It's a privilege to play army officer: Nimrat Kaur
New Delhi
Apr 13, 2017
Actress Nimrat Kaur, for whom being in the army was once a
'dream profession', says she feels privileged that as an actor, she will get
to live a bit of that desire courtesy an upcoming web-series 'The Test Case'.
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, the web series on ALTBalaji will
feature Nimrat as the Indian Army uniform-clad Shikha Sharma. A poster of the
show features her in a rugged look with a rifle in her hand.
The tagline reads: 'When terrorists are at your door, will
you trust a woman to shoot them down?'
For Nimrat, it's deeply nostalgic.
'It is very close to my heart. I have grown up watching my
father put on the uniform and when he gets ready everyday for work, it's a great
privilege and an honour to play an army officer as an actor,' the actress told
IANS.
'Life has come a full circle for me in that sense and it's
a dream part which was actually my first dream profession. As a kid growing
up, I always wanted to join the army until I realised how difficult it is to
be an army officer. Then, I said okay, it's time to have other plans because
this is not as easy as it seems,' she added.
Nimrat's father was posted in Kashmir. In past interviews to
the media, she has said he was in Kashmir when terrorists kidnapped him and
terminated him for not conceding to their demands.
No wonder then that the role as an army officer assumes greater
significance for 'The Lunchbox' fame actress, who was in the capital to launch
the new Audi A3 sedan last week and is here on Thursday to launch 'The Test
Case'.
'It's a very important subject where the show is about the
first woman officer role in a combat in Indian Army. It's a fictional account
based on the ruling that was passed last year that women now can be in combat
roles in the Indian armed forces.
'I am very excited about it and very hopeful that it will be
loved,' she said.
Nimrat has experienced working in the west through TV shows
like 'Homeland' and 'Wayward Pines'. Now exploring the web series medium in
India is interesting to her.
'I think the advantage of being a part of a web-series which
is an online medium is that you don't have the restrictions one would normally
have of not being able to depict a certain part of a woman's life or of an individual's
life.
'You dona¿t have to worry about the censorship and you
can literally depict life as it is. I think that is something that is very important
about the story that we will tell. It's going to be a very intimate look at
the life of a girl in an environment full of men.'
What's next on the Hollywood front?
'Nothing that I can announce right now.'
New Delhi
Apr 13, 2017
Actress Nimrat Kaur, for whom being in the army was once a
'dream profession', says she feels privileged that as an actor, she will get
to live a bit of that desire courtesy an upcoming web-series 'The Test Case'.
Directed by Nagesh Kukunoor, the web series on ALTBalaji will
feature Nimrat as the Indian Army uniform-clad Shikha Sharma. A poster of the
show features her in a rugged look with a rifle in her hand.
The tagline reads: 'When terrorists are at your door, will
you trust a woman to shoot them down?'
For Nimrat, it's deeply nostalgic.
'It is very close to my heart. I have grown up watching my
father put on the uniform and when he gets ready everyday for work, it's a great
privilege and an honour to play an army officer as an actor,' the actress told
IANS.
'Life has come a full circle for me in that sense and it's
a dream part which was actually my first dream profession. As a kid growing
up, I always wanted to join the army until I realised how difficult it is to
be an army officer. Then, I said okay, it's time to have other plans because
this is not as easy as it seems,' she added.
Nimrat's father was posted in Kashmir. In past interviews to
the media, she has said he was in Kashmir when terrorists kidnapped him and
terminated him for not conceding to their demands.
No wonder then that the role as an army officer assumes greater
significance for 'The Lunchbox' fame actress, who was in the capital to launch
the new Audi A3 sedan last week and is here on Thursday to launch 'The Test
Case'.
'It's a very important subject where the show is about the
first woman officer role in a combat in Indian Army. It's a fictional account
based on the ruling that was passed last year that women now can be in combat
roles in the Indian armed forces.
'I am very excited about it and very hopeful that it will be
loved,' she said.
Nimrat has experienced working in the west through TV shows
like 'Homeland' and 'Wayward Pines'. Now exploring the web series medium in
India is interesting to her.
'I think the advantage of being a part of a web-series which
is an online medium is that you don't have the restrictions one would normally
have of not being able to depict a certain part of a woman's life or of an individual's
life.
'You dona¿t have to worry about the censorship and you
can literally depict life as it is. I think that is something that is very important
about the story that we will tell. It's going to be a very intimate look at
the life of a girl in an environment full of men.'
What's next on the Hollywood front?
'Nothing that I can announce right now.'
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