Delhi Crime

Delhi Crime

Delhi Crime is an Emmy award winning Indian crime drama web television series. Starring Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, Adil Hussain and Rajesh Tailang, the series is set in the aftermath of the 2012 Delhi gang rape. First two episodes premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in the Indie Episodic category. The series was released on Netflix on 22 March 2019.

About Delhi Crime in brief

Summary Delhi CrimeDelhi Crime is an Emmy award winning Indian crime drama web television series. Starring Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, Adil Hussain and Rajesh Tailang, the series is set in the aftermath of the 2012 Delhi gang rape. Its first two episodes were premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in the Indie Episodic category. The series was released on Netflix on 22 March 2019. The show was renewed for a second season with the main cast returning. It took Richie Mehta six years to finish his research for the series. The character of Vartika Chaturvedi was based on Chhaya Sharma, the former deputy commissioner of police in Delhi.

The first season received positive reviews upon its release. On Rotten Tomatoes, the series has an approval rating of 92% based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 7.10. The second season will be released on March 22, 2019, with the cast and crew expected to return for the final two episodes of the first season. It will be based on the 2012 gang rape case that took place in the neighbourhood of Munirka, in South Delhi. It was shot in Delhi over the course of 62 days, covering the period between 16 December and 21 December, from the incident to the final arrest.