We hope this is the first win of many for Indian stories that are watched and appreciated by the world," said Monika Shergill, Vice President, Content, Netflix India. Delhi Crime the Netflix police procedural series created by Richie Mehta was awarded Best Drama Series at the 2020 International Emmy Awards on Monday, which took place socially distanced. Winning Best Drama Series is a testament to the brilliance of India's outstanding creative community. "Led by Richie Mehta, the amazing cast and crew told an important story with sensitivity and responsibility. The series stars Shefali Shah, Rajesh Tailang, Rasika Dugal and Adil Hussain. Over six years of research went into the making of the series, which was shot on location in New Delhi. It captures the complexities of the scrutiny, and the emotional toll on the investigating team. The Netflix series is fictionalised version based on the horrific December 2012 Delhi bus gangrape case and follows the investigation by the Delhi Police. The show has become the first Indian programme to win an International Emmy. The web series has won the Best Drama Series award at the 48th International Emmy Awards. The entire team from start to finish should take a bow for giving their all to this vision," he added. "'Delhi Crime' is a complete labour of love, born out of sadness, anger, frustration, and ultimately, compassion. And I hope none of us ever forget that," he said.Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) Indo-Canadian filmmaker Richie Mehta is humbled by the International Emmy win for his web series, Delhi Crime, and says it is the culmination of years of work by hundreds of people.Ĭelebrating the win, Mehta, director and screenwriter of the series, said: "I never anticipated getting here - it's the culmination of years of work by hundreds of people, sometimes in total isolation and defiance." Delhi Crime director Richie Mehta and producer Pooja Kohli talk about the background to the Hindi-language miniseries, which dramatises an infamous gang. Not a day goes by when I don't think about you both and what the world subjected you two to. The series Delhi Crime was developed by Laurence Bowen and Toby Bruce.
It was created, written, and directed by Richie Mehta.
The series Delhi Crime includes crime, drama, and anthology. There is no official announcement about the release date of Delhi Crime Season 2. "Finally the fearless and tireless hero of all mothers and her daughter. Maybe the series Delhi Crime Season 2 will be released in late 2021.
He paid a special tribute to the victim and her mother. This is for the courage of those women and all the women who not only endure the violence that so many men inflict on them, but then are tasked with solving the problem," said Mehta. "The project was led by women, it was financed and put together and released by women. In 2013, Mehta released two films he wrote and directed - Siddharth (which premiered at the Venice Film Festival, before receiving over 25 International Awards) and Ill Follow You Down, a science fiction. His first feature film, Amal, was released in 2008, and was nominated for Best Motion Picture and Best Director at the 29th Genie Awards. In his acceptance speech, writer-director Mehta thanked all the producers, the OTT platform Netflix that streams the show, the casting crew and the cast, with a special mention of Shefali Shah, his parents and wife, the Sundance Film Festival, and the Delhi police team headed by "Neeraj Kumar and the amazing Chhaya Sharma" that helped them bring the show alive. Richie Mehta is a Canadian film director and writer.
As soon as the show is declared winner in the Drama Series category, Shefali can be heard reacting with delirious joy. Shefali posted a video on her official Instagram page that shows the award being announced. And why the police mannerisms are on point. Shefali Shah as DCP Vartika Chaturvedi Rajesh Tailang as Inspector Bhupendra Singh Rasika Dugal as Neeti Singh (IPS Trainee) Anurag Arora as Sub-Inspector Jairaj Singh Jaya Bhattacharya as Sub-Inspector. The series is set in the aftermath of the 2012 Delhi gang rape. It premiered on Netflix on March 22, 2019.
Writer-director Richie Mehta's seven-episode series has Shefali Shah in the central role of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vartika Chaturvedi, and narrates the story of investigation in the aftermath of the heinous Delhi gang-rape of December 2012. Why I told Richie Mehta to make ‘Delhi Crime’, but didn’t visit the sets Neeraj Kumar, the former Delhi Police Commissioner, writes about his role in the making of Netflix’s ‘Delhi Crime’. Delhi Crime is an Indian crime drama TV series directed and written by Richie Mehta.