Working for over five decades in cinema, what role has veteran actor Shabana Azmi not done? Yet she never loses her childlike enthusiasm when she gets to explore a new role — be it comedy, drama, or the villain. This year, in particular, she has dabbled in everything — from Dabba Cartel to the Hollywood series Halo, from resuming her inter-city theatrical tour for the play Broken Images to shooting for an Indo-American production.

Now, Azmi has joined director and writer Nitin Kakkar’s Awarapan 2, headlined by Emraan Hashmi and Disha Patani. The shooting of the Vishesh Bhatt film, co-written by Bilal Siddiqui, began in September in Singapore. The team shot for a month before the makers called for a break.