Washington, Feb. 22 -- Actors Konkona Sen Sharma and Pratibha Rannta, who are set to share the screen in Netflix's upcoming psychological thriller titled 'Accused', have said the fact that the plot with a woman perpetrator drew them to the film.

The film is directed by Anubhuti Kashyap and will stream later this month.

On what made her say yes to the project, Konkona said the idea itself felt new and uncommon. She also spoke about how research played a big role in shaping the story. "When I got the offer, I was very excited. We have never heard of a case where the accused is a woman, since the perpetrators are mostly male.

"But when they researched, the writing and direction team found out that there are cases like this. I think there ...