She fit the profile perfectly a great actor who can deal with the madness.

We have a few actors from Bombay, but all who can speak Punjabi.

Fortunately, Punjab has a very vibrant local film and TV industry, Sharma explains.

Barun Sobti and Suvinder Vicky in Kohrra

Barun Sobti and Suvinder Vicky in ‘Kohrra’Netflix

He also occasionally works as a creative producer on projects such as Netflix seriesMai.

Once that happens, well see a big change in the quality of content coming out.

Sharma is also starting to look beyond India by developing shows that hes pitching to international players.

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Arjuna Bhalla and Rachel Shelley in Kohrra

The ecosystem lacks a bit of ambition around here.

Were happy making shows for local audiences, probably because its a big enough market.

But I really believe we can aim higher than that.