Tabu ready to be ‘dabangg’

Tabu, who has played many versatile roles winning accolades from both audiences and critics alike, will be seen playing a tough cop in her next, Ajay Devgn starrer ‘Drishyam’.�� While she has played many family oriented roles, she feels it is time for her to be ‘dabang’ too.

To the TOI,�� she spoke��about her upcoming role, as tough��cop Meera Deshmukh in ‘Drishyam’, a role she has been eyeing since its original Malayalam version of the same name (2013).��She revealed, “When I saw the Malayalam version, there was no talk of making it into a Hindi film. The role of this cop has too much power. I had told them to remake it in Hindi and if they ever made it, I would want to do the cop’s role. Maine tabhi un logon ko bol diya tha. I knew this is the kind of role I wanted to do. Now it is necessary that I do play a powerful character. All the rona-dhona is fine, but sometimes even I want to be the Singham or Dabangg.”

‘Drishyam’��is slated to release on 31st July, and also stars Shriya Saran, and is directed by ‘Force’ (2011) and ‘Lai Bhaari’ (2014) fame Nishikant Kamat.