Overview

• Mukerji secured the Best Actress trophy at the 71st National Film Awards, reigniting global attention on the 2023 drama.
• Director Ashima Chibber said she cast Mukerji after seeing in her a fierce maternal instinct she likened to a ‘tigress.’
• Chibber described the candid breast-pumping sequence as vital to portraying the lengths a mother will go for her child.
• On location in Norway, Mukerji balanced her daughter Adira’s online schooling with dawn starts and full-day shooting schedules.
• The film’s authentic exploration of immigrant parental rights and legal conflict has drawn praise and messages from audiences worldwide.