Sudhir Mishra has to bow out of the virtual promotional plan that he had charted out for the sophomore season of Hostages. Reason — the filmmaker, who has been feeling under the weather, has been advised to undergo a COVID-19 test. "I have been taking the necessary precautions and have quarantined myself. My mother is staying with me, so I have to be all the more careful. But I don't think I have the virus," says Mishra, who lost his mathematician father, Devendra Nath Mishra, in April. "My US-based sister could not come down for the funeral. It was a tough time for my mother and me," he states.

The web series, featuring Ronit Bose Roy and Tisca Chopra, is set to drop on September 9 on Disney+ Hotstar. While the crime thriller was shot well ahead of the lockdown, Mishra admits that completing the post-production during the lockdown has been an uphill task.