Mist opportunity

Kohrra 2 has all the makings of a messy mystery: red herrings, dead ends, cracks in the system. But the writing pales in comparison to the stellar season 1

- Deepanjana Pal

The Punjab imagined by Sudip Sharma, Gunjit Chopra and Diggi Sisodia in their stellar series, Kohrra (2023-), is effectively a Hotel California for Punjabis who have returned home from other shores.

At the start of Season 1, Tejinder “Paul” Singh (Vishal Handa) from London is found dead ina field. Season 2 opens with the murder of Preet Bajwa (Pooja Bhamrrah), who has returned to the fictional town of Dalerpura, leaving a husband and children behind in the US.

This is not the Punjab whose fields and rural life have been romanticised in countless poems and songs. Kohrra, which means fog, is set in a cold and bleak Punjab, a place of neon desperation and melancholy.