Home / Entertainment / Web Series / Article /
From Brown to many other shades
Updated On: 20 February, 2023 06:58 AM IST | Mumbai | Priyanka Sharma
As Brown premières at Berlinale Series Market Selects, Karisma says she was initially nervous about pulling off the complex role in Abhinay Deo’s neo-noir series
Listen to this article :
A still from the series
Her filmography is wide-ranging, from masala entertainers like Hero No 1 (1997) and Haseena Maan Jayegi (1999), to powerful stories in Fiza (2000) and Zubeidaa (2001). After over three decades in the movies, can any script surprise Karisma Kapoor? Yes, as it turns out. The actor cites the example of her upcoming web series Brown, exclaiming, “It bowled me over.”
Abhinay Deo’s directorial venture has become the first Indian series to be included in the coveted Berlinale Series Market Selects that kicks off today. Based on Abheek Barua’s novel City of Death, the neo-noir drama features Kapoor as Rita Brown, a cop investigating a high-profile murder case in Kolkata. While she was intrigued by the story, it wasn’t an immediate yes for the actor. Reason — she wasn’t sure whether she would be able to pull off the role. “She is so raw, human and flawed. I loved the character, but I thought, ‘Should I do it? Is this the right way for me?’ Abhinay and Zee Studios convinced me. Now, I am glad I did it. This is the kind of challenge that an actor wants to take up,” she says.
Read Next Story
Trending Stories
Latest Photos
Latest Videos
Latest Web Stories
ADVERTISEMENT
Mid-Day Fast
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT