National award winning child actress turned young heroine Shweta Basu Prasad had got a dream debut in Tollywood with the super hit film, ‘Kotha Bangaru Lokam’. The then 18-year-old actress however was too young to plan her career carefully. She took a few wrong steps, which almost forced her out of industry.

Shweta however hasn’t lost all hopes, and kept herself busy by enrolling herself in noted filmmaker Anurag Kashyap’s production house. Her perseverance has now brought a meaty character in a potential film.

The 27-year-old actress has recently disclosed that she has signed the new Bollywood film, ‘The Tashkent Files’, which revolves around the mysterious death of freedom fighter and the Second Prime Minister of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri. Shweta will essay the role of a rookie journalist who investigates the mystery of Shastri’s death.

The Tashkent Files is India’s first crowd-sourced thriller. The film’s director, Vivek Agnihotri has stated that his film is the most researched work on Shastri and that it is the most apolitical film about a political leader. The gripping thriller also stars veterans Naseeruddin Shah and Mithun Chakraborty in key roles.

Shweta Basu is confident that her role of an ambitious scribe will win her more offers in B-town.