Only a month after we saw her as the shrewd Beena Tripathi in Mirzapur: The Movie, we’ll see another facet of Rasika Dugal — the warm and vulnerable Jessie Miranda in director Kaushal Oza’s Little Thomas. Set in 1990s Goa, the Gulshan Devaiah, Dugal, and child actor Hridansh Parekh-starrer has her playing a young mother who finds meaning in a quiet domestic life. The contrast between the characters was particularly interesting as Dugal shot the two projects simultaneously.

“I enjoyed juggling a crime action thriller and a dramedy. I guess one was a relief from the other,” laughed the actor. Of course, moving between the two characters came with its own challenges. She shared, “The switch in accents was the confusing bit. While Beena’s world demanded a strong North Indian Hindi accent, Jessie required me to adopt a Goan accent. I worked with a dialect coach to ensure that the new voice did not carry traces of my Mirzapur character.”