India, April 20 -- Kalank is set in a period that young actors like you may have difficulty relating to because it is generations apart. So what were the reference points in your preparation process, did you read up and how did you contemporise sensibilities?

Varun : Yes, the research was there to understand the context but the acting sensibilities are very different today. There's definitely a paradigm shift in terms of performance and texture in what the audience is accepting today and most new directors want that syntax from the actors. Just because we were doing a film set in the 1940s, our director was very clear that he didn't want us to "act" like actors did in the films of that era, which was a bit over-the-top. Agreed, filmmaker...