“Choosing a script has always been difficult for me. What’s written on paper is not what is always made. Often, halfway through a shoot, I realise things aren’t working out, that this is different from what I signed up for. I just tell myself not to give up and give my 100 per cent,” says Anupama Parameswaran about accepting criticism and learning to pivot through her career. An artist’s muse, she slips into character, an homage to one of Raja Ravi Varma’s most recognisable paintings.