The stage is where theatre artiste-director Yuki Ellias belongs, and for actor Shriya Pilgaonkar nothing beats the ease of being in front of the camera. But that's the thing about belonging to the arts fraternity. You may be different spokes of the artistic umbrella, but you play a part in holding it together. And you may have only known of, rather than known, each other, but the journey you share as artistes gives you a vocabulary, which can keep the conversation going for well over an hour and a half.

That's what happens on a Wednesday afternoon, when Ellias and Pilgaonkar meet over a pan-Asian lunch at Chin Chin Chu in Juhu. Known for her critically acclaimed plays, Ellias has just wrapped up shooting for Love, a web-based adaptation of the play Pygmalion. Pilgaonkar, who made her Bollywood debut with Fan (2016), has been much appreciated for her roles in the web series Mirzapur and more recently, Gurinder Chadha's Beecham House. And this paves the way for the first question.