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Delhi Crime (2019)

2019 · Crime,Drama · dramatized-true-crime, crime-procedural

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Delhi Crime is a sober, procedural dramatization of the 2012 Delhi gang-rape investigation, told entirely from the perspective of the Delhi Police officers who worked around the clock to apprehend six accused within five days. Anchored by Shefali Shah's career-defining performance, the show is less interested in the crime itself than in the institutional machinery — the budget constraints, the inter-departmental pressures, the psychological toll on officers and their families — required to bring the case to court. It is a prestige Indian crime drama with the texture of a documentary, deeply rooted in a specific national wound, and it demands that viewers sit with both rage and respect for the people caught inside a broken system trying to do their jobs.

From the reviewers

Shefali Shah lives and breathes the character of Vartika Chaturvedi.
the interrogation scene between Delhi Police and remorseless Jai Singh, who was proud of his misdeed
Delhi Crime has been told from the Delhi Police's point of view - how their lives got impacted along with their family during those 5 days of strenuous investigation, working endlessly at the police station and not even being allowed to go back home.
The series is a wonderful commentary on the restricted budgetary resources at the disposal of those who are in charge of the case, namely the police; the limited manpower assigned to them; and the pressure, both political, public, as well as from the media, which stands in the way of proper investigation.
Shefali Shah, one of India's finest actresses, delivers a powerhouse performance with not a single false note. Her extraordinarily charismatic and imperious presence never takes away from her constant understanding of the human core that drives this character, resulting in a true portrait of strength and compassion. Just an expression in her eyes speaks more than a million words.

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