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Delhi Crime

★ 8.4 31K votes 2019–present 3 seasons · 18 episodes Returning Series Netflix
Indian TVIndian television traditions across Hindi and regional industries.This show: 9/10GrittyRaw, unglamorous realism in both look and subject matter.This show: 9/10NaturalisticUnderstated, lifelike performances and look.This show: 8/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Shefali ShahRasika DugalRajesh TailangAnurag AroraGopal DattSidharth Bhardwaj
Written by
Richie Mehta
Starring
Shefali ShahRasika DugalRajesh TailangAnurag AroraGopal DattSidharth Bhardwaj
Written by
Richie Mehta
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
03006009001k

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About

"Procedural grief rendered with unflinching, documentary-style restraint"

Delhi Crime dramatizes real investigations run by Delhi's police, starting with the harrowing 2012 case that shook the city and expanding into other manhunts across its seasons. Told almost entirely from the cops' point of view, it's procedural in the truest sense: exhausted officers, bureaucratic pressure, and painstaking legwork rather than shootouts or twists. The tone is somber and restrained, carried by understated performances and a refusal to sensationalize violence. It's slow-burning and heavy, but grounded and quietly devastating rather than exploitative, with a real sense of institutional weight behind every decision.

Watch it for

the lead performance grounding a grueling, procedurally exact portrait of police work under pressure.

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you want fast-paced thrills rather than slow, heavy, process-driven realism.

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All Seasons

Season 12019
8.34K75h 58m
As Delhi reels in the aftermath of a gang rape, DCP Vartika Chaturvedi leads a painstaking search for the culprits. Inspired by the 2012 Nirbhaya case.
Season 22022
7.72K53h 39m
When a chain of distinctly grisly murders suggests the return of a feared criminal gang, DCP Vartika heads the case under media and public pressure. Inspired by the Chaddi Baniyan Gang.
Season 32025
6.82K64h 42m
Season 3 focuses on human trafficking, as two different cases unfold: one with Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Vartika Chaturvedi (Shah) investigating a truck full of missing young women; and the other by Neeti Singh IPS (Dugal), who is trying to find the mother of an abused baby that was abandoned at the hospital. Inspired by the 2012 Baby Falak case.

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Shefali Shah DCP Vartika Chaturvedi
Rasika Dugal Neeti Singh, Neeti Singh (IPS Trainee)
Rajesh Tailang Inspector Bhupendra Singh, Bhupendra, Bhupendra Singh
Anurag Arora Sub-Inspector Jairaj Singh, Jairaj Singh
Gopal Datt Sub-Inspector Sudhir Kumar, Sudhir Kumar
Sidharth Bhardwaj Sho Subhash Gupta, Subash Gupta
Jaya Bhattacharya Sub-Inspector & Juvenile Welfare Officer Vimla Bhardwaj, Vimla Bhardwaj
Adil Hussain Kumar Vijay (CP)
Yashaswini Dayama Chandni 'Chandu', Chandni Chaturvedi, Chandni
Denzil Smith Vishal Chaturvedi

Crew

Richie Mehta
Tanuj Chopra

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