Revealed: Priyanka Chopra's look as cop in Prakash Jha's Gangaajal 2

Priyanka Chopra's first look as a tough cop in Prakash Jha's Gangaajal 2 has been unveiled through snapshots posted on Twitter.

In the pictures, Priyanka is seen striking a stern pose in IPS khakis, pout very much in place. Her character is called Abha Mathur.

Gangaajal 2 is Jha's reboot of the series and the film comes 12 years after the original Ajay Devgn-starrer, a gritty realistic thriller that found favour with the box-office and critics alike.

Jha has not managed to bring back Devgn in the sequel. Rather, upcoming actor Rahul Bhat, who made his mark with Ugly last year, will be seen playing one of the male protagonists.

Apart from calling the shots, the 62-year-old Jha himself makes his debut as an actor in an important role.

Priyanka's character is called Abha Mathur.

"Gangaajal 2 is about today's society-police relationship. Gangaajal was more from the heart. This one has all the bizarre things happening around us. The film is not made on a big scale and also has lesser characters. It is a concentrated story," Jha told agencies a while back while launching the film.

If sources are to be believed, Jha has deliberately gone for a low-budget follow-up to Gangaajal, because his last few films have failed to click at the box-office. His last three big releases as director - Satyagraha, Chakravyuh and Aarakshan - were duds, as were recent productions Yeh Saali Zindagi and Crazy Kukkad Family. In fact, Jha's last superhit is Raajneeti in 2010.

Meanwhile, Priyanka is gearing up to play an FBI trainee in the American serial Quantico right now. Back home, she has Zoya Akhtar's multi-starrer Dil Dhadakne Do coming up in June. Scheduled for release later this year is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani that casts Ranveer Singh as Bajirao and Deepika Padukone as Mastani. Priyanka will be playing Kashi Bai in the film.

Gangaajal 2 will probably be her next release after Bajirao Mastani, in the end of 2015 or in the first half of 2016.