Kareena Kapoor Khan on playing Jas Bhamra in Hansal Mehta's The Buckingham Murders: 'It's a character I have been waiting to portray'

The Buckingham Murders, starring Kareena Kapoor Khan, had its world premiere on October 14 at the BFI London Film Festival and will have a second release on October 15. Hansal Mehta is the film's director, and Aseem Arora, Raghav Raj Kakker, and Kashyap Kapoor wrote the script together. Ekta Kapoor produced, while Bebo contributed for the first time as a producer.

The actress, who previously wowed us with her Netflix film Jaane Jaan, in which she appeared alongside Vijay Varma and Jaideep Ahlawat, recently released a new post describing her character Jasmeet Bhamra from the Hansal Mehta-directed movie The Buckingham Murders.

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Sharing the pictures, she wrote in the caption: "Jas Bhamra... Jas was a character I have been waiting to play for the last 23 years, being a huge fan of the detective series genre… watching everything from Karamchand to Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect to Agatha Christie in Hercule Poirot to Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown, I was just dying to be that detective woman."

The actress further revealed how she read the script and she decided to take up this role: "On a 25-page synopsis given to me by Hansal and Ekta, I started reading it at 1 a.m., and I knew I had found the woman I wanted to be…Ekta, Hansal and I set off on this journey to make a slightly unconventional film, but a film that is with heart, a bit of a smile, and, oh my god, lots of tears..."

"It played at the British Film Institute last night, and as this film starts its journey... in the world of movies... I couldn’t be more nervous and excited as an actor and a first-time producer... I feel so odd writing that… but I feel really cool…So giving you all a glimpse of this gem we made... into the world of Jas Bhamra I do hope Jas hasn’t ended her journey yet, because it’s been a dream to continue this wonderful yet strong woman whose grief is beyond measure but stronger than she knows," the actress further added.

About The Buckingham Murders

Kareena Kapoor Khan will also be joining Balaji Telefilms as a co-producer for the first time with this film. The Buckingham Murders' official synopsis stated that when Jasmeet Bhamra, a police officer and single mother who recently lost her kid in a shooting spree, transfers to High Wycombe and is given the case of a missing child, "fresh wounds are reopened." The film is directed by Hansal Mehta.

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