A Thursday star Neha Dhupia on life with new baby, says it's challenging but you live for cuddles
India Today
Neha Dhupia will be next seen in Disney+Hotstar's A Thursday. In an exclusive chat with IndiaToday.in, the actress opened up about playing the role of a pregnant cop, working amid the Covid-19 pandemic and life at home with a new baby.
With the joyous backdrop of kindergarten kids' innocent glee, a teacher, Naina Jaiswal (Yami Gautam Dhar), suddenly takes her students hostage. It's in the hands of ACP Catherine Alvarez AKA Neha Dhupia to save them. A Thursday, which is all set to release on February 17 on Disney+Hotstar, is a suspense thriller that will keep you hooked. Ahead of the film's release, Neha Dhupia sat down for an exclusive conversation with IndiaToday.in where she opened up about playing the role of a pregnant cop, working amid the Covid-19 pandemic and life at home with a new baby.
Excerpts from the conversation:
You play a pregnant cop in A Thursday. Tell us more about your character and what inspired you to play this role?
I was in a space where I was actually getting back to work. I was in the midst of choosing scripts, so this was a film that came my way that time. I always wanted to do a thriller and play a cop but I didn't put it out there. In fact, I did not sign up to play a pregnant cop. The second wave happened and I was pregnant with my daughter and Behzad (Khambata, director) was nice enough to cast me when I told him that I was pregnant. I asked him what he wanted to do, since physically I was different. He very subtly replied that it's okay, cops also have babies. That's when I got re-hired.
Did you have to do any kind of preparation for your character? What went behind it?
My accent is very similar to what I am speaking and my physicality was also similar because I was 8 months pregnant. I couldn't have changed that. We did a lot of readings though. That was the only preparation we put into it. Apart from that, we just learnt using a gun and the correct posture while firing a rifle. At the end of the day, just do it with conviction and that's what matters.
