Sharan Sharma, Navjot Singh Sidhu and MS Dhoni

After his maiden directorial venture Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl (2020), Sharma went back to Kapoor. To him, she was a natural fit for the role. “I wrote Mahima from the interpretation I had of the Janhvi I knew back then. She was an innocent, sweet puppy who followed people in her life until she found her voice. She brought that vulnerability. I needed an actor who would work hard and that’s her biggest virtue. She gave it her all, and became a cricketer from a person who knew nothing about the sport. I felt their chemistry while shooting—they were two goofy children playing in the park.” 

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Going by the title, the movie feels like a hat-tip to Mahendra Singh Dhoni. There’s more to it, says the director. “I’m a huge Dhoni fan, not just of his cricket, but his worldview. The film has a lot of his ideologies because they spoke to me. But the title comes from the endearing story about Navjot Singh Sidhu and his wife [Navjot Kaur Sidhu] sharing the same name. Once we came up with the title, we reached out to Dhoni for a go-ahead, and he responded with a yes quickly. I hope someday he will watch my movie.”