Separation anxiety plagued actress Dia Mirza while filming the upcoming pandemic drama movie “Bheed,” which she will soon be seen in.
The actress, who works frequently with Anubhav Sinha, the director of the movie, admitted that managing the anxiety was very challenging. Bheed was Dia’s first project after becoming a mother. One of the most emotionally taxing experiences for her was being away from her son Avyaan for a prolonged shoot. The distance between me and my son, she continued, “lent itself to the role I was playing. It was very difficult to deal with the separation anxiety of being away from my six-month-old child.
Avyaan was not allowed to travel and I had to leave him in Mumbai with my mother and Vaibhav (Rekhi) while I worked on this film. It’s possibly the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do”.
‘Bheed’ is a thought provoking film that dives deep into the events of the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown in India. However, the socially relevant theme of the film convinced Dia to come on board as she recalled, “Avyaan had undergone multiple surgeries after birth and for over two months, I was not even allowed to hold him. After bringing him home, I wanted to spend every moment with him and would have said, ‘No’ to any other story but this one took hold of me and wouldn’t let go.”
She continued, “I feel, ‘Bheed’ will be remembered as one of the most important documents of a very significant moment in our shared history. Once I was on the set, what got me through was also the support and sensitivity of Anubhav and my co-stars Rajkummar Rao, Bhumi Pednekar, Pankaj Kapur, and Ashutosh Rana. They even made sure that I did not miss my family on my birthday.”
The set overflowed with conviviality, “After a good day’s work, we would have a lovely time eating scrumptious local cuisine and chaats and discussing cinema and life. I even made time to indulge the birdwatcher in me and clicked hundreds of pictures while exploring the local marshlands”, the actress concluded.
‘Bheed’ is set to release in cinemas on March 24.
