Brown
Brown is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller web series directed by Abhinay Deo and produced by Zee Studios. It is based on City of Death, a 2016 novel by Abheek Barua, with the screenplay written by Diggi Sisodia, Sunayana Kumari, and Mayukh Ghosh. It stars Karisma Kapoor as a Kolkata detective, alongside Surya Sharma, Jisshu Sengupta, Soni Razdan and Ajinkya Deo. The series premiered on ZEE5 on 5 June 2026. Set in Kolkata, the series follows Rita Brown, an Anglo-Indian…
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Brown is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller web series directed by Abhinay Deo and produced by Zee Studios. It is based on City of Death, a 2016 novel by Abheek Barua, with the screenplay written by Diggi Sisodia, Sunayana Kumari, and Mayukh Ghosh. It stars Karisma Kapoor as a Kolkata detective, alongside Surya Sharma, Jisshu Sengupta, Soni Razdan and Ajinkya Deo. The series premiered on ZEE5 on 5 June 2026. Set in Kolkata, the series follows Rita Brown, an Anglo-Indian detective with the Kolkata Police Force who investigates the murder of a teenager from a prominent family while dealing with alcoholism and personal trauma. In 2023, it was selected for Berlinale Series Market Selects, the first Indian web series chosen for that programme.
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