Kajol's creative choices are dictated by the story and not the medium

Mumbai: Ahead of her series debut with ‘The Trial - Pyaar, Kanoon, Dhoka’, Kajol said that her creative choices are dictated by the story and not the medium.

The 48-year-old actor has two back-to-back OTT releases - the ‘Disney+ Hostar’ series ‘The Trial - Pyaar, Kanoon, Dhoka’ on July 12 and the second edition of Netflix’s acclaimed film anthology ‘Lust Stories’ on June 29. The actor, who made her OTT debut with the 2021 ‘Netflix’ film ‘Tribhanga’, wants to collaborate with ‘good people’, whether it is for films or streamers.

“I have always thought that whenever I work, I will do something that I enjoy the most: work with good people and that script will always be my hero. Whether it is for an OTT platform or a film, for me, a role is a role,” the actor told reporters at the trailer launch of ‘The Trial…’.

Directed by Suparn S Varma, ‘The Trial…’ is the Indian adaptation of the popular American legal TV drama ‘The Good Wife’, which revolved around a woman who returns to being a practising lawyer after her husband, a former state’s attorney, is imprisoned for a sex and corruption scandal.

Kajol said that when she was offered the Hindi adaptation of the critically acclaimed 2009 drama, she was curious to understand how the show would be adapted for Indian audiences.

“The original show - I loved it. The character was amazing and the concept was fabulous, but I did have a question about how it would be adapted in Hindi. When Suparn came in, the narration came in for the script. For me, it’s really about a script. The script is never about one character. It’s always about everyone’s character. All the characters in this series, in the adaptation, are so well-rounded and well-written. I loved the script. My script is my king,” she said.

Produced by ‘Banijay Asia’, the Indian version also stars Jisshu Sengupta, Kubbra Sait, Sheeba Chaddha and Alyy Khan.