Removed from the hullabaloo that precedes the discharge of reveals, PI Meena went underneath the radar, with little to no promotion earlier than it dropped on-line. Was it a deliberate transfer, we ask Tanya Maniktala as we sit down to debate the thriller thriller. “We wished the story to promote for itself, we wished an natural draw in direction of the present. Whereas some folks have cherished it and are asking for an additional season, there may be all the time somebody with a special opinion,” says the main woman.
The Amazon Prime Video providing sees Maniktala play Meenakshi Iyer, a non-public investigator navigating the bylanes of Kolkata and Littnong in her pursuit of a killer. What she stumbles on is a conspiracy method above her pay grade. One of many present’s greatest critiques is that regardless of having a proficient solid—from Parambrata Chattopadhyay and Jisshu Sengupta, to Vinay Pathak and Harsh Chhaya—the characters weren’t given a transparent arc. “I discovered the story attention-grabbing as a result of there have been a number of tracks and so they have been all linked someway. [When I was reading the script], I wished to complete it multi function go,” says Maniktala. Level out that some characters don’t meet a justifying finish, she causes, “There’s a constraint of time and variety of episodes. Whereas writing, you may delve into these tales as a lot as you need to. Nonetheless, in the case of executing the scenes, you don’t have that a lot freedom. So, some issues have been faraway from the present. Hopefully, they are going to be tied up collectively within the second season, if we [have one].”
Jisshu Sengupta and Tanya Maniktala in PI Meena
What was it like working with such an eclectic solid? The actor laughs that she is bored with utilizing the phrase “superb” to explain the expertise. “It doesn’t do justice. Being in the identical room with these folks is a blessing. It was a good looking studying expertise as a result of they’ve a lot to show you, a lot to supply.”
From Flames to A Appropriate Boy (2020), from Tooth Pari to now PI Meena, Maniktala is trying numerous genres. The thought, she says, is to showcase her versatility as an actor. “I imagine I’m creating an area for myself. With reveals like these, I hope that [makers] discover that I’ve a variety to supply as an actor.”