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for me, as it is for the first time, the responsibility
will be on my shoulders. It is something I’m most Apart from Durgamati, Bhumi has Badhaai Do in
pressured and excited about.” her kitty which also stars Rajkummar Rao in the
lead role. The shooting of the film will kickstart in
Directed by G Ashok, Durgamati is a remake of the January next year.
filmmaker’s Tamil horror-thriller Bhaagamathie
which starred Anushka Shetty in the lead role. The While talking about her journey in Bollywood, the
movie stars Arshad Warsi, Mahie Gill, and Karan actress said, “I feel very fortunate that I’ve never
Kapadia in pivotal roles. It will start streaming on been on a film set and felt like why am I here? I
Amazon Prime Video on 11th December 2020. don’t want to be unhappy doing the work that I
do and touch wood that has never happened. I
Arshad Warsi opens the Durgamati trailer - he have never been a part of the film where I felt it’s
plays a politician named Ishwar Prasad, who has not correct.”
a squeaky clean reputation but appears to be
involved in mysterious activities otherwise. During “I feel as an actor my profession comes with a
his time, priceless statues of deities start vanishing certain responsibility especially in the times that
from temples, which prompts Mahie Gill and we are living in. There is a lot that needs to change
Jisshu Sengupta, who play police officers, to and if I can use my craft, my voice, the medium
investigate the matter. They bring in Chanchal that I have been given by God to bring about
Chauhan (Bhumi) from jail to dig up dust on Ishwar a positive change around me; I will be a very
Prasad and place her in the haunted Durgamati lucky person. So, that’s why I have to consciously
Haveli. Chanchal continues to survive a series of make a choice that yes the priority is to entertain
frightful and torturous happenings in the haveli audiences but I always make sure that I leave
till she opens a Pandora’s Box and is completely them with more than a couple of laughs,” Bhumi
possessed by the ghost of Durgamati. She sports concluded.
a dramatic and intense persona and declares she
will not leave until she’s made everyone pay for
their deeds.
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