Shriya Pilgaonkar to play cop with shades of gray in Chhal Kapat- The Deception

Feminine cops are few and much between in Hindi motion pictures and reveals. So, when Shriya Pilgaonkar received the chance to play a police officer for the primary time in Chhal Kapat — The Deception, it was a straightforward sure. “My character Devika Rathore isn’t simply an officer; she is somebody haunted by a darkish previous, which, in flip, sharpens her investigative instincts. She sees what others may miss, not despite her previous, however due to it,” notes the actor.

Directed by Ajay Bhuyan, the Zee5 sequence is ready towards an intimate marriage ceremony in Burhanpur that takes a darkish flip when one of many bride’s greatest pals is discovered useless. Pilgaonkar’s Devika is tasked with the investigation. Whereas donning the uniform for the primary time was sufficient to lure the actor, she was additional drawn to the character for its complexities and gray shades. “It’s thrilling to painting a cop, who breaks the mould — Devika is sharp, unapologetically foul-mouthed, and morally complicated. 

Characters like her are not often seen on this house, the place officers are sometimes portrayed as strictly black or white,” says the actor, who has portrayed fierce feminine characters in Responsible Minds (2022) and The Damaged Information.

The homicide thriller, set to première in June, additionally stars Pranay Pachauri, Tuhina Das, Anuj Sachdeva, and Ragini Dwivedi.