Before she reports to a shoot, you’re most likely to find Shefali Shah reading the script several times over and “chewing her director’s brains”. It wasn’t any different for Human, the web series that sees her play neurosurgeon Gauri Nath. The actor says, “Gauri was written in a certain way. After re-reading the script, I told the directors [Vipul Shah and Mozez Singh] that I want to play her in a different manner, and they accepted my suggestion.” 

The Disney+ Hotstar thriller sees her character Gauri heading a prestigious hospital that becomes involved in unethical human trials of a banned drug.