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Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 14 (ANI): A lawyer has moved a Sri Lankan court seeking direction to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to immediately arrest seven persons, including former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa while alleging conspiracy to commit criminal intimidation and abetting attack on a peaceful protest in front of the Temple Trees and Galle Face earlier this week.

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12, (ANI): Amid the ongoing political crisis in Sri Lanka, including large scale anti-government protests that turned violent on Monday, the country has found for itself new selfie points near burnt buses and cars submerged in ponds outside the Prime Minister's residence in Colombo.

Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Mahinda Rajapaksa, who recently tendered his resignation from the position of the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, has been barred from leaving the country by a local court, media reports said.

Islamabad [Pakistan], May 8 (ANI): Pakistani President Arif Alvi has summoned the National Assembly session, the first after the change of guards in the country, on Monday.

Islamabad [Pakistan], April 11 (ANI): Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif took oath as the 23rd Prime Minister of Pakistan on Monday evening hours after being elected by the National Assembly of the country.

Mumbai Mar 27 PTI From trying her hand at comedy to playing a role that is nowhere close to her real self Nimrat Kaur says the upcoming film Dasvi allowed her to expand her horizons an actorDasvi is a social-comedy that revolves around an 8th grade pass out politician Ganga Ram Chaudhary Abhishek Bachchan who lands behind bars following his involvement in a teacher recruitment scamNewcomer Tushar Jalota has directed the film written by Ritesh Shah Suresh Nair and Sandeep Layzell Dasvi is set to premiere on Jio Cinema and Netflix on April 7Kaur plays Bimla Devi Ganga Rams wife who is later handed over the Chief Ministership while her husband is in jailThe 40-year-old actor said she instantly fell in love with the one-line description of her character who evolves into a power-hungry politician from a demure housewifeFor me she was the oppressed becoming oppressor She is a nave wife never given a chance to say or do anything becomes a circumstantial politician tastes power and doesnt want to let go of the chair I said to them director and writer I was on it and had no questions she told PTI in an interviewOn a lighter note the Lunchbox star said she was hoping the makers dont change their mind as it was her first attempt at comedyIt is the farthest that I have ever travelled as an actor from being who I am I couldnt relate to anything from Bimmo to Bimla Devi as Nimrat and that for me was very exciting Besides I always wanted to do comedy she addedThe central theme of Dasvi is education and Kaur said education is every human beings rightThe film talks about the importance of the right to education which is the foundation of everything Like in the last two years we realised we can be ripped off from everything health wealth relationships everything but education is something that I will always have the actor who is a commerce graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce addedKaur said she hopes Dasvi turns out to be a game-changer for her like the 2013 critically-acclaimed film The Lunchbox which also starred Irrfan Khan and Nawazuddin SiddiquiThere is always a time when a game changer comes to you it happened with The Lunchbox I was just doing ads and theatre and suddenly I was given this part It was a similar experience where I was told one line and I didnt read the script and decided to do it The actor is returning to Hindi films with Dasvi after the 2016 action-thriller Airlift She said it has been a longer gap than she would have imagined but it was destined to happenShe has also appeared in two American series Homeland 2014 and 2020 and Wayward Pines 2016 besides ALT Balaji show The Test Case 2017One must not count the last two years courtesy the novel coronavirus pandemic she addedI started working in the West 2014 I never dreamt of working abroad Sitting in India for me my dreams were Indians I didnt know what a show was I didnt know what Homeland wasSo when people would react to Homeland I would be like it must be big as people are going crazy I would like to do much more work in India too I feel it is more of a destiny thing that I am not able to control beyond a point she addedUp next for Kaur is the second season of the Apple Original series Foundation in which she plays the role of quantum physicist YanaThe show an epic saga from David S Goyer will feature Kaur alongside Emmy Award nominees Jared Harris and Lee PaceThe actor said most of her screen time is with Harris and working on the series was an amazing experienceIt is a color-blind ethnicity blind casting It is one of the richest experiences of my life Besides I like the science-fiction genre It is a dream for me to do something where I can learn a little bit more about quantum physics she saidKaur is also set to headline a thriller series in India PTI KKP RDS RDS