In a huge victory for an Indian web series on an international platform, Netflix’s Delhi Crime has taken home the Best Dramatic Series award at the 48th International Emmy Awards. The show is a fictional account of the 2012 gang rape and murder case in Delhi, with Shefali Shah playing a deputy police commissioner tasked with finding the culprits and dealing with the aftermath of the brutal crime.
Director Richie Mehta dedicated the award to “all women” during the virtual ceremony. “I dedicate this award to all the women who not only endure the violence that so many men inflict on them, but who then have the task of solving the problem. Finally, to the tireless mother and her daughter. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about you two and what the world put down on you two. And I hope none of us forget that, ”he said in his speech.
An exultant Shefali Shah, who played the police on the show, shared a clip from the awards show where she can be heard saying ‘oh my god’.
India had also earned nominations in the category of Best Actor (Arjun Mathur, Made in Heaven) and Best Comedy Series (Four More Shots Please). The awards went to actor Billy Barratt for Responsible Child and Ninguem Ta Olhando (Nobody’s Looking) respectively.
In other major categories, Glenda Jackson won Best Actress for Elizabeth Is Missing. Vertige De La Chute (Ressaca) from France won the award for Best Artistic Programming while Responsible Child took the award for Best Miniseries. The awards were presented by Richard Kind from an empty theater in New York City, given the coronavirus pandemic.
The winners list
Best Drama Series: Delhi Crime (India)
Best Comedy Series: Ninguem Ta Olhando (Nobody’s Looking) (Brazil)
Best TV Movie / Miniseries: Responsible Child (UK)
Best Actress: Glenda Jackson, Elizabeth Is Missing (UK)
Best Actor: Billy Barratt, Responsible Child (UK)
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