India, June 6 -- The success of Obsession has turned its leads, Inde Navarrette and Michael Johnston, into overnight stars. Inde, in particular, has been hailed for her performance as a woman caught in a wish and forced to 'love' her friend, with many calling it Oscar-worthy. However, not many know that the young actor first made her mark in an Indian filmmaker's romantic drama years ago.

In 2018, when Inde was still a teenager, she worked on the romantic short film Cross Words Together, directed by Indian director Shubham Sanjay Shevade. The film featured a 17-year-old Inde as one of the three protagonists. Shubham shared some BTS shots from the film after Obsession's success and wrote a note for Inde. "8 years ago, I directed a short f...