Initially, I wasn’t ready to do it, but Anubhav stepped in and told me that if Rajkummar was willing to accept the slap for real, what was holding me back from doing the same?”

Source: https://www.canindia.com/ashutosh-rana-reveals-rajkummar-rao-asked-to-be-slapped-for-real-for-a-scene-in-bheed/

While Kritika Kamra plays a journalist, Bhumi Pednekar is a doctor and Rajkummar Rao will be seen as a policeman.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bheed-new-teaser-anubhav-sinha-revisits-the-2020-migrant-crisis-in-his-next-film-8482446/