On paper, Fatima Sana Shaikh’s character of ACP Jasleen Singh Soin was wafer-thin. Yet, the actor gave her nod to Hunkkaar: The Roar for a simple reason. She knew there was enough scope to flesh her character out, thanks to creators Nitya Mehra and Karan Kapadia. “This is my first cop role. What profession you play is not important, your character’s motive is. Here, I knew there was a scope of a conversation between the makers and me to flesh out the character,” she began.

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