The moment she heard she would have to play mother to a 15-year-old, actress SwaraBhaskar’s first instinct was to turn down the role. “I was prepared to say no because I was anxious about the age of the character, and that she was a mother to a teenager. But when I heard the script of Nil BatteySannata, I knew I had to do it,” says Bhaskar. In Chandigarh for a Punjabi film award ceremony, a hyper-energetic Bhaskar, between make-up, lunch and cleaning spree of her hotel room, talks about her challenging role in this unusually titled film.

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