it. I play Saiyami’s cricket-obsessed, stoic grandmother. Balki is cool to work with, and consumed by cricket.”

Saiyami Kher and R Balki