We connect over a phone call—the voice at the other end is animated, cordial, and exuberant. Call it a glow-up—a confidence borne out of sweeping best debut actor (female) awards last year for her maiden film Bunty Aur Babli 2, or just knowing that all those years of auditioning and working on film sets as an assistant director have finally paid off.
Growing up in Mumbai, attending a Parsi school in Dadar’s Parsi Colony, Sharvari [Wagh, but prefers her mononymous appellation], was surrounded by a steady set of friends, who are still part of her inner circle. “Most of them stay in Matunga, and there’s this South Indian restaurant there called Ramashray… “After cycling every
