


The Indian Express' Shubhra Gupta wrote that the "expertly shot" series "shows that crime does lead, as it should, to punishment," though it falls short when it focuses on exploring the police officers' backstories. "Delhi Crime comes across as such an elaborate exercise to valorize the Delhi Police that it actually seems deeply insensitive," her piece reads. Huffington Post India's Piyasree Dasgupta wrote that she was not only skeptical of the subject matter in general, but she also thought it was "almost a love letter" to the police involved. Reviews have been mixed ahead of Delhi Crime's debut to a mainstream audience. "I realized that this analysis of hunting these guys is also a way of understanding why these things happen." The verdict detailed the manhunt and who these people were and how they were found," Mehta told the outlet in the same article above. "After I read the verdict and met some of the officers involved, I was amazed.
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Richie Mehta, the director of the series, told the South China Morning Post that he initially thought it'd be "inappropriate for anyone" to make a TV series out of the tragedy, but he eventually saw merit in the endeavor. So, it's likely to explore another ripped-from-the-headlines story following its current one. It's a heartbreaking story, and it appears it might not be the only one the series will tell.ĭeadline reported in January that the series was meant to be an anthology, and was picked up by Netflix in a two-season order. Delhi Crime is based on the real-life Nirbhaya case, in which a medical student was allegedly assaulted and killed by five men and a teenager on a bus in New Delhi, according to the South China Morning Post. Netflix's upcoming project Delhi Crime takes on a horrifying story of rape and murder - one that those who kept up with India's 2012 headlines will know well.
