Zoya Akhtar reveals reasons behind Made In Heaven 2 delay: Was worried about audience...

Zoya Akhtar is currently gearing up for the second season of her acclaimed series Made In Heaven. The series faced significant delays in its second season due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. She recently revealed the reasons behind the four-year delay for the second season.

3 things you need to know

• Made in Heaven Season 2 will premiere on August 10.
• The show explores diverse female characters and their experiences in society.
• Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti co-created the series. It stars Sobhita Dhulipala and Arjun Mathur in lead roles.

Zoya Akhtar shares what caused the delay

During a recent interview with Film Companion, Zoya Akhtar said that she and her team were worried about maintaining the audience's interest after the prolonged four-year gap. Despite the immense love that the first season recieved in 2019, she said that the makers understood the importance of delivering a more profound and multi-layered narrative for the second season. "We were very worried about audience’s interest and will it sustain?," she said.

(Creative team and actors at the trailer launch of Made in Heaven season 2 in Mumbai | Image: Varinder Chawla)

She added that the creative team devoted ample time to the writing process and aimed to scale up the show organically and craft a more intricate storyline for the second season. Additionally, she said many of the show's actors had prior work commitments to fulfill amidst the pandemic's uncertainties which made it even more challenging to reunite the entire cast for filming.

Zoya Akhtar on challenges while shooting second season

Zoya Akhtar shared that as the team was ready to begin shooting, the pandemic-induced restrictions posed another challenge for them. She said that filming the show with its large cast became impractical with limitations on the number of people allowed on set. She added that Made in Heaven faced three shutdowns which complicated the production process.

"We shut down three times because even though you were allowed to get back to work, you couldn’t have more than 50 people on set which didn’t really work out for Made in Heaven," she said.