For nine years, Harshita Gaur has lived as Dimpy Pandit in the fictitious, blood-soaked gullies of Purvanchal, where the roar of gunshots and the sting of profanity were the norm. Now, she is trading the grit of Mirzapur for the tension of haunted hallways and the spine-chilling anticipation of the unknown in the upcoming supernatural series, Anarth, on Prime Video. The timing, she says, was perfect. “I have never done horror. Also, the show came to me at a time when I was looking for work.”

While jump scares and sudden camera pans keep one hooked, what resonated with Gaur was the “beautiful baseline about our day-to-day horrors”. “When I first heard the story, I thought it was insane. It has a great theme that will touch everyone’s hearts, as Ananya [Banerjee] has written and directed the show [with Gaurav Chawla]. They are also the ones who created Adhura [2023],” she explains, refusing to divulge further details on the Kalki Koechlin, Gulshan Devaiah, and Parambrata Chattopadhyay-starrer.