The Modi tsunami may have taken over the nation yesterday, but it won't be wrong to say that Dimple Kapadia came a close second in capturing the imagination of Indian cinephiles. And with good reason. The actor, 61 - who has unfortunately been seen all too rarely on the big screen - found herself in the enviable position of having landed a role in Christopher Nolan's next, Tenet. The film will see her rub shoulders with Robert Pattinson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Michael Caine, among others.

Kapadia's talent manager Purvi Lavingia Vats tells mid-day that the role is the result of several discussions over the past one-and-a-half months. "With someone like Nolan, who is secretive about his scripts, the brief provides little information on the role. For the audition, they don't give you a scene from the script. They [Nolan and team] had already seen her footage and had loved her work. When they saw her audition tape, Nolan and the casting director came around, and the rest is history," beams Vats.