I don’t recall if the shooting of Brown happened first or Ranbir [Kapoor] and Alia’s [Bhatt] wedding!” laughs Soni Razdan as she joins us on call to talk about Abhinay Deo’s seven-episode crime thriller. The Zee5 series gave the veteran actor more than a compelling role — it offered her a chance to bond with Karisma Kapoor, Ranbir’s cousin, better. “It was a pleasure working with her. The fact that we were already family made a huge difference and went a long way [in making] it easy,” says Razdan, who plays Karisma’s mother in the show.

Karisma Kapoor and Helen in ‘Brown’