India, June 6 -- This "subgenre of the deeply flawed alcoholic detective cracking cases of gruesome murders while grappling with his own personal battles" has been a beaten path in crime literature. With director Abhinay Deo (Delhi Belly) choosing to add this cliche to the dark and rainy streets of Kolkata, high hopes would naturally arise. With this being Karisma Kapoor's comeback in a leading web series role, it was expected that Brown would turn out to be an intriguing psychological thriller, though not without its flaws.

Secrets in the City of Joy

With an ominous and gloomy setting of Kolkata as the background, the television series stars Rita Brown (Karisma Kapoor), a tenacious yet highly traumatized and alcoholic detective. Rita i...