At the trailer launch event of Dahaad, Sonakshi Sinha talked about essaying the role of a cop for the first time in her career.
Sonakshi Sinha who forayed into Bollywood with Salman Khan starrer Dabangg in 2010, is now all set to make her debut on OTT with Reema Kagti and Ruchika Oberoi’s upcoming web series, Dahaad. The actress essays the role of a cop who sets out to hunt down a serial killer who is on the loose.
At the trailer launch event of the web series, the Noor actress spoke about donning the ‘khaki’ for the first time in her career.
Sonakshi said, “Why should boys have all the fun? We are representing more real and stronger women onscreen today. There are so many stories waiting to be told. Dahaad is just one such story that came to me. I think I got really lucky with this one. As an actor, very rarely do you come by these roles that hit you so bad in your face that just makes you want to do it.
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She also clarified that her role of a cop in Dahaad is very different from Salman Khan’s iconic character Chulbul Pandey from Dabangg franchise.
Elaborating on her character Anjali in Dahaad, Sonakshi continued, “Anjali is very real, very raw and knows what she is doing and what she wants to do and get justice no matter what it takes. She’s that kind of a woman. It was really my honour to be able to play her onscreen. Onscreen representation of women cops has actually been very far and few. There’s no one particular character that sticks out right now at the top of my head. But I hope Anjali Bhati becomes that character we refer to when we talk about the portrayal of women cops in Hindi cinema. I hope more people end up saying more stories of such women.”
Besides Sonakshi Sinha, Dahaad also features Vijay Varma, Gulshan Devaiah and Sohum Shah. The 8-part crime drama is slated to release on May 12 on Amazon Prime Video.
