Mrunal Thakur says it was challenging to play a cop in Gumraah

Actor Mrunal Thakur says it was challenging to play a cop in her upcoming film "Gumraah", a role that she has tried to deal with responsibly.

crime thriller is Hindi remake of 2019 Tamil hit "Thadam", starring Arun Vijay and Vidya Pradeep.

"Gumraah" features Thakur as a cop while Aditya Roy Kapur will be seen in a double role.

"Jersey" actor said since her role as a cop demanded her to sound firm she was unsure if she could pull it off, primarily because of her soft voice.

"When you play a cop re is a responsibility. For first time, I have played someone, who is firm. It is difficult to play a cop. But way my character is written is interesting. re are a lot of shades, re are a lot of ups and downs. It was challenging," Thakur told reporters here at trailer launch of film.

"re were times when I would go to Vardhan (Ketkar, director) and tell him, 'I don't think I can do it' and he would say, 'you got this. And sometimes my voice is sweet that we had to be firm'," she added.

actor said she also took tes from her family members, who have been police officers to flesh out her character properly.

My family belongs to police department and it was nice to go back to m, take some anecdotes, listen to ir stories and implement m in my character," she added.

Thakur, who garnered wide critical acclaim for her performance in "Love Sonia" and "Sita Ramam", said she is grateful to writers for penning powerful roles for female actors and hopes this trend continues.

"re are strong women personalities out here, who do t get recognition... It feels good to be in centre (of poster in 'Gumraah'), who wouldn't want to? It's about time. We need to change definition of how Indian actresses were treated role-wise and t or way. It is lovely to get such powerful roles and I hope re are many more to come," she added.

Speaking of comparisons with Tabu and Rani Mukerji, who have played cop roles in two different films, "Drishyam" and "Mardaani" respectively, Thakur said, she looks up to both actors and hopes she has done justice to her role in "Gumraah".

"I look up to Tabu ma'am and she is goddess I worship. One of reasons why I want to do 'Gumraah' is when I heard story, I could picture only Tabu ma'am. This is something I want to explore, this and this genre.

"I have never been part of a thriller movie and this is a film, where you will sit at edge of seat, your mind will be at play. I am happy y are comparing me to Tabu and Rani ma'am, I hope I do justice," she said.

film follows story of a murder investigation by police, who find two lookalike suspects (Aditya) claiming to t kw each or.

For Kapur, challenge was to make two characters look different.

He also credited writers Aseem Arora and Ketkar for making his job easy as an actor because y had written it as two different characters.

"What was interesting was character needed to feel very different and we couldn't play with look and you will realize it when you see film. So, we had to find a way to make m speak differently... I did some diction classes to bring about difference in way y speak," he said.

Aditya said "Gumraah" pushed him to tap into a as an actor that he had t explored in his 15-year-long career.

He also said even though two of his projects, "Malang" and web-show " Night Manr" have been successful thrillers, he was excited to explore genre again with "Gumraah".

"When you do a film that has worked in that like 'Malang' came out and this (' Night Manr') was in that , (n) you want to do more of it. Having said that, you don't want to keep repeating yourself. What I found with this ('Gumrah') was that role was exciting. It was an opportunity to push myself to do something I had t done before. So, it all added to that," he said.

Produced by Bhushan Kumar's T-Series and Murad Khetani's Cine1 Studios, "Gumraah" will release atrically on April 7.