Kareena Kapoor calls Ajooni in Daayra a different shade in her career

Bollywood actor Kareena Kapoor Khan talked about navigating the moral conflict between law and justice while portraying police officer Ajooni in Meghna Gulzars Daayra saying the film explores a space where the truth is not always simply black and whiteThe film stars Kareena and Prithviraj Sukumaran as cops who face off while navigating the dark and complex world of juvenile crime As per the makers the movie is inspired by true eventsJaise Gulzar Sahab ne likha tha in the song sach ka daayra toh badalte rehta hai Kareena said explaining the challenge of staying aligned with Ajooni amid the films central conflictIt was difficult for me also to stay on track with Ajooni because there is always going to be a conflict Im sure as a director Meghna felt that while writing it Im sure Prithvirajs character Raman has felt that So it is very difficult she addedKareena said that while she personally prefers to see things in clear terms Daayra operates in a morally ambiguous spaceBut as a person I walk the straight line I like to believe in life that its black and white But in the film it is grey That is for sure she saidIn Daayra Kareena plays Ajooni a police officer whose approach to justice is rooted in law and procedure The character is also a departure from the conventional portrayal of female police officers on screen with Kareena describing Ajooni as feminine calm and stern rather than an actionoriented copThere has traditionally been a stereotypical format for female cops where she has to be butch walk in a certain masculine way and pick up a gun to do highoctane action Kareena saidAccording to the actor Gulzar wanted Ajooni to be unapologetically feminine someone who wears lipstick maintains a calm demeanour and handles situations with a smile while remaining firm in her principlesAjooni isnt someone who resorts to guns and typical action heroics that is simply not her character she saidDirector Meghna Gulzar said the difficulty in Daayra lies in refusing to reduce the conflict to a simple choice between two sidesThe moral conundrum overlaps on both ends the strict letter of the law versus the delivery of justice she said adding that the film seeks to examine how such conflicts can be addressedMeghna said the law justice crime and punishment may appear as recurring themes in her films but her primary interest remains the human quotient behind these subjectsIt is purely coincidence it is not by design What attracts me to a story is the human quotient what happens to the human emotion in that circumstance she saidPrithviraj Sukumaran who plays DCP Raman Kumar said the film deliberately operates within a grey zone rather than asking audiences to simply choose between Ajooni and RamanI dont agree with the entirety of Ramans actions nor do I completely disagree with himand the same applies to Ajooni he saidPrithviraj also contrasted Daayra with his earlier film Jana Gana Mana saying the latter used a specific incident to comment on broader sociopolitical dynamics while Daayra focuses on the legal and systemic processes that follow an incidentThe actor said his decision to join Daayra was also driven by the feeling that the story stood for something larger than the individual actors involvedCertain stories stand for a cause far larger than individual actors and Daayra is one of them Prithviraj saidKareena also addressed the contrast between her role in Daayra and her association with Rohit Shettys cop universe where police characters are presented in a largerthanlife commercial settingEvery director operates in a different universe she said describing Rohit Shettys cop universe as largerthanlife and Meghnas world as grounded realistic and complexAs an actor I feel fortunate to straddle both worlds comfortably Kareena addedMeghna said both perspectives ultimately represent different approaches to justice while Prithviraj noted that peoples perceptions can change when an incident moves from being distant to something involving people close to themKareena also spoke about her recent choices and said that after 25 years in the industry challenging herself as an actor remains importantShe pointed to her desire to explore different characters and credited Meghnas direction for bringing out another shade of her performanceI think as an actor challenge hona bahut zaroori hota hai especially after 25 years of work Kareena saidShe added that playing Ajooni was an honour and that the role represents a different shade in her filmographyComing back to Daayra the film is all set to be released in theatres on September 18The film stars Kareena and Prithviraj Sukumaran as cops who face off while navigating the dark and complex world of juvenile crimeAs per the makers the movie is inspired by true eventsDaayra unfolds in the aftermath of a crime that grips the nation sparking widespread outrage while setting a series of events and 2 investigations in motionAs the search for answers deepens two senior police officers played by Kareena Kapoor Khan and Prithviraj Sukumaran find themselves navigating the same system through different approaches to duty and justice on opposing sides of a case that challenges the very idea of right and wrong read a press noteThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever