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Delhi Crime Season 1

Delhi Crime Season 1 is a MUST-WATCH, BollyMeter 9.0/10. 7 episodes on Netflix from 22 March 2019.

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BollyMeter9.0/10International Emmy Best Drama Series 2020; 94% on Rotten Tomatoes; Shefali Shah's career-defining performance and Richie Mehta's disciplined direction set the standard for Indian streaming crime drama.

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What BollyAI Thinks

Season 1 remains the high-water mark of Indian streaming crime drama. Richie Mehta's seven-episode account of the 2012 Delhi gang rape aftermath focuses not on the crime itself but on the police investigation under DCP Vartika Chaturvedi, played by Shefali Shah in a performance that became a reference point. Critics praised the restraint, the procedural precision, and the decision to humanise officers doing grinding institutional work under pressure. The International Emmy for Best Drama Series in 2020 confirmed its standing globally. The show is not without critics who raised questions about perspective and whose story is centred, but the craft consensus was near-unanimous.

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94%critics positive · n=178.5/10IMDb audience
  • Tautly staged and superbly performed, Delhi Crime works best when it sticks to trying to redress the horror of what happened that December night.
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