Her character is that of a psychologically affected woman, whose father died while she was in 9th Standard. Casting Īctress Koel Mallick was signed to play the female lead opposite Parambrata Chatterjee, which is their second pairing after Hemlock Society. The film was earlier titled Aparichito, which later changed to Highway. This film also marks the Bengali directorial debut of Sudipto Chattopadhyay of Shobhana 7 Nights and Pankh fame. Surinder Films, the production house of Nispal Singh Rane ( Koel Mallick's husband), will be financing this film. Gaurav Chakrabarty (extended cameo) as Dhruba.Parambrata Chatterjee as Ashwin "Win" Kapoor.The way they overcome that vacancy and discover each other from a new point of view, forms the climax of the story. Though their marriage was a love marriage, they realize that there was a vacancy in their life. Koel's role is that of a Bengali girl while Parambrata plays a non-Bengali guy. Koel and Parambrata are playing the role of an unhappy couple in this film, who could not bridge the gap between themselves even after trying for long. Their love story takes various twists and turns. The story of the film revolves around the life of two people, who come across each other on a highway, which takes a very significant position in their life, being the witness of all their ups and downs.