It was challenging because shooting a film with lots of colours and just black and white are totally different. We have to frame it very well, rather very strongly.

There are also a lot of night scenes in the film. In those scenes, I had to figure out how to separate the actors from the background. There was one scene in particular where there is a helipad and all the actors were dressed in black and the background of the city also was in black. The actors had to stand out in the background. That was a bit tricky. We lit it in such a way that at least the outlines of the people were visible. That was the most difficult scene, I would say.

The shots may look very normal even if it has only black and white. Skin tones are very important and once you get them right, then only will the film look good. I think the look we opted for at the grading stage will work.

From the pictures and the trailer, we see a kind of stillness about the film. Was it a conscious decision?

Yes, it was a very conscious decision. We decided to do classic framing and keep the shots very still. We didn't want to go for any hand-held shots in the film. We didn't want to move the camera in a very violent way, either.

We didn't want to force anything that was not happening. Usually when nothing is happening, you move the camera and give it movement. But you will see total stillness in the film. There are a lot of places where we have placed a static camera.

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