Made a History; Netflix's Delhi Crime wins Best Drama Series award at the International Emmy Awards 2020
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Mumbai, November 24: A proud movement for the Indian Entertainment industry at an international platform, as creating history for the first time Indian made Netflix web series Delhi Crime won the Drama Series award at International Emmy Awards 2020.
The International Emmy Awards Twitter handle announced the news of the major achievement. It read, "The International Emmy for Drama Series goes to "Delhi Crime" produced by @GoldenKaravan/@skglobalent/ @NetflixIndia, #India! #iemmys #iemmyWIN."
The International Emmy for Drama Series goes to “Delhi Crime” produced by @GoldenKaravan / @skglobalent / @NetflixIndia, #India!#iemmys #iemmyWIN pic.twitter.com/kA5pHCuTC4
— International Emmy Awards (@iemmys) November 23, 2020
Delhi Crime is a fictionalised crime drama, based on the painstaking investigation into the 2012 Delhi gang-rape. It is helmed by Richie Mehta's directorial. The short film starring Shefali Shah, Rasika Dugal, Adil Hussain, Rajesh Tailang, Vinod Sherawat, Denzil Smith, Gopal Dutt, Yashaswini Dayama, and Jaya Bhattacharya.
OMGGGGGGGGGGGG OMGGGGGGGGGGGG OMGGGGGGGGGGGG#DelhiCrime@_AdilHussain @rajeshtailang @NetflixIndia @KaplanAaron @RasikaDugal @RichieMehta @TulseaTalent @CastingChhabra @GoldenKaravan pic.twitter.com/aNYaBZ0kao
— Shefali Shah (@ShefaliShah_) November 23, 2020
Delhi Crime is the first program from India to win an Emmy award. It premiered on Netflix in March 2019 to rave reviews. The 7-part series has a rating of 8.5 on IMDb.
In his acceptance speech, writer-director Mehta thanked all the producers, the OTT platform Netflix that streams the show, the casting crew, and the cast, with a special mention of Shefali Shah, his parents and wife, the Sundance Film Festival, and the Delhi police team headed by "Neeraj Kumar and the amazing Chhaya Sharma" that helped them bring the show alive.
Watch Tom Payne (@justanactor) & Indira Varma (@indyv9) present the Emmy to 2020 Drama Series Winner "Delhi Crime" at the 48th International Emmy Awards. #iemmys #iemmyWINhttps://t.co/s915NEzm7p
— International Emmy Awards (@iemmys) November 24, 2020
Besides Delhi Crime, another Indian show, Amazon Prime Video's Four More Shots Please, was also nominated for the Best Comedy Series, and Made In Heaven's Arjun Mathur was also nominated for the Best Actor award for the same Amazon Original, however, they were lost out against tough competitors.
The 48th International Emmy Awards was held virtually due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. There was no red carpet or stage audience. Popular actor Richard Kind hosted the event live from an empty theatre in New York City.
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