Aahana Kumra has switched professions—after playing a pilot in Madhur Bhandarkar’s India Lockdown, she essays the role of a journalist in Revathy’s Salaam Venky. As someone who has “a lot of journalist friends”, she says she has an understanding of their lifestyle. “[I] didn’t get too many takes because [reporting] is done in real locations. We didn’t have the luxury of going wrong. Since I have a great command over the language, playing the role came naturally to me.”

Revathy and Kajol on set