India, April 4 -- In a career that has spanned two decades, Soha Ali Khan has never played the antagonist. Perhaps that is what excited her the most to take up the role in her next - Chhorii 2. The horror thriller sees the actor in a never-seen-before avatar. In a conversation with HT ahead of the film's release, Soha opens up on playing an 'evil' character for the first time.

When asked how 'delicious' it was as an actor to play a negative role in a horror film, Soha says, "I have been offered very dignified roles in the past, very vanilla and girl-next-door. Dasi maa (her character in Chhorii 2) is far from that and very out of my comfort zone, physically and emotionally."

We joke that of late, Soha only does work that her daughter, I...