Kitchen, ingredients, recipes, cooking shows—popular chef Ranveer Brar was so content in the world of cooking that he didn’t want to move to acting. But in 2022, he took a leap of faith with Hansal Mehta’s Modern Love Mumbai. Two years on, he has added another acting project to his résumé with The Buckingham Murders.

What drew him to the Kareena Kapoor Khan-led murder mystery was the genre and his nuanced role of a man grieving his son’s loss while holding back secrets of his own. “I would be offered many negative leads, but a negative character has to be well-rounded. This film taught me about grief. My familiarity with Hansal sir helped. I trust him completely; he has a great understanding of actors as well as characters,” he states.