Love, Loss, and Law

In the OTT series Kohraa 2, Mona Singh and Barun Sobti inhabit a show that finds its power in what remains unsaid

- PUJA TALWAR

In the second season of Kohraa, the fog is thicker, and the cops far more fragile. The crime may be the hook, but it is grief, ego, patriarchy and private fractures that drive the engine. This time, stepping into the established universe is Mona Singh as Dhanwant Kaur a cop carrying loss like a second skin. Singh had already been a fan of the first season. So when the call came, it was a celebration. "Reading the script, understanding the character of Dhanwant, which is so complex and so not easy to play that's what I loved. The challenge of something I've never done before," she says.

If Singh is entering the landscape, Barun Sobti returns to it. As ACP Garundi, he charts a quiet coming-of-age. The ferocity hasn't vanished; it has matured. "He is a little more controlled this time," Sobti says. "He's starting a new life with his wife.