Nikkhil Advani: Konkona Sen Sharma had to trust co-actor in such a dark subject

Updated On: 16 October, 2023 07:14 AM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu

With Mumbai Diaries 2 exploring domestic violence through Konkona Sen Sharma’s track, creator Nikkhil Advani on how he deliberately cast the ‘affable’ Parambrata Chatterjee as the abusive ex

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After the reviews of Mumbai Diaries’ first season poured in, showrunner-creator Nikkhil Advani sat with Aparna Purohit, head of India originals, Amazon Prime Video, and meticulously went through the feedback. The objective was simple: figure out what had worked, what hadn’t and what needed to be done going forward. The result is the Mohit Raina and Konkona Sen Sharma-led second season that revisits the 2005 Mumbai floods. Advani begins, “We found out the term 26/11 [on which the first season was centred] was triggering for people. It [was a subject] many people didn’t want to revisit. Plus, there weren’t enough cliffhangers. But what really worked was that the show was a well-put together ensemble [drama]. Every character had stayed with the audience. The production design, medical jargon, and [treatment] worked.”

Nikkhil Advani