Director of Hindi medium Saket Chaudhary revealed that he had not thought of Saba Qamar for this role initially. According to Chaudhary, “Once we cast Irrfan, we were looking for the female lead. It wasn’t like that we jumped to Saba as a default option. We had considered other actresses here, but there were issues. It was a struggle for us to find someone who was willing to play a mother on screen. So I knew it that there was an issue already here.” “We tried to think of whom we could cast and that’s when I saw Saba in a couple of Pakistani television shows. I knew she would fit the bill of a next-door Punjabi girl and decided to take her on board. The equation between the countries was much better back then, “he added Saba Qamar has wrapped up Hindi Medium but she will not be participating in the promotions due to the current situation of the two countries. The movie is set to release on May 12