India, June 12 -- For many viewers, one of the biggest attractions of the web series Brown, which dropped on Zee5 on June 5, has been seeing Karisma Kapoor headline a project once again. The psychological crime thriller, directed by Abhinay Deo and based on Abheek Barua's novel City of Death, features Karisma as Rita Brown, a deeply flawed detective battling personal demons while investigating a chilling murder case.

The series marks one of Karisma Kapoor's most transformative roles in recent years, with the actor stepping away from glamour to play a troubled police officer struggling with addiction, grief and trauma. For writer Mayukh Ghosh, who developed the show alongside Diggi Sisodia and Sunayana Kumari, Karisma's casting brought bo...