Kirti Kulhari has always believed that there’s nothing better than humour to tell a serious story. So, when filmmaker Ashwani Dhir narrated the story of Hisaab Barabar, the upcoming ZEE5 comedy thriller, the actor instantly took to it. “I love the concept of a bank scam with a comedy revolving around it. So, when these two things came together, I was happy,” she says. Her character of a cop became another reason to come on board. “There’s so much to this character in terms of her back story, her present, how the character and Maddy’s [R Madhavan] character meet in a train and what develops between them. Much later, through Maddy’s eyes you realise she is a cop. Also, I love the name, P Subhash. It sounds like a man’s name. It’s a great combination of being feminine and at the same time being so strong and masculine. She is an empowered woman,” Kulhari explains.

R Madhavan and Kirti Kulhari in Hisaab Barabar