Delhi Crime (Season 1) Web Series Details:
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi English |
| Genre | Crime Drama Police procedural |
| Season | 1 |
| Episodes | 7 |
| Release date | 22 March 2019 |
| Running time | 36–64 minutes |
| Age rating | TV-MA |
| Starring | Shefali Shah Rasika Dugal Adil Hussain Rajesh Tailang |
| Created by | Richie Mehta |
| Directed by | Richie Mehta |
| Written by | Ensia Mirza Virat Basoya Mayank Tewari Bhavesh Mandalia Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh Shubhra Swarup Vidit Tripathi |
| Executive producers | Aaron Kaplan Jeff Sagansky Florence Sloan Apoorva Bakshi Pooja Kohli Sanjay Bachani John Penotti Kilian Kerwin Michael Hogan |
| Cinematography by | Johan Heurlin Aidt |
| Edited by | Beverly Mills |
| Music by | Andrew Lockington |
| Casting by | Mukesh Chhabra |
| Production Design by | Mandar Nagaonkar |
| Production location | India |
| Production Company | Golden Karavan Ivanhoe Productions FilmKaravan Poor Man’s Productions |
| Distributor | Netflix |
Delhi Crime (Season 1) Web Series Cast & Character:
- Shefali Shah as DCP Vartika Chaturvedi
- Rasika Dugal as Neeti Singh (IPS Trainee)
- Rajesh Tailang as Inspector Bhupendra Singh
- Anurag Arora as Sub-Inspector Jairaj Singh
- Adil Hussain as Kumar Vijay (CP)
- Gopal Datt as Sub-Inspector Sudhir Kumar
- Sidharth Bhardwaj as Sho Subhash Gupta
- Yashaswini Dayama as Chandni ‘Chandu’
- Denzil Smith as Vishal Chaturvedi
- Jaya Bhattacharya as Sub-Inspector & Juvenile Welfare Officer Vimla Bhardwaj
- Vinod Sharawat as SHO Vinod Tiwari
- Swati Bhatia as Ira
- Mridul Sharma as Jai Singh
- Abhilasha Singh as Deepika
- Sanjay Bishnoi as Akash
- Shobhna Bharadwaj as Kiran
- Gaurav Rana as SHO Rakesh Verma
- Amitabh Acharya as Sub-Inspector Ashok Sharma
- Ramji Bali as Sub-Inspector Prakash Shukla
- Vipin Katyal as Arif- Police Officer
- Jaiti Khera as Dr. Teena Bhutani
- Vijay Rajoria as Prem
- Sanjiv Chopra as Chief Minister
- Ayush Sehgal as Arunesh
- Vicky Vishwas as Vikas
- Lalit Goswami as Avinash
- Govind Singh as Amar Singh
- Sudeep Singh as Rahul Goswami
- Harsh Hansraj as Brajesh
- Anmol Chadha as Arjun
- Kundan Negi as Akash’s Uncle
- Asif Ali as Head Constable Ram Pratap
- Chandan Kumar as Narayan
- Abhishek Kumar as Sonu
- Raj Sharma as Informer
- Sadanand Patil as SHO Ajay Vishwas
- Virendra as Gopi
Storyline:
Delhi Crime is based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape case that took place in the neighbourhood of Munirka, in South Delhi. The series follows the story in the aftermath of the gang rape, where Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vartika Chaturvedi is tasked to find the culprits responsible for the assaults and subsequent death of the female victim.
About Delhi Crime (Season 1) Web Series:
Delhi Crime is an Indian police procedural crime drama web series written and directed by Richie Mehta. Creative manager Chirag Shah and produced by Golden Karaven, Ivanhoe Productions, Film Karavan and Poor Man’s Productions. The series star Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, Adil Hussain and Rajesh Tailang.
Richie Mehta decided to write a script based on the events during the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder incident. He then conceived the idea of Delhi Crime during a conversation with Neeraj Kumar, the former Commissioner of the Delhi Police, who introduced him to the investigating team and provided access to several legal documents that were prepared as part of the investigation. Mehta also sought permission from the victim’s family. He spoke to several police personnel involved in the case and tried “retracing the paths that the police took during the course of the investigation.”
It took Mehta six years to finish his research, adding that the writing part of the film which began in 2014 took place for more than four years, since he had to meet the cops and had to return to Canada to put his research work altogether, which took him more time. Mehta initially wanted to make it as a feature film, but as he continued the research, he realised that he could not fit the content in that length.
The series spans six days, covering the period between 16 December and 21 December 2012, from the incident to the final arrest. The film went on floors in Delhi in January 2018 after taking permission from the Delhi police and the victim’s family, and was shot over the course of 62 days.
The shooting commenced in Delhi, mostly on the roads and no sets were used.
Before the shoot, Neeraj Kumar called the entire cast including Shefali Shah, to brief them about police hierarchy, the rank structure, body language of the police and the works so as to find the series to be an authentic depiction of the police on account of these briefings.
Delhi Crime’s 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. It received critical acclaim, with praise for its performances, writing, and depiction of the real-life case that inspired it. At the International Emmy Awards held in November 2020, Delhi Crime became the first Indian series to receive the award for Best Drama Series.
The show was renewed for a second season with the main cast returning. The second season premiered on 26 August 2022.
