Karisma Kapoor went out of her comfort zone for ‘Brown’

Mumbai: Karisma Kapoor went out of her comfort zone to portray the character of a cop in the upcoming drama series ‘Brown’, which was the only Indian show on the ‘Berlin Series Market Selects’ platform. The noir show is based on the book ‘City of Death’ by Abheek Barua and directed by Abhinay Deo of ‘Delhi Belly’ fame.

Kapoor, who ruled the 90s and 2000s Hindi cinema with films like ‘Raja Hindustani’, ‘Dil Toh Pagal Hai’, ‘Raja Babu’, ‘Coolie No 1’ and ‘Judwa’, said she may have played a variety of roles in her career, but ‘Brown’ was completely different from her earlier screen avatars.

“We are always constantly evolving. Now, with OTT, there is scope to portray different facets of a character. I was out of my comfort zone with this show. There are certain things that I am doing in the show that I don’t do in real life, so I had to stretch myself. It was interesting for me to do that,” Kapoor told the top news agency.

‘Brown’ revolves around Rita Brown, an alcoholic cop, who forms an unlikely alliance with a widower with survivor’s guilt to solve the murder of a young girl.

When the makers approached the 48-year-old actor in 2021, she instantly accepted it as the show gave her the chance to explore a different facet of a woman.

“The role of Rita Brown is so different from what I have done in the past. She is so raw and human. We all have good, bad, fantastic and flawed things within us. Besides, she goes through so many kinds of emotions and all of that drew me to the show. She is dealing with a lot of things and we don’t get to see that on the screen. It was an interesting challenge to bring her about, to make her real.”

Kapoor believes the portrayal of women characters has constantly evolved over the years and added that the streaming platforms have only made things better by offering strong protagonists to female actors.