Netflix series Delhi Crime wins International Emmy for Best Drama

 

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The intense show has been directed by Richie Mehta, and covers the police procedure against the backdrop of the 2012 Delhi gangrape case.

The International Emmy Awards were constituted way back in 1973 with the aim of focusing on shows that had international appeal as well as universal resonance.

Now, a second season of the series is being worked upon, the details of which are not quite known, according to a report by IE. Here’s a look at what sets the now International Emmy-winning series Delhi Crime apart.

Delhi Crime

In a first for Indian shows, Netflix original series Delhi Crime won an International Emmy Award for Best Drama on Monday in the 48th edition of the awards. The seven-part series became the first-ever Indian programme to receive the prestigious International Emmy award. There were 44 nominees from 20 countries across 11 categories in the ceremony. The intense show has been directed by Richie Mehta, and covers the police procedure against the backdrop of the 2012 Delhi gangrape case 

The International Emmy Awards were constituted way back in 1973 with the aim of focusing on shows that had international appeal as well as universal resonance.

Now, a second season of the series is being worked upon, the details of which are not quite known, according to a report by IE. Here’s a look at what sets the now International Emmy-winning series Delhi Crime apart.

Set against the backdrop of the shocking gangrape that took place in Delhi in December 2012, the show stars Shefali Shah, Rasika Duggal and Rajesh Tailang in the lead roles. The show focuses on the aftermath of the crime in a fictionalised dramatisation, the report adds. Mehta attempts to unfold the story via the police investigation to nab the culprits of the incident, which has come to be known as the Nirbhaya case among the people of the country. In an earlier interview, IE quoted Mehta as saying that soon after the incident, in 2013, he hadn’t deemed it appropriate to make a film about the incident and the case, because the verdict had just been announced. The Indo-Canadian filmmaker was in India when the horrific incident occurred.

He went on to explain how he got hooked onto the case. When he was in India back then, he had met with a former Commissioner of Delhi Police Neeraj Kumar, who was his family friend. Kumar had suggested that Mehta make a film on the case, and after Mehta expressed his reservations about it being too soon, Kumar told him to read the verdict when it came out, after which Kumar would introduce him to the officers involved in the investigation. Upon reading the verdict, Mehta was shocked by the details, and proceeded to ask the investigators several questions to look at them not just as cops investigating a case, but also as human beings dealing with such an incident up close.