Here's why Irrfan Khan, Dulquer Salmaan and Mithila Palkar did not meet for rehearsals of 'Karwaan'

National Award winner Irrfan, Malayalam actor Dulquer Salmaan and YouTuber Mithila Palkar, who co-star in Karwaan, had never met each other before the first day of the film’s shoot. Director Akarsh Khurana, we hear, wanted it that way. Since the story is about three people who develop a chemistry during a road journey, he did not keep any rehearsals or even let them meet before the shoot starts. He wanted to show their bonding and chemistry in a natural way. Says Akarsh, “Dulquer, Irrfan and Mithila met for the first time on location in Ooty. Even in the film, that is where Mithila’s character meets the men for the first time. We shot mostly chronologically, so the actors’ relationships developed with that of the characters. This worked out quite well. You can see the comfort build through the movie, which may not have been something we could have devised authentically if we had not shot in sequence.”