Mumbai Dec 18 PTI With Raveena Tandon-led web series Aranyak receiving positive response from the critics and the viewers producer Sidharth Roy Kapur says the plans are already in motion to develop a potential second seasonThe crime thriller series which has filmmaker Rohan Sippy attached as the showrunner has been garnering positive response from the critics and audience for its taut narrative as well as performances from the cast led by TandonDirected by Vinay Vyakul the show features Tandon as a cop named Kasturi Dogra who joins hands with her city-bred replacement Angad Parambrata Chatterjee when a foreign teenage tourist disappears in a Himalayan townRoy Kapur said the team has already begun work on building the sophomore seasonYou can expect a season two and thats something the team is working on very hard With the love the show has received from the audience we have a lot to live up to and we hope season two matches up to the first one The characters of Kasturi Dogra and Angad will take forward things from here There will be Mahadev Ashutosh Rana as well These three characters are the fulcrum of the show The end of season one gave a hint to it However we cant talk much about part two the producer told PTIRoy Kapur known for backing critically-acclaimed and commercially-successful films like Dangal Haider Barfi and Kai Po Che through his banner Roy Kapur Films said the idea for Aranyak originated from a personal encounter that the writer Charudutt Acharya had during one of his trips to a small townIt is based on a female police officer that Charu had come across on a holiday to a hill station with his family That character of a woman who is a good wife mother daughter-in-law and traditionally does all the things in small town India and in the daytime she is a hard cop stuck with Charu The producer believes there is an appetite for suspense thriller shows coupled with well-crafted storiesSo far we have enjoyed these stories from the West because they have a tradition to make slow burn shows Here the show is Indian the characters are unique there is a murder and the mystery around it which is just fun to watch Also the hint of the supernatural is interesting he saidAsk him about the rising popularity of strong female narrative on OTT Roy Kapur said it is an interesting trend OTT platforms have given the opportunity to use the wealth of acting talent that we have There are so many actresses who were not active earlier but now have the chance to show their talent he addedWhen asked why there are less number of female-driven strong and action-packed films being made in Indian cinema Roy Kapur said the business of cinema is largely male dominated even todayRoy Kapur added that even though the scenario is changing for the better one cant neglect the commercial pressure of luring the audience to theatresTheatrically the commercial pressure of a film is quite different and therefore there are lots of things to consider Theatrical box office has been led by men You have female superstars but its been the male superstars who have driven the big numbers in the past I think things are changing he addedRoy Kapur believes that the digital medium has away the pressure of box office from the minds of creators and filmmakersOTT gives you a chance to tell interesting stories because it becomes a part of a portfolio that streamers are putting out Therefore there isnt that much individual pressure on a title to perform the way you have it at the theatrical box office Produced by Roy Kapur Films and Ramesh Sippy Entertainment Aranyak released on December 10 on Netflix PTI KKP RB RB