The claims that Hirani is contemplating Pannu for his next film initially arose in 2020, and she confesses she felt it was “yet another rumour, which will make you happy for a while, but nothing’s going to happen”. A phone call from Hirani, on the other hand, was all it took to alter everything for her. “He said, ‘Now that it’s already out, let me officially call you and say that I’m doing this film, and I’d love you to be a part of it.’ Raju sir was so excited about the whole project and the way it was coming together that he, on that first call itself, started narrating me the first two scenes,” recalls Pannu, who has been filming for over ten days.