- By Vridhi Soodhan
- Wed, 23 Jul 2025 10:40 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Vaani Kapoor is a stunning actress known for her good looks and blending acting style. The diva made her Bollywood debut with Sushant Singh Rajput starrer Shuddh Desi Romance and won audiences’ hearts immediately. With films like War, Befikre, Chandigarh Kare Aashiqui and Raid 2, Vaani Kapoor has proved her mettle in the industry. And now, after being an important part of various movies, the actress is ready to try her luck in the OTT world.
Vaani Kapoor is about to make her OTT debut with the webseries Mandala Murders. It's a mythological crime thriller series blending crime investigation with mystical elements. She will be seen playing the role of Detective Rea Thomas. As per a report in Hindustan Times, Vaani Kapoor believes that she got to explore more as an actor while working on the long-format in OTT as compared to movies.
She said, “In films, you have only two to three hours where you have to create the arc, establish it and layer out everything in that concise period of time. I was very intrigued coming into the long format, as it helps you explore as an actor. You get much more leverage to create more nuances, layers and get into the depth of everything.”
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Talking about her role as a detective, she mentioned that movies like Mardaani have been a good source of inspiration. She expressed, “All this while, we have seen women in the thriller genre being very strong, well put together, they are assertive and have a certain demeanour. I love that and I have seen that in films like Mardaani over the years in our industry. But I tried to make my character more real and relatable. I wanted to show not just strength but also raw vulnerability as she is fighting her own demons, while trying to be the best in what she is doing. She is a fighter from within, like how women usually are as they have so much strength.”
Vaani Kapoor further discussed the ban of her movie Abir Gulaal, which starred Pakistani actor Fawad Khan. The actress mentioned that nobody wanted to hurt anybody’s sentiments, and the movie was made to spread love.
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She continued, “But it was shot at a very different time. It’s unfortunate about the whole attack that happened, but the film was shot way earlier, when there were no issues. The producers took all the permissions that had to be taken. But after the attacks, all of us, the team and I, we all respected and understood the sentiment of the nation. We always have abided by the laws, it’s nothing that one has become rogue and gone against what our laws expect us to do. One has put the sentiment of the nation first.”
Meanwhile, on the work front, Vaani Kapoor is all set to impress her fans with Mandala Murders releasing on July 25, 2025, on Netflix. Along with her, actors Vaibhav Raj Gupta, Surveen Chawla, and Shriya Pilgaonkar are also in the show.