If you’ve followed Geetika Vidya Ohlyan’s work over the past five years, it’s evident that she is on the hunt for stories that are at once unique and relevant. The tougher the role, the more she relishes them. So, it’s surprising when she says that she was initially hesitant about featuring in School of Lies. “I was petrified to play mother to a kid of a certain age. Then, Ishani [Banerjee, co-writer] explained that my character ended up being impregnated at the age of 19. She [is written as] a small-town woman who chose not to abort the child, at the cost of leaving the town. That defined her for me,” shares the actor, who was 
previously seen in Soni (2018) and Thappad (2020).

Avinash Arun