Sundance 2023: Richie Mehta's 'Poacher', his love for procedurals & humanising law enforcement
1 year, 10 months ago

Sundance 2023: Richie Mehta's 'Poacher', his love for procedurals & humanising law enforcement

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It’s not been very long since Richie Mehta became a widely known name in India. The last four years have seen Mehta deeply immersed in Poacher – another cop procedural culminating into India’s largest ivory raid – whose first three episodes premiered at this year’s Sundance film festival. With an eclectic cast including names like Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Nimisha Sajayan Roshan Mathew and KaniKusruthi – the show features Mehta’s trademark observations of mundane procedure yielding the most extraordinary results. A still from Poacher Like Delhi Crime, even Poacher depicts India’s law enforcement in arguably its finest hour – where the ‘broken’ system apparently works, and culprits are brought to justice. And I’ve gotten to know the real people behind the characters in Delhi Crime – the women especially – they’re some of the most remarkable people I’ve ever met in my life.

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Delhi Crime 2 director Tanuj Chopra defends show's graphic depiction of violence
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi Crime 2 director Tanuj Chopra defends show's graphic depiction of violence

Hindustan Times  

The second season of the acclaimed true crime thriller show Delhi Crime is streaming. However, many viewers have been taken aback by the show’s graphic depiction of violence, a departure from the first season. Talking about the reason for the graphic depiction, he adds, “We could show things in this season, which we couldn’t earlier. So, the crime scenes can …

‘Delhi Crime’ Season 2 series review: Chasing the moon’s shadow
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Delhi Crime’ Season 2 series review: Chasing the moon’s shadow

The Hindu  

August 26, 2022 02:25 pm | Updated 09:03 pm IST After an impactful first season, Delhi Crime returns with a new case that is obviously not as intense as Nirbhaya’s gang rape and murder, but has enough substance to keep us engrossed and invested. Based on Moon Gazer, a chapter from ex-top cop Neeraj Kumar’s book Khaki Files, the moral …

Delhi Crime S2 Review: Not all cops are Singhams or Sooryavanshis, some are Shefali Shah's Vartika
2 years, 4 months ago

Delhi Crime S2 Review: Not all cops are Singhams or Sooryavanshis, some are Shefali Shah's Vartika

India Today  

"We can't police the lifestyles of the wealthy nor the aspirations of the less privileged. Vartika and her team are still struggling with the issues they faced in Season 1 of Delhi Crime. This time, Vartika Chaturvedi is dealing with an ominous gang brutally killing senior citizens in Delhi while navigating the right and the wrong. Delhi Crime Season 1 …

Darlings, Mai to Delhi Crime: Powerful shows on OTT, that are shining examples of women power
2 years, 5 months ago

Darlings, Mai to Delhi Crime: Powerful shows on OTT, that are shining examples of women power

India TV News  

Women are portrayed in pivotal roles on screen that break stereotypes and showcase progress. Netflix titles such as Delhi Crime, Mai, Darlings, The Fame Game and Aranyak feature strong female protagonists who anchor the plot and stand up for themselves. Delhi Crime Season 1 Winner of the Best Drama Series at the 48th International Emmy Awards, Delhi Crime is a …

There is no shortage of drama in Indian news: Delhi Crime filmmaker Richie Mehta
4 years, 1 month ago

There is no shortage of drama in Indian news: Delhi Crime filmmaker Richie Mehta

India Today  

Filmmaker Richie Mehta’s labour of love, Delhi Crime, which he spent four years researching and writing, had its moment of glory on November 23 when it became the first Indian series to win an International Emmy award. Inspired by the true events in the immediate aftermath of the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape case in Delhi, the Netflix show won the best …

Delhi Crime’s International Emmy win paves the way for a much-needed rise in realistic storytelling
4 years, 1 month ago

Delhi Crime’s International Emmy win paves the way for a much-needed rise in realistic storytelling

Firstpost  

As far as cop stories go, Delhi Crime and Netflix original film, Soni, which dropped around the same time, broke the mould from what we’ve been used to seeing in this country. It’s been less than 48 hours since the 48th International Emmy Awards, and the resounding echoes of praise from local quarters have yet to die down for Netflix’s …

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat Feb 28 episode: Delhi riots were pre-meditated, planned days in advance
4 years, 10 months ago

Opinion | Aaj Ki Baat Feb 28 episode: Delhi riots were pre-meditated, planned days in advance

India TV News  

As Friday prayers passed off peacefully in the riot affected areas of North East Delhi, the official death toll rose to 42 as four more people succumbed to injuries in hospital. Delhi Police special investigation team and forensic experts went through evidences found from former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain's building and the nearby drain from where corpses were recovered. India …

Delhi Crime Season 2: Real-life IAS officer Abhishek Singh to feature in second instalment of Netflix's cop drama
4 years, 10 months ago

Delhi Crime Season 2: Real-life IAS officer Abhishek Singh to feature in second instalment of Netflix's cop drama

Firstpost  

The second season of Delhi Crime will feature real-life IAS officer Abhishek Singh, according to a press release. The first season of Delhi Crime, led by Shefali Shah, is inspired by and follows the December 2012 investigation by the Delhi Police into the rapeof a young woman that reverberated across India and the world. Throug seven hour-long episodes, Delhi Crime …

Flexible with the facts, Delhi Crime offers good fiction
5 years, 9 months ago

Flexible with the facts, Delhi Crime offers good fiction

Hindustan Times  

In its first season, Delhi Crime – created, written and directed by director Richie Mehta – presents a fictionalised take on the police investigation of the capital-city gang rape of December 16, 2012. A scene from Delhi Crime True to the tradition of police procedural shows, Delhi Crime tells us a story of good cops in a world that keeps …

Delhi Crime on Netflix Review: Nirbhaya and our sentiments revisited, April 2019
5 years, 9 months ago

Delhi Crime on Netflix Review: Nirbhaya and our sentiments revisited, April 2019

Op India  

It took some deliberation to decide whether to watch Delhi Crime on Netflix, or not. From then Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s memoir, Citizen Delhi: While people of all ages took to the streets and held candlelight vigils, their anger and anguish palpable in their eyes, our government appeared non-responsive. Even as I quietly reached out to Nirbhaya’s family to …

Netflix’s ‘Delhi Crime’: Delving into the 2012 Delhi gang rape
5 years, 9 months ago

Netflix’s ‘Delhi Crime’: Delving into the 2012 Delhi gang rape

The Hindu  

At the outset Delhi Crime establishes two things. That however far back into your memory you may have pushed back the heinous Delhi Gang Rape of 2012, it’s a wound that continues to fester. Thankfully Delhi Crime doesn’t go back to the crime in itself, there is no gratuitous visual detailing and elaborate dramatisation but the very mention of an …

Delhi Crime: Netflix series based on 2012 gangrape case is brutal and relentless, but can’t be missed
5 years, 9 months ago

Delhi Crime: Netflix series based on 2012 gangrape case is brutal and relentless, but can’t be missed

Firstpost  

Delhi Crime is bound to make you uncomfortable when you’re forced to reconcile with the fact that you’re binging on the story of trauma. One of the great conflicts of watching Netflix’s new series Delhi Crime, is whether to recommend the show to others or not. It’s a show that reminds us of something that we’re all perhaps aware of …

Delhi Crime: Director Richie Mehta on his vision to create a project that gives viewers a sense of catharsis
5 years, 9 months ago

Delhi Crime: Director Richie Mehta on his vision to create a project that gives viewers a sense of catharsis

Firstpost  

Filmmaker Richie Mehta was in Delhi the morning of 17 December, which would come to be known as one of the city’s most testing days. “I said that I don’t think there should be a film about this, it’s not a position for me to take… I was asked to read some of the documents on the case [available in …

Firstpost at Sundance: Netflix's Delhi Crime reconstructs 2012 gang-rape case with sensitivity, not sensationalism
5 years, 9 months ago

Firstpost at Sundance: Netflix's Delhi Crime reconstructs 2012 gang-rape case with sensitivity, not sensationalism

Firstpost  

Though the incident Delhi Crime addresses happened over six years ago, it does not limit the urgency of the show’s narrative. Editor’s note: This article was originally published after the premiere of the first two episodes of Delhi Crime at Sundance Film Festival 2019. More than six years after that crucial turning point in India’s collective consciousness, filmmaker Richie Mehta …

Delhi Crime to stream on Netflix from March 22
5 years, 11 months ago

Delhi Crime to stream on Netflix from March 22

India TV News  

Delhi Crime, a seven-part series written and directed by award winning Indo-Canadian filmmaker Richie Mehta, will be available on Netflix from March 22, 2019. "The making of Delhi Crime has been a personally transformative journey.Speaking to every individual involved, retracing the paths that the police took during the course of the investigation, and hearing of the determination that it took …

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