The beauty of a well-written play is that it connects with an audience across generations. One such piece is Javed Siddiqui's Tumhari Amrita. Performed by Shabana Azmi and the late Farooq Shaikh, the play has also been adapted in Marathi and Punjabi, with Divya Dutta and Om Puri starring in the latter version.

With the strong stage presence of his deep voice, finding a new actor to play the lead after Puri's demise last year was a tough ask. But it was a conversation with actor Naseeruddin Shah that convinced Dutta to revive the play. "Once, while we were promoting Irada [2017], he asked me what's happening with the play, to which I replied, 'Nothing, as Om ji is no more.' He said, 'Why not! You should do it to remember him,'" Dutta tells us. And that is how she approached popular Punjabi actor-singer Gurdas Maan to play Zulfikar Haider. "We needed to find someone who could recreate the charm of Om ji.