At the core of Kohrra is the dysfunctional relationship between a father and a daughter. Balbir Singh, played by Suvinder Vicky, and Nimrat Kaur, played by Harleen Sethi, are angry at each other. Where the father thinks their daughter is going wayward, the daughter resents the manner in which she was raised. The relationship needs work, but the performances are pitch perfect. We are speaking to the two on Zoom on a particularly rainy Mumbai day—Sethi is at her home in Andheri, and Vicky is joining in from Punjab.

And that’s the main difference: While Sethi is a Sikhni born and brought up in Mumbai (her ancestors are from Pakistan), Vicky is a Punjabi munda born in Sirsa. 
“I didn’t even know how to speak in Punjabi,” says Sethi, “and at one point in the show, I have a long monologue in the language. But Suvinder paji helped me.” She now seems at ease with the language, asking Vicky when he will be back so that they can meet up. “Tussi toh star ban gaye ho!” she says. Vicky, shy, laughs: “Tu bhi toh! I will be back soon. And of course, we have to meet. But Harleen impressed me. She got a Punjabi tattoo that says ‘Nirbhau Nirvair (without fear, without hate)’, and I knew she had committed herself to the process. She would come up to us after every line, ‘I said it right?’”