India, Aug. 4 -- "Full of anxiety," is how Vaani Kapoor describes her state of mind around the release of her first web series, Mandala Murders. The Netflix series was released earlier this week and has been trending at the top spot on the platform. In a chat with Hindustan Times, Vaani reflects on playing a hardened cop on the show, her journey from films to OTT, and learning how to take feedback.

Mandala Murders is as much a psychological thriller as it is a fantasy drama, blending the paranormal with a police procedural. The Gopi Puthran show stars Vaani as a CBI officer (changed to CIB on the show) tasked with solving serial murders in the fictitious holy town of Charandaspur. "I've never done something like this before. It's very di...