Rasika Dugal, who has been on a golden run with her last few outings, most notably in Mirzapur 2, is ready to do the heavy-lifting in the second season of Out of Love. If the first edition dealt with infidelity and heartbreak, including a wonderfully executed dinner-table scene in the season finale, the upcoming instalment will deep-dive into the anger and resentment that follow the crumbling of a marriage. As Purab Kohli reprises his role as the manipulative Akarsh who returns to Coonoor, Dugal’s Dr Meera Kapoor is a changed woman who will go to any lengths to shield herself from getting hurt all over 

When we get on a call with the actor, we begin by asking her how she approached Meera this time around. “I find second seasons more interesting. I had the opportunity to reimagine a character I thought I knew well. That’s the beauty of life — sometimes, a change is triggered [in us] by people’s surprising actions. Additionally, the rigour of being in a show where you are present in almost every frame over five episodes is enjoyable. I wanted to see if I can be interesting to an audience despite being present in every sequence,” she says.