Delhi Crime
2019
Original language: Hindi
- crime
The story
Following the police force as they investigate high-profile crimes in Delhi, this series has seasons inspired by both real and fictional events.
What it’s like
Handheld, close-in camera work keeps the police procedural grounded in cramped stations, sweltering streets and dim interview rooms, with hard fluorescent light in the offices and the orange haze of Delhi dusk outside. The palette is dusty and warm, leaning on ochres, grey concrete and the sickly yellow of city lamps, while the score stays sparse, with low drones and occasional tense strings that swell and drop away rather than driving each scene. Its pacing is deliberate and sustained, built on long conversations, paperwork and the slow grind of tracing leads, and its tone is sober, heavy and quietly furious, shifting between exhausted tenderness and bursts of hard-won relief. The arc follows Vartika Chaturvedi, a senior officer who navigates corruption, public pressure and her own colleagues' indifference. The intensity is serious: the first season centres on a brutal gang rape and its aftermath, with sexual violence and crime-scene detail shown in restrained but unsparing terms, along with grief, threats and some graphic police-violence moments. It suits viewers who want a tense, realistic crime drama on a long weekend, rather than a gentle or escapist watch, and is best for those comfortable with heavy subject matter.
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