New Delhi: Hansal Mehta's 'The Buckingham Murders' premiered at the 67th annual BFI London Film Festival on Saturday. Kareena Kapoor Khan, who is also producing the movie with Ektaa Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor, expressed her enthusiasm for the role of performer and producer for the first time. Kareena has said that she has always wanted to appear in a mystery thriller and that her role in 'The Buckingham Murders' has given her that opportunity. Kareena portrays Jasmeet Bhamra in the movie and according to her, she waited 23 years for such a role.
Kareena Kapoor Khan posted a few photos from the set on Instagram along with a caption saying that she's always wanted to portray a character like Jasmeet Bhamra. She wrote, "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."
Kareena detailed her experience working with Hansal and Ektaa on the project in a long letter, "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."
According to Variety, Kareena's character Jasmeet Bhamra is a police officer and single mother who suffered the loss of a child in a violent crime. She moves to High Wycombe, where she is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a kid.
She wrote, "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.”
Kareena was most recently featured in the Netflix film ‘Jaane Jaan,’ directed by Sujoy Ghosh.