With the narrative sprawling across the country, going from Andaman to Kolkata, Chennai to Jharkhand, shooting The Great Indian Murder amid a pandemic may have been a logistical nightmare. But from a creative perspective, director Tigmanshu Dhulia  — who was adapting  Vikas Swarup’s bestseller Six Suspects for the screen — had a bigger challenge. He says that he paid special attention to make sure that the series did not fall prey to cultural appropriation. “We shot in 10 different cities, and tried to encapsulate the pan-India flavours in our story. I am a person who is curious about different cultures. So, I incorporated the nuances I could to elevate the material,” he says. 

Tigmanshu Dhulia. Pic/Sneha Kharabe