In Sacred Games 2, she is playing a girl 'Batya' coming from a conflicting background. Her father is a Jewish French and mother is a Palestinian, who abandoned her as a teenager. The character transformed from a drug addict rebellious angry girl to a follower of 'Guruji' played by Pankaj Tripathi. The initial outlook of the character has similarities of her earlier work.

"I know, there might be a little element here and there from 'Dev D', 'Shaitaan' but you know just because you play a gangster in one film, does not mean that all of them are the same. So my character in 'Sacred Games 2' is very different from the rest of the reference that I mentioned," she smiled. What was the new element that interested her towards Batya?

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"My audition scene was the intriguing point for me to get drawn towards the character Batya. In that scene, where she is interacting with Sartaj for the first time, though she is calm and has Zen-like energy, something is simmering underneath and I loved that elements that is conflicting it wasn't in your face rebel but something hidden," said Kalki.

Directed by Neeraj Ghawyan and Anurag Kashyap, Sacred Games 2, featuring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Saif Ali Khan, Sobhita Dhulipala, Ranvir Shorey, Surveen Chawla, Geetanjali Thapa among others - premiering on Netflix on August 15.

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