Actor Shilpa Shetty will be next seen in Prime Video web series Indian Police Force, scheduled to release on January 19. Ahead of the release, the actor opened up about her character, Tara Shetty, which is placed in the Rohit Shetty cop-verse.

Describing her as a “shero”, Shilpa said, “Why wouldn’t one accept a role like this. There are heroes and heroines but she’s a Shero. She is pretty, she is badass, she is passionate , she’s compassionate and she’s selfless in her line of work and it’s all the qualities of someone whom you would put on a pedestal.”

On working with Rohit, she said, “I always wanted to work with Rohit, not just because of the Shetty connection. I really love the grasp he has on this... and to play a cop in his cop universe is nothing but a compliment for me." It is to be noted that Shilpa is the first female cop in the Rohit Shetty Cop Universe.

Also featuring Sidharth Malhotra and Vivek Oberoi, the series will be co-directed by him along with Sushwanth Prakash. It will have seven episodes. Shweta Tiwari, Nikitin Dheer, Rituraj Singh, Mukesh Rishi, Lalit Parimoo also play pivotal roles in the series.