Delhi Crime Season 2 Review: Watch this crime drama for its gripping story and excellent performances without comparing with first season
Delhi Crime Season 2 Web Series Rating: 2.5 Stars
Just watched Delhi Crime Season 2 web series on Netflix. So let’s analyze the cast, release date, story, positive/negatives and at last my personal view on this web series.
Cast: Shefali Shah, Rajesh Tailang, Rasika Duggal, Adil Hussain, Anurag Arora, and Gopal Dutt
Director: Tanuj Chopra
Release Date: 26th May 2022 (On Netflix)
Duration: 5 Episodes/ 40 Minutes
Story: 11 months have passed since DCP Vartika Chaturvedi (Shefali Shah) of Delhi South District and her team solved the brutal gang-rape case. Her daughter Chandni (Yashaswini Dayama) has moved to Toronto, Canada. Vartika is struggling to maintain cordial relations with her. On the other hand, Neeti Singh (Rasika Dugal) is now the ACP and she, too, is having a tough time juggling between doing her duties and spending time with her hubby Devinder (Aakash Dahiya).
On the morning of November 16, 2013, they get the information that Rakesh Arora, his wife Romila Arora and their guests, the Menon’s, have been brutally murdered in Arora’s palatial residence in the Greater Kailash area. Vartika is shocked to see the way the killers had literally butchered the senior citizens. The culprits also run away with cash and jewellery from the house. Thankfully for the cops, the house had several CCTV cameras through which they realize that a group of three men, wearing vests and shorts, are the killers.
Bhupendra (Rajesh Tailang) who works under Vartika reminds her that they seem to be a part of the Kaccha Baniyan gang. It was a group of notorious criminals who used to similarly attack people and escape with their valuables. However, the gang was active in the 90s and was last seen in 2003. The murder case becomes trending news everywhere and moreover, the CCTV footage gets leaked to a news channel. Hence, the Kaccha Baniyan gang connection spreads like wildfire.
Vartika is admonished by her senior Kumar Vijay (Adil Hussain) for the leak. While she and his team are busy solving the case and finding out who leaked the footage, a second murder takes place in Saket. Kumar Vijay asks Vartika to bring on board Viren Chaddha (Kuldeep Sareen) who was an ex-SHO from Patel Nagar Police Station and has had many years of experience dealing with the Kaccha Baniyan gang members.
Viren is extremely prejudiced towards the DNTs (denotified tribes) who was a part of this profession. A huge team of Delhi Police raids Shahdara and rounds up hundreds of men and women. It is now the responsibility of the police to find out who among them must have committed the crimes. Will Delhi police able to find the real criminals.
Positives
1. Excellent performances
2. Cinematography
3. Direction
4. Story
Negatives
1. Climax
2. Length
3. Screenplay
4. Dialogues
Durgesh Tiwary’s View : When I watched the trailer planned to watch this series on premiere day because loved the first season and this one also looks very raw and engaging.
DCP Vartika Chaturvedi of Delhi Police and her able team of officers, spring into action after the capital is terrorised by a series of violent attacks and gruesome killings of senior citizens. All evidence points to the notorious Kachcha Baniyan gang who were last active in the 90’s. Are the killers amateurs or seasoned criminals?
Based on a chapter from former Commissioner of Delhi Police, Neeraj Kumar’s book, season 2 takes us back into the dark alleys and criminal underbelly of Delhi. While the violence isn’t suppressed, the gaze is more sensitive than exploitative. The narrative begins on a formulaic note. There is the crime, and then the police go through the investigation and find the clues. The presence or the lack-off (clues) takes the proceedings forward with high-level pressure mounting on them, courtesy of an internal media leak. Screenplay is taut and captivating in initial episodes but gets a bit dragging in last few episodes. Moreover, unlike the first season, the thrill quotient is lesser this time.
The first season was inspired by the 2012 Delhi gang rape case. It is an unforgettable episode for the country and moreover, the case also involved the culprits running away to different places after committing the crime. However this season is gripping in parts but slow screenplay can test your patience. Excessive use of English dialogues may not goes well with some viewers. Apart from that last two episodes unnecessarily dragged can be shorter and Climax could have been more impactful. Overall, this season is not as legendary as the first season but nevertheless, it’s worth watching for its taut script, gripping execution no-nonsense approach and excellent performances. My view on this web-series Recommended Only if you like crime dramas based on true incidents, and don’t mind the slow pace.
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