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1. RICHIE MEHTA ON DELHI CRIME SERIES
2. RICHIE MEHTA ON DELHI CRIME TV

RICHIE MEHTA ON DELHI CRIME TV

Richie Mehta directorial Delhi Crime is a fictionalised crime drama based on the investigation into the 2012 Delhi gang-rape case.ĭelhi Crime won the International Emmy Award, which has been constituted by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (IATAS), to recognise the best TV programmes produced and made outside the US. I asked him what was he doing earlier that day, and he said, ‘Trying to find a match for my daughter, but when they found out I was Delhi Police, they called it off, as I was not an IPS.’ I had to incorporate these details,” he said. Rajesh Tailang’s character was based on this officer of the STF. She is a sub-inspector, super tough, but the incident worried her. Like the lady cop on whom we based Vimla’s character… she was very concerned about her daughter going abroad and not coming back, which I then used for Vartika’s story. The lives they lead, that narrative was important to me. They are talking to criminals and suspects, and are often stuck in traffic with them. They gather vast data and information daily. “They (Delhi Police) are like psychologists. The script and the narrative go the extra mile to humanise the Delhi Police force.įor Mehta, it stemmed from the need to tell the stories behind the uniform. While the show was praised for its attention to detail and gripping narrative, it also received some flack for its overtly sympathetic portrayal of the Delhi Police. And, I really believe the crime was solved only because of DCP South’s response to it as a woman, as a person,” said Mehta.Īlso read | Ranveer Singh, Priyanka Chopra, Anushka Sharma and others congratulate team after Emmy win As a man, I couldn’t perhaps relate to it, but thought if a loved one is subjected to this, what would you do? And if you witness it as a stranger, do you intervene, and at what cost? That became my internal conflict, until I met these people who solved the crime. “We tend to become jaded when we hear of such incidents. We see the theme repeatedly reflected in the show. The rape case brought sexual crimes against women into the limelight, triggering a debate on the topic in mainstream society. The show was praised for its stark representation of the way women are treated and perceived in the country. Otherwise, the basis of the story, the verdict, is all in the public domain,” shared Mehta. And tiny details like how information on the scene of the crime - the bus - was gathered. “Three characters in the real story become one in the show.

The show, though very much rooted in the real incident, was tweaked in small parts. It charts the journeys of the cops as they nab the perpetrators of the crime.

The show is told through various police personnel, from DCP Vartika Chaturvedi (Shefali Shah), newly commissioned police officer Neeti Singh (Rasika Duggal) and a veteran cop Bhupender Singh (Rajesh Tailang). Those nuggets just caught on to me, and the way Delhi Police functions, not just as cops, but as human beings.” Delhi Crime won the International Emmy award for Best Drama Series. I talked to other Delhi Police officers, and those from the Special Task Force (STF) and asked them questions like whether they had talked to the suspect when they brought him back from Rajasthan. And later, I can introduce you to the officers involved.’ I read the verdict and was shocked by the details. He then said, ‘Just read the verdict, so you get a sense of the whole story.

He had seen my work and suggested I make a film on the case. “Six years ago, I was on another project here in Delhi, and met with the former Commissioner of Delhi Police (Neeraj Kumar), who happens to be a family friend. The verdict had just come out, and I happened to be in India when the incident took place in December 2012,” said Mehta, director and creator of Delhi Crime, in a previous interview to The Indian Express.īut the subject stuck with the Indo-Canadian filmmaker. “In 2013, when all of it was very recent, I thought it wasn’t appropriate to make a film on the case. The incident went on to be known as the Nirbhaya case in public memory. The story unfolds through the investigation initiated by the Delhi Police to nab the group of perpetrators. With Shefali Shah, Rajesh Tailang, and Rasika Duggal in the lead, it is a fictionalised dramatisation of its aftermath. So, what prompted Mehta to make Delhi Crime?ĭelhi Crime is set against the backdrop of the horrific rape that took place on Decemin the national capital.

RICHIE MEHTA ON DELHI CRIME SERIES

There is a second season of the web series in the works, this time with a different crime, but perhaps the same cast and characters.