Today, on the 29th of January at 10:00 AM IST and 28th of January, 8:30 PM PT we announced the acquisition of the first season of Delhi Crime. The series will be premiering at the Sundance Film Festival’s Indie Episodic Section. This seven-part police-procedural thriller written and directed by award-winning Indo-Canadian filmmaker Richie Mehta, will be available to Netflix members worldwide from March 22, 2019. The creative partners will be presenting the series at Sundance. Deadline will be breaking this news before it goes wide.
Season 1 of Delhi Crime is inspired by and follows the notorious December 2012 investigation by the Delhi Police into a devastating rape of a young woman that reverberated across India and the world. Throughout seven hour-long episodes, Delhi Crime captures the complexities of the scrutiny, the emotional toll on the investigating team, and their determination to bring the perpetrators to justice in a fraught environment.
The formidable and critically lauded cast includes Shefali Shah (Monsoon Wedding, Juice), Adil Hussain (Life of Pi, Hotel Salvation), Denzil Smith (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel), Rasika Dugal (Qissa, Manto), Rajesh Tailang (Siddharth, Selection Day) and Yashaswini Dayama (Dear Zindagi, The Odds).
The Anthology Series will return to Netflix for two more seasons.