She waited for four years to bag her second Hindi film after Mirzya (2016). But now, Saiyami Kher sits back, assured that Anurag Kashyap's Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai—that dropped on Friday—has put her back in the thick of things.

"I have never got things easily. But, I have always believed in charting my own journey," says Kher. A chance meeting with Kashyap at the 2017 MAMI Film Festival set the ball rolling on the Netflix film. "He asked me if I want to act in his film. He asked me if I was sure about playing an older character, warning me that I had to look tired all the time. He told me to think about it and seek others' opinion before arriving at a decision, but I said yes immediately."