India, Aug. 9 -- Z5 is set to get its second Kannada original web series this year; just over two months since the first, Ayyana Mane, came out. Called Shodha, this one is a 6-episode suspense thriller led by filmmaker-actor Pawan Kumar, best known as the man behind films like Lifeu Ishtene, Lucia, U-Turn and Dhoomam. An occasional actor, Shodha is Pawan's first as a leading man and in a web series. He was earlier seen in the Kannada series Honeymoon as well as his own Telugu show, Kudi Yedamaithe. He is joined by Siri Ravikumar, who has been a part of two Kannada series earlier - Kyaabre and By Mistake.

Directed by Sunil Mysooru, of the Kannada film Orchestra Mysuru, the show has been written by Suhas Navarathna, who is credited as the ...