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Kajol: Playing Strong Women Comes Naturally To Me

Be it "Baazigar", "Dushman", "Gupt", "Salaam Venky" and now series "The Trial", Kajol has a penchant for powerful female characters and the actor says portraying women who are not "weak and vulnerable" come naturally to her.

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Be it "Baazigar", "Dushman", "Gupt", "Salaam Venky" and now series "The Trial", Kajol has a penchant for powerful female characters and the actor says portraying women who are not "weak and vulnerable" come naturally to her.

In the upcoming Disney+ Hotstar show, the actor plays Noyonika Sengupta, a housewife who is forced to return to work as a lawyer after her husband바카라™s public scandal puts him behind bars.

Directed by Suparn S Varma, 바카라œThe Trial - Pyaar, Kaanoon, Dhokha바카라 is the Indian adaptation of popular American series 바카라œThe Good Wife바카라. 

Kajol said her choices as an actor mirror her powerful off-screen persona.

"To play a strong, powerful character is easier for me than to play a weak character. It is natural for me to be strong rather than to be vulnerable,바카라 the actor told PTI in an interview.

"The great thing about Noyonika is that she is a strong person but when a strong person is put in a situation, where they are weakened and vulnerable, that바카라™s a tough thing to play. It was one of the reasons why I love her as a character,바카라 she added.

The 48-year-old said she could relate to Noyonika's way of dealing with difficult situations.

"Suparn wanted me because she is a public figure and she is a mother of two kids; there are so many factors in her character. One thing I resonate a lot more with Noyonika is the core, she is an eminently practical woman.

"She will do what needs to be done, even if it hurts her sensibility, if she knows it needs to be done, she will do it for the good of the family. She will go ahead and do it because there바카라™s nobody else to do it,바카라 Kajol added.

As an actor, Kajol said she still finds it difficult to be coy in front of the camera. 

"I struggle with it... I don바카라™t know how to be shy. I don't know how to do 바카라˜sharam바카라™. I don바카라™t understand the emotion,바카라 she said, adding that one genre she wants to explore is comedy.

"I haven바카라™t found the right script. I really want to try comedy. I should because I do it so well in real-life," Kajol said. 

"The Trial", which will premiere on Disney+ Hotstar on July 14, marks her long-format debut.

The actor said she received several offers for OTT series in the past, but nothing truly worked out until "The Trial".

"There was a lot of back-and-forth. I never think about 바카라˜what if I had done this or accepted this바카라™. I never think any film is mine till I sign on the dotted line and start working on it. I am very happy that 바카라˜The Trial바카라™ is the show that will be my OTT debut."

"The Trial" also features Sheeba Chaddha, Alyy Khan, Kubbra Sait and Gaurav Pandey. The show is produced by Banijay Asia and Ajay Devgn FFilms.

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