Tassaduq made Vishal see Roman Polanski's Chinatown as a template for the lensing of the film. They decided to go for a lot of 25-30 lenses even for the extreme wides. It was also decided to shoot on super 35 with Cooke lenses which added that extra amount of detailing to the wides.

Post interval, almost the entire film plays out in the night. This would have required Tassaduq to light up vast expanses of the set as he had planned to go with a lot of wides. So he lit up the entire village with a giant paper ball, designed specially by his gaffer Narender. This gave him an even soft source light that seemed ambient and allowed him to play with his highlights, leading to some visually stunning night scenes. The crewmembers often narrate that the villagers in the neighbouring areas identified the set as "that place where the shooting is going on through their moon (the helium ball)".