"I couldn't sleep, I used to be in a state of fear" - Kashmira Pardeshi on her role in 'The Freelancer'

A man on an extraction mission, a young girl held captive in a war-torn hostile environment of Syria, how will she escape this world of death?. Disney+ Hotstar is all set to release the biggest extraction series of the year, ‘The Freelancer’. 

The series is based on the book - A Ticket to Syria by Shirish Thorat, directed by Bhav Dhulia, produced by Friday Storytellers and Neeraj Pandey is the Creator and Showrunner. Set to release on September 1, 2023 on Disney+ Hotstar, The Freelancer is helmed by popular actor Mohit Raina and veteran actor Anupam Kher along with Kashmira Pardeshi. 

The series also features talented actors like Sushant Singh, John Kokken, Gauri Balaji and Navneet Malik, Manjiri Faddnis, Sarah Jane Dias amongst others.

Actor Kashmira Pardeshi is seen essaying the role of Aliya in The Freelancer. An emotionally challenging role, Kashmira decodes her preparations for the character and how it impacted her. 

Talking about the same, Kashmira Pardeshi said, “So, what has happened to Aliya has not happened to me incidentally, not in exactly those circumstances. But there came a patch where we shot all the interiors at a length where Aliya has gone through so much pain. And, when I started replaying these emotions back to back for a week or ten days for that schedule, it did put me in an anxious state. There were a few nights I couldn't sleep, I used to be in a state of fear for small things and I didnt realize this until much later that it's because I have been in that state for a while. But yeah, I did experience that with Aliya.”

The Freelancer is set to stream 1st September 2023 onwards on Disney+ Hotstar.