'I Don't Think I've Made It'

'It's taken me very long to get my foot into the door. But the kind of work or central roles that I want are still few.'

People have been noticing Kritika Kamra's work since her early days in television.

But that was only the chapter one of her acting career. As she makes a switch from TV to films and OTT, Kritika is determined to break out of her image and take on unconventional roles that showcase her range in this 'chapter two'.

After making an impact in shows like Ali Abbas Zafar's political drama Tandav, Rensil D'Silva's crime thriller Bambai Meri Jaan and Anubhav Sinha's social drama Bheed, she is currently getting rave reviews for her role of a no-nonsense cop in Umesh Bist's time-bending thriller, Gyaarah Gyaarah. "Once you get accepted in a certain image, you get a lot of love for it but it also becomes impossible for the audiences to reimagine you as somebody else. It's important to keep breaking your type

With Gyaarah Gyaarah, you join the long list of actors who have donned the police uniform on screen. What significance does a cop role have for you?

There's a certain responsibility that comes with donning the uniform on screen.

There's also something that I've heard other actors say that the uniform transforms you. The moment you put it on, you feel a certain way, your body language changes, and it's true.

Growing up, there were very, very few female cop characters.

I remember Priyanka Chopra's character from Jai Gangaajal. But on OTT, we've seen a lot of great women police officers. It's nice that I've picked that one off my list.

What was your approach to this character?

The show is very realistic. We are not larger-than-life characters.

In fact, the idea was not to play it like a character.

I wanted to make Vamika a person and play her like somebody that I have seen in real life.