Overview
- Pednekar says heavy trolling and criticism of her May 2025 Netflix series The Royals left her emotionally depleted and prompted a voluntary pause from sets since June.
- She describes spending the hiatus reading, watching films, traveling, and studying at Harvard, while returning signing amounts and declining cheques, award shows, and fashion events.
- Prime Video’s crime thriller Daldal is slated to premiere on January 30, with Pednekar starring as Mumbai cop Rita Ferreira.
- She plans to go back to set in March to film a theatrical courtroom drama that she says addresses sexual violence faced by women and marginalized communities.
- Framing the decision as a recalibration after a decade of nonstop work, she says she feared becoming mediocre and even revisited her past performances to reassess her craft.