Soham Rockstar Entertainment’s Dhaakad is an out and out actioner. Matching up to leading lady Kangana Ranaut are key cast members Arjun Rampal and Divya Dutta. Divya, who plays a notorious character called Rohini in the film, talks about how she nailed the part.

She says, “Razy (director Razneesh 'Razy' Ghai) was clear that he wanted me to play the part. I was meeting him for the first time and bowled over by his clarity for my character Rohini and the entire film. When he narrated, I was excited like a child. This was a role I have never done before. For someone to visualise an actor portraying a starkly different role from their previous films is a vision out of the ordinary. We did multiple sittings to add to Rohini’s nuances and I could see the character take form. It was magical on set and I enjoyed each scene.”

Prepping for the film was what the actor and director cracked in pre-production, but Dutta admits a lot of improvisations happened on the set. “Rohini’s mean streak was built intricately. I would add an extra layer of meanness and Razy would laugh saying, 'Yeh kahan se aaya'. He had made me feel Rohini so strongly that it became easy to flow with her. The look — luscious, saucy, sensuous, bold and bindaas— had to come out in the attire she was wearing. Her body language was nailed during the first photo shoot we did. A lot of people couldn’t recognize me!”

Divya adds, “I gave Rohini my own colour. I wanted to play this part my own way and didn’t want to follow anything else. The way she turned out is fabulous.”

Soham Rockstar Entertainment presents Dhaakad which is produced by Deepak Mukut and Sohel Maklai and co-produced by Hunar Mukut. The film is directed by Razneesh Ghai and produced in association with Zee Studios, Kamal Mukut, Sohel Maklai Productions and Asylum films. Dhaakad’s music is produced under the banner of SRE Music. The film is distributed by Zee Studios Worldwide and will release on May 20.