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Kareena Kapoor On Playing A 'Feminine' Cop In Daayra: 'Stereotypical Version We Have Is Butch, Does Action'
Kareena was also quick to dismiss any speculations about her working behind the camera.
Kareena Kapoor is currently seen as a cop in Daayra. At a promotional event for the film, Kareena opened up about the stereotypes attached to female cops in films. She said that female cops in Bollywood are expected to be “butch" and “manly". However, she explained that her character in Daayra is “like a woman" and “feminine".
“I think there is this stereotypical version that we have of a cop: that she is butch and she slightly has that particular walk, slightly manly, is gun-toting and does action. I think in this film, because of the sensitivity of the subject of the film also, Meghna was clear that she wanted a woman cop," Kareena said, as quoted by Hindustan Times.