There’s something actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui told me once, which has remained stuck with me since—that among all co-stars, those he fears the most are non-professional actors.

That the world itself is so perennially privy to watching regular people on screen—as they are, in a real situation, over social media; broadcasting reels, videos, photos—makes his job of capturing a lived moment, without it coming across as acting, hardest still.