Language: Hindi
Director: Abhinay Deo
Cast: Karisma Kapoor, Jisshu Sengupta, Surya Sharma, Soni Razdan, Helen, Ajinkya Deo, among others
You don’t need unnecessary shouting, gun-giggles, smell of blood in a crime-thriller. It need not be a shouting match, running behind criminals to prove a point. It can be quite and the criminal need not be a loud person and that’s exactly what Karisma Kapoor starrer Brown is all about.
Karisma Kapoor, Jisshu Sengupta, Surya Sharma, Soni Razdan, Ajinkya Deo starrer Brown moves quietly, yet consistently keeping you engaged. This film is a neo-noir psychological crime thriller set against the haunting beauty and moral chaos of Kolkata. At its centre is Rita Brown (Karisma Kapoor), once the city’s finest cop—now a disgraced, alcoholic officer haunted by past. She too has a backstory and there is a reason behind her being an alcoholic and a chain smoker. She is emotionally exhausted with her past life and cries herself to sleep every night.
Rita (Karisma Kapoor) misses her husband (Shaan) and in her dreams she still continues to have her conversations with him. Her husbands favourite dialogue when Rita (Karisma Kapoor) used to comeback from work used to be; ‘How was your day Miss Brown?’ There isn’t a single day that goes by that she doesn’t miss him.
A still from Karisma Kapoor's 'Brown'
Zee 5’s Brown show starts with a series of brutal murders that shocks the city of dreams—beginning with the daughter of an influential businessman—Rita is reluctantly pulled back into the system. This is not just another case; it is her last chance at redemption.
Brown is an intense watch, you cannot afford to miss a single scene to understand clearly what plays in the minds of people and to connect each and every dot. In Brown, the real battle isn’t just against the killer—it’s against the past. As sin tightens its grip on the city, Rita must return from the brink to understand the crime and herself. Zee5's Brown shows that ugly side of Kolkata that we have never seen before.
A still from Karisma Kapoor's 'Brown'
At the beginning of every episode of the web-series, we see a few images of a young boy seeing his mother being killed and his disabled father sitting on the wheel-chair. It’s is a very well-made crime series and extremely unpredictable.
Teaming up with Rita Brown (Karisma Kapoor) to solve the serial killer case is Inspector Arjun (Surya Sharma), Rita is drawn into a dark and disturbing investigation in a city that has grown more corrupt, more fractured, and far more dangerous than she remembers. Once Calcutta or Kolkata was called the ‘City of Joy’, but not anymore.
At the end of the series you will reliase that Karisma Kapoor’s ‘Brown’, is not just engaging, it will consume you and will keep playing in your mind long after you have finished watching the show.
A still from Karisma Kapoor's 'Brown'
As they close in on a killer who understands pain as intimately as they do, the case begins to mirror their own fractured psyches—forcing both to confront buried trauma, unresolved guilt, and the demons that threaten to consume them.
Not just Karisma Kapoor, Surya Sharma as Inspector Arjun also shows restrained emotions. He too has a backstory, but he believes in the stoic philosophy and is not willing to move on. There are three pictures hanging on the walls of his house with garlands, his wife, daughter and mother. He comes back home to his old father, who has probably learned to deal with grief in his own way. But there is an unsolved cardboard puzzle which is there on the dinning table. The question remains why does Inspector Arjun (Surya Sharma) come back to the puzzle everyday after work and why does he refuse to solve it? At the end when the case gets solved, Arjun father tells him, “To move ahead in life is also a responsibility.”
A still from Karisma Kapoor's 'Brown'
Karisma Kapoor’s Brown has the magnetic ability to put you in deep thought. Each episode is long and so immersive that it will not only emotionally drain you out, but will also teach you how to deal with grief. Watch the show at one go, just the way I did it. Each and every craftsman starting from Karisma Kapoor, Jisshu Sengupta, Surya Sharma to Soni Razdan, Helen as done their performances to perfection. The best thing about the digital platform shows and films is that it isn’t star struck, it is only and only about the craft and each and every character plays an important role. It is a kind of series that you will feel like coming back again and again.
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
WATCH the trailer of Karisma Kapoor’s 'Brown' here:
