New Delhi, Jan. 24 -- The fog is back in Punjab. Kohrra's second season digs deeper, with even more melancholy. Premiering on 11 February on Netflix, the show moves to a new location with a new power dynamic, pairing returning assistant sub-inspector Amarpal Garundi (Barun Sobti) with a new commanding officer, Dhanwant Kaur (Mona Singh), as they investigate a fresh murder case in Dalerpura. Created by Gunjit Chopra, Diggi Sisodia and Sudip Sharma, and directed by Sharma and Faisal Rahman, Kohrra once again uses crime as a way in, with Season 2 focusing on silences, grief and the ways the past keeps catching up.

For Sharma, the biggest challenge was resisting the urge to replicate what had worked before. "Rather than trying to look at the...