Sanya Malhotra opens up on ‘Kathal’ and on woman cops

Sanya Malhotra opens up on ‘Kathal’ and on woman cops

Sanya Malhotra who plays a cop in ‘Kathal’ on a mission to find two missing jackfruits in Netflix’s “Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery” alleges that A Woman Cop Doesn’t Have To Be Masculine In Her Demeanour Or Posture, She Can Be Very Feminine Too

Women cops can fire a gun and be feminine, says actor Sanya Malhotra, who plays a police officer on a mission to find two missing jackfruits in Netflix’s “Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery”.

She alleges that the silver screen is dominated by macho and aggressive policemen, however, the portrayal of cops in recent films such as “Drishyam 2”, “Kuttey”, “Bholaa”, all three starring Tabu, and web series “Delhi Crime”, fronted by Shefali Shah, have showcased people in uniform in a different light.

This is the first time that Sanya Malhotra plays a police officer. The actor goes to say that working on “Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery” helped her understand that a woman cop doesn’t have to be “masculine” to do her job.

We see these macho men (in police uniform). She also felt that whenever she used to wear the uniform, she thought that would also be her body language. But then she saw a very feminine, nice, sweet, empathetic (female cop).

That woman was amazing and she helped her so much with her character. So, Sanya sat with her in her office and expresses her gratitude that the female cop helped her to just sit there in a corner to notice how she does her job on a day-to-day basis.Through stories like ‘Kathal’ and ‘Delhi Crime’, it’s beautiful to see that side of authority,”.

For Sanya Working closely with the police officer helped her see the woman beyond the uniform.

She further articulated that there is more empathy towards whatever they do. It’s not about ‘gun nikala aur…’ (gun-toting), we can also do that, that’s not a problem.

The upcoming Hindi film is produced by Sikhya Entertainment and Balaji Telefilms Ltd, who previously backed Malhotra-starrer “Pagglait”, also a Netflix film.

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