Surveen Chawla Shot Sacred Games While Pregnant, Shares Damaging Experience

Surveen Chawla has gained a lot of fame in the past few years. The actress started her acting journey with the TV industry and went on to become the leading lady in the movie Hate Story. She even did a number of other songs and movies before landing the role of JoJo in the Netflix original series Sacred Games.

Surveen was expecting her first child while shooting for the show, she has revealed. And while Season 1 did not see a whole lot of Surveen, Season 2 could give fans a deeper look at her character.

Jojo’s character is that of a fierce and fearless woman who did not get intimidated by the primary character of the show, Ganesh Gaitonde, played by Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Speaking to PTI, Surveen revealed that the show came with its share of challenges. It was extremely exhausting for her, emotionally and physically, as the actress was pregnant while shooting for the famed web series. Revealing details about the shoot Surveen said working on Season 1 was tiring as Jojo’s character that was “damaged” to the core.

“It was difficult to play Jojo at a time when I was pregnant. You are trying to find an end to your emotions and you don’t have it. It is not the best place to be in when you are pregnant. I wanted to sometimes just run away from it,” Surveen told PTI