Delhi
Crime
created
history
by
being
the
first
Indian
origin
show
to
win
an
International
Emmy.
Created
by
Richie
Mehta,
the
web
series
retold
the
horrific
2016
Delhi
gang
rape
incident.
Actor
Adil
Hussain,
who
plays
a
police
commissioner
in
the
series,
explained
what
set
Delhi
Crime
apart
from
other
series
of
the
same
genre.
In
an
interview
with
Hindustan
Times,
Adil
said,
"It
was
unlike
any
other
series
that
came
out
until
2019
from
India,
which
didn't
resort
to
unnecessary
violence,
cuss
words
or
cleverness.
There
was
pure
respect
for
the
incident
that
happened,
and
extreme
responsibility
with
sensitivity."
He
continued,
"I
haven't
seen
any
show
before
Delhi
Crime
which
had
all
these
qualities.
There
was
a
lot
of
craft
and
wisdom.
People
make
series
which
only
talk
about
darkness
with
no
sense
of
aesthetics
in
it,
that's
what
has
won
according
to
me.
Everybody
can
make
a
series
on
an
incident
of
this
scale,
but
would
again
take
advantage
of
the
violence
in
order
to
capture
the
so-called
attention
of
people.
It
can
be
extremely
engaging
even
if
you
don't
use
words
which
are
unnecessarily
un-aesthetic."
When
asked
how
he
got
cast
in
the
series,
Adil
said
that
director
Richie
Mehta
is
a
close
friend
of
his,
and
that
he
wanted
to
live
in
Delhi
for
a
few
months.
"He
approached
me
for
this
series,
and
wanted
me
to
play
a
role.
I
told
him
'give
me
a
role
which
doesn't
have
more
than
three-four
days
of
shoot
required
in
a
month!',
he
said
the
police
commissioner
would
be
perfect," he
said.
He
also
confirmed
that
he
will
be
featuring
in
the
second
season
of
the
series.
Delhi
Crime
won
the
Best
Drama
award
at
the
48th
International
Emmys.
It
also
starred
Shefali
Shah,
Rajesh
Tailang,
and
Rasika
Dugal
among
others.