Sometimes, one decision and 10 months is all it takes for life to change. As it did in the case of Vedika Pinto. Today, almost everyone recognises her as the feisty Sudha of Musafir Cafe. That’s a marked difference from last September when she earned positive reviews for her performance in Anurag Kashyap’s Nishaanchi (2025), but the two-part film went unnoticed by the audience. Even then, when the Netflix series came her way, she knew that the perfect sounding board would be her last director.

(L-R) Anurag Kashyap with Vedika Pinto