If I can model the rest of my career on what I was able to accomplish in Call Me Bae, I’ll be very happy,” begins Lisa Mishra, as we get on a call with her. The singer has made her acting debut with the Ananya Panday-led web series. Was it tough to switch gears to acting? It was all about prepping hard, says Mishra. “I did quite a few workshops with our director [Collin D’Cunha]. Being the least experienced actor on the set, I knew I had a big responsibility. So, I took my acting lessons seriously. The most challenging aspect is that I have designed my music career in such a way that I have a lot of control—I am composing, writing and singing on my own terms. I’m calling the shots through and through. In acting, I had to relinquish a lot of that [and surrender] to the vision of the director, writer and producers,” she reflects.

In the Prime Video series, Mishra plays the producer of a primetime news show that is hosted by the channel’s popular anchor Satyajit, essayed by Vir Das. The actor says she borrowed from her real-life experiences to portray a talented woman fighting for her place in a male-dominated industry.