A still from The Night Of 

You will remember her best as Imran Khan’s girlfriend in 2011’s Delhi Belly. She had also produced the play Nirbhaya (based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape case) by Yael Farber, which won the 2013 Amnesty International Award. Poorna Jagannathan has just gone to higher places since then. After making appearances in American TV shows such as House of Cards and Law & Order, she has just wrapped up the first season of HBO’s The Night Of, touted to be the show to watch after Game of Thrones. It tells us the story of Nasir Khan, a Pakistani-American college student accused of murdering a girl on the Upper West Side of New York City. Jagannathan plays his mother, Safar Khan. The show also stars acting greats like John Turturro, who plays the lawyer who defends Nasir. For all of you who want to see what the fuss is about, the show will air in India next month on Star World Premiere HD. Excerpts from an interview.