While Rohit Shetty has declared his own cop universe with some manly police forces including Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Ranveer Singh and now Sidharth Malhotra, we are here to enlist some of the strongest, fierce and powerful roles of cops portrayed by none other than the females of Bollywood. Jogging through a memory lane, female doing cops roles is not a new thing in Bollywood starting from Hema Malini to Rekha and Madhuri Dixit, ladies of the town have kept dominating the genre parallely with that of men. But let’s find out the top 8 best performances of the new era cops.
Starting from Don with Shahrukh Khan to Gunday and jai Gangajal, the Quantico actress has never failed to impress her audience by her portrayal of tough & fierce women power. In the 2006 film Don Priyanka is set on a mission to catch the most wanted, whereas in gunday she goes undercover and plays the love interest of Ranveer Singh & Arjun Kapoor whom the police are chasing for a long time. As per Jai Gangajal Priyanka Chopra portrays a senior inspector. The film depicts how political parties use their clout to push officials in her own department against her.
Rohit Shetty glimpsed about his Indian Police force with Sidhart Malhotra, but what caught our attention was the surprise female cop entry. Shetty is the new female cop in the cop universe, she said "Ready to set the OTT platform on fire for the first time. Super thrilled to join the action king Rohit Shetty in his cop universe Indian Police Force on Prime, now filming."
Playing the role of police inspector Bhavna Priya in Commando trilogy Adah Sharma won as many hearts as Vidyut Jamwal through his high octane action sequence. Apart from that very few know that Adah is trained in Kalaripayattu, a traditional Kerala martial art, which helped her a lot during the filming of the fighting sequence in the movie.
Rani has undoubtedly established herself as one of the fittest female cops in Bollywood. For the actress who started her career with ‘biyer phool, raja ki ayegi baraat, kuch kuch hota hai and other which generally showcased her character as a soft and light hearted, taking up the role of cop and dealing with burning issues along with heavy fighting sequence is a great deal and a 180 degree shift in the character. Senior inspector Shivani Shivaji Roy a gutsy police officer who gives an open challenge to the goons.
Jannat heroine Esha played the cop role in Chakravyuh, RejctX, One day and Nakaab channeled her inner superwomen power and left her fans reeling for wanting more of her in the uniform. Talking bout ehr female cop role she once said ‘ There are a few filmmakers who want to show their female leads strong but not every hero is okay with this. So, that is also what lacks in the industry”.
The Telly queen who steals the limelight from her charm & beauty can also be bold & fiery when donned a uniform. She appeared as an Army officer for the web drama Code M. On taking up the role she said "I am really excited to be playing the role of an Army officer. When you portray such a character, there comes a lot of responsibility with it. Realizing how interesting this challenge would be, is the very reason why I took it up,"