India, May 18 -- In a career spanning over 15 years, actor Sonakshi Sinha has worked in a variety of films and shows, from action potboilers to police procedurals to the odd rom-com. Now, she is entering the legal drama space with her next film, System. Ahead of the release, Sonakshi sits down with Hindustan Times to chat about the film and how she found her character very relatable, right down to the meta 'reverse nepotism' joke.

System, directed by Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, stars Sonakshi as a young public prosecutor who teams up with a court stenographer (Jyotika) to fight a murder case against a powerful businessman. "The film addressed so many issues that we may not even think of. These are derived from real people, real incidents, and t...