Brown
Overview
Rita Brown is not the obvious choice for a case this sensitive. She is Anglo-Indian, a recovering alcoholic, with a professional history that makes people in the department uncomfortable. She gets the case anyway.
Ahana Jaiswal is dead, daughter of one of Kolkata's most powerful men with a direct line to the Chief Minister's office. The pressure to keep things quiet arrives before Rita asks a single question.
Arjun, her partner, carries his own grief into the work. Together they push through Kolkata's rain-soaked underbelly, looking for something powerful people would prefer to keep hidden. Sandip, a psychiatrist who treated Ahana, surfaces with details about her mental state, and none of it aligns with what is officially being said.
A copycat murder comes to light, changing everything. Brown is a crime series on the surface. Underneath, it is about what people doing the investigation carry with them while they investigate.
Cast
Karisma Kapoor
Surya Sharma
Jisshu Sengupta
Meghna Malik
Ajinkya Deo
Paresh Pahuja
Soni Razdan
Shaan
Fun Facts
- Karisma Kapoor initially rejected Brown simply to avoid a long Kolkata shoot. She relented after hearing the script. To play the flawed, chain-smoking alcoholic, the non-smoking actress stripped away her 90s glamour by wearing zero makeup, leaving her hair messy, and altering her body language.
- The series was shot on location in Kolkata during the scorching heat of June. Instead of fighting it with touch-ups, the director told Karisma, "Make the sweat your character." The crew completely banned makeup touch-ups between takes. To look even more disheveled and worn out, Karisma would intentionally crush her own shirts before the camera started rolling.