With Kohrra 2, the mist rolls back in, thicker, heavier, and carrying with it secrets that refuse to stay buried. The much-anticipated second season of Netflix’s acclaimed crime thriller does not merely return to Punjab’s shadowy heartland; it seeps deeper into its soil, into its silences, and into the fragile hearts of the people who inhabit it. Darker, more introspective and emotionally charged, this is storytelling that lingers long after the final frame.
The season opens with a jolt: the discovery of Preet’s (Pooja Bhamrrah) body in her brother’s (Anurag Arora) barn. It is a chilling image, one that propels Sub-Inspector Amarpal Jasjit Garundi (Barun Sobti), now transferred to Dalerpura Police Station, and his new superior, Dhanwant Kaur (Mona Singh), into an investigation riddled with family secrets, rivalries and festering resentments. Yet, as with the first season, the murder is only the surface disturbance; beneath it lie fault lines of guilt, longing and generational trauma.
Barun Sobti once again inhabits Garundi with a brooding restraint that is quietly devastating. Married to Silky (Muskan Arora) at the end of the previous season, Garundi yearns for a fresh start. But Sobti ensures that the character’s past clings to him like the ever-present fog, in his silences, in his fleeting expressions, in the way his shoulders carry invisible weight. He makes Garundi’s moral conflicts feel lived-in and painfully real.
Mona Singh is the season’s formidable new energy. As Dhanwant Kaur, she brings authority, intelligence and an aching vulnerability. Caught in a difficult marriage and wrestling with private guilt, Dhanwant could easily have been written as the archetypal no-nonsense superior. Instead, Singh imbues her with emotional depth and moral clarity. Her chemistry with Sobti is one of the series’ greatest strengths. Their evolving dynamic, built on trust, respect and unspoken solidarity, becomes the emotional spine of the narrative. They are buddy cops, yes, but also two wounded individuals who become each other’s anchors
Pooja Bhamrrah lends Preet a haunting presence even in absence, sketching the portrait of a woman running from a failed marriage and suffocated by familial discord. Prayrak Mehta, meanwhile, is quietly brilliant as Arun, a young man from Jharkhand searching for his missing father, who may have been sold into indentured labour two decades earlier. His track widens the show’s canvas, touching upon themes of exploitation and forgotten injustices without ever losing sight of the human cost.
Muskan Arora’s Silky is one of the hidden gems of the season. Her arc, restrained yet emotionally resonant, adds texture to Garundi’s personal turmoil. While one cannot help but miss Suvinder Vicky’s commanding presence from the first instalment, the new ensemble more than holds its ground.
Beyond the procedural tropes, the red herrings, the slow-burn suspense, Kohrra 2 thrives as a meditation on human entanglements. From grief counselling to broken marriages to a pointed critique of indentured labour, the series explores multiple tangents yet remains anchored in its central truth: nothing we do is straightforward; every choice carries layers, especially the lies we tell ourselves.
Visually, the series is impeccable. The cinematography captures Punjab’s muted beauty with an almost tactile melancholy. Production design grounds the story in authenticity, while the sound design heightens the unease, allowing silence to speak as loudly as dialogue.
Under Sudip Sharma’s assured direction, Kohrra 2 refuses easy answers. It asks its characters and its viewers to sit with discomfort, to confront complicity, and to recognise that justice is rarely neat. In doing so, it transcends the crime genre and becomes something far more enduring: a haunting study of loyalty, loss and the fragile truths that bind communities together.
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