The protestors are portrayed as students with nothing better to do, and political campaigners stymie the police investigation.
It is curious then, that in a show with very clear villains – in the unrepentant Jai Singh, the main perpetrator of the crime, and his fellow rapists – other characters are also denigrated along with them. But if there’s one message Mehta wants to drive home, it’s that the Delhi police was not culpable. It’s not our fault this happened.” In reality, the man in question did go to the Hauz Khas police station on December 16 to file a complaint, but was dismissed by the police, enabling the rapists to keep driving that night. This revelation make Chaturvedi take a moment with her colleague Bhupinder (Rajesh Tailang) to wonder if the rape could have been prevented had this man complained to the police that night. After seeing the rape reported on TV, a man comes to the station to report that he had also been robbed and assaulted by the same men on the bus that night. While Delhi Crime is a fictionalized account of what happened, the choice to twist certain facts seems telling. It’s a disconcerting realization that the thesis of the seven episodes is that the Delhi police went above and beyond to catch the criminals, despite their investigation being hampered by the media, protestors, and politicians. But while we can credit Delhi Crime with not sensationalizing the gang rape, the show’s rhetoric around survivors, perpetrators, and the act of rape itself, is problematic at best, and at worst, actively harmful.ĭespite all the rave reviews for the show, one thing is certain - the Delhi police are shown in the best possible light. It means that viewers rely on their own memory of the events, those days when the entire country was finally shaken out of complacency. Mehta deftly weaves in details, while leaving others (like dramatizing the actual incident of the rape) out - a smart move considering the nature of the subject.
Through the eyes of DCP Vartika Chaturvedi, played by a faultless Shefali Shah, and her team, the ensuing manhunt to capture the six rapists of the Nirbhaya case provides the show with tight, fast-paced scenes, humming with tension. Netflix’s crime thriller, directed by Richie Mehta, traces the story of the police investigation following the brutal gang rape of a physiotherapy student in the nation’s capital, on 16 December 2012.
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