Kher, granddaughter to the late Usha Kiran, says, “My Maharashtrian lineage was an inspiration for my role. Since Marathi is my mother tongue, adding my own flavour to the character wasn’t tough. The way she talks, and her mannerisms came from my observation of my family.” 

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Kher recalls her first meeting with Iyer after the filmmaker had liked her audition. It took only a glimpse for the director to know that she had found her Manjiri. “I was at my farmhouse when we had our meeting over a Zoom call. Ashwiny ma’am said this is exactly who Manjiri is.” As part of her prep, Kher brushed up on Marathi literature. “I read a lot of poetry and listened to Pandit Bhimsen Joshi ji’s music, besides doing the usual [character] prep.”