Actor Anurag Sinha, who received appreciation for playing the antagonist in the Emraan Hashmi-starrer series Taskaree: The Smuggler's Web, said his aim has always been to pick up roles that leave an impact. The actor made his debut with Subhash Ghai's 2008 thriller Black & White, in which he essayed the role of a suicide bomber. He followed it up with Nikhhil Advani's TV series Prisoners of War-Bandi Yuddh Ke and another film titled Shadow Assassins.

In the Neeraj Pandey-created Netflix show, Sinha essays the role of an Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Prakash Kumar, while Hashmi plays his junior. "I've always been a little selective in the kind of work that I do. I want to be a part of a work that has an impact and elevates me. Taskaree was a very different approach to the kind of career path that I had before, like mostly in lead roles and some heroic stuff that I've done before in cinema.