Kareena to play a mother and detective

Kareena Kapoor is all set to play a role inspired by Kate Winslet’s Emmy-winning web series “Mare of Easttown” in her next film, “The Buckingham Murders” directed by Hansal Mehta. The actress has completed the shooting of the film in the United Kingdom.

According to the Hindustan Times, Kareena plays a mother and detective who has to look into a murder in a small town in Buckinghamshire.

Produced by Balaji Telefilms, and Mahana Film, the film will also mark Kareena’s foray into production. Director Hansal and Balaji Telefilms’ Ekta Kapoor convinced Kareena to become a producer for this film.

“I love ‘Mare of Easttown’ and when Hansal came to me, I said that this is something that I’ve really been dying to do. So, we’ve moulded a little bit along those lines, she plays a detective cop in that,” she told Variety.

According to Kareena, 80% of the dialogues in the film are in English, and 20% are in Hindi. “It’s the first time that I’ve dabbled in that,” said Kareena.

“I speak fluent Hindi and I think in Hindi, too, because that’s what I’ve been doing all my life,” Kapoor Khan said.

“When you’re thinking in Hindi, but speaking in English, it’s actually a difficult task to do because it’s the reverse situation for the first time.”

Besides, this film, Kareena has also completed Sujoy Ghosh’s “The Devotion of Suspect X”, which is an official adaptation of Japanese author Higashino Keigo’s popular novel. The Netflix film, which marks Kareena’s OTT debut, also stars Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma.

Apart from that Kareena will begin shooting for “The Crew” in March. Directed by Rajesh Krishnan, “The Crew” also stars Tabu and Kriti Sanon. The actor said it was completely different from her other two films and would contain the regular gloss and glamour associated with her previous films. She called it “a comedy chick flick heist film”.