International Emmy 2020: Delhi Crime wins for Best Drama Series

The Netflix series Delhi Crime has won the Best Drama Series award at the 48th International Emmy Awards held virtually this year owing to the ongoing COVID19 pandemic The show becomes the first Indian programme to win an International Emmy The news was confirmed by the International Emmy Awards on its official page on Twitter The International Emmy for Drama Series goes to Delhi Crime produced by GoldenKaravan skglobalent NetflixIndia tweeted iemmys with the tags India iemmys and iemmyWINWriterdirector Richie Mehtas sevenepisode series has Shefali Shah in the central role of DCP Vartika Chaturvedi and narrates the story of investigation in the aftermath of the heinous Delhi gangrape of December 2012Shefali posted a video on her official Instagram page that shows the award being announced As soon as the show is declared winner in the Drama Series category Shefali can be heard reacting with delirious joy Although we dont see her in the video she can be heard shrieking Oh my God several times OMGGGGGGGGGGGG OMGGGGGGGGGGGG OMGGGGGGGGGGGG she wrote as the caption to the videoView this post on InstagramA post shared by Shefali Shah shefalishahofficialAlso readShefali Shah on the Emmy nomination for Delhi Crime I dont know another show that deserves this moreIn his acceptance speech writerdirector Riche 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 aliveThe International Emmy for Drama Series goes to ldquoDelhi Crimerdquo produced by GoldenKaravan skglobalent NetflixIndia Indiaiemmys iemmyWIN pictwittercomkA5pHCuTC4mdash International Emmy Awards iemmys November 23 2020The project was led by women it was financed and put together and released by women this crime was solved by women this is for the courage of those women and all the women who not only endure the violence that so many men inflict on them but then are tasked with solving the problem said MehtaHe paid a special tribute to the victim and her mother Finally the fearless and tireless hero of all mothers and her daughter Not a day goes by when I dont think about you both and what the world subjected you two to And I hope none of us ever forget that he saidThe fictionalised crime drama series also features Rasika Dugal Adil Hussain Rajesh Tailang Avijit Dutt Gopal Dutt Jaya Bhattacharya Denzil Smith and Yashaswini Dayama in pivotal rolesAlso readShefali Shah on Delhi Crime Harnessed my pain anger into the roleAdil Hussain tweeted his congratulations to the whole team Delhi Crime wins the Emmy iemmys International Awards for Best Drama Congratulations RichieMehta unmatchable ShefaliShah dearest rajeshtailang and whole team Big Big Congratulations he wrote with smiley and fireworks emojis OMG delhicrime grabs iemmys Congratulations to the whole team tweeted Rajesh TailangIndia had also bagged nominations in the Best Actor category 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 Nobodys Looking respectivelyIn other major categories Glenda Jackson won the Best Actress Award for Elizabeth Is Missing Vertige De La Chute Ressaca from France won the Best Arts Programming award while Responsible Child bagged the Best MiniSeries Award The awards were hosted by Richard Kind from an empty theatre in New York City given the coronavirus pandemicHeres the winners listBest Drama Series Delhi Crime IndiaBest Comedy Series Ninguem Ta Olhando Nobodys Looking BrazilBest TV MovieMiniSeries Responsible Child United KingdomBest Actress Glenda Jackson Elizabeth Is Missing United KingdomBest Actor Billy Barratt Responsible Child United KingdomBest ShortForm Series Martyisdead Czech RepublicBest NonEnglish Language US Primetime Program 20th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards and Reina Del Sur Season 2Best Telenovela Orfaos Da Terra Orphans Of A Nation BrazilBest Documentary For Sama United KingdomBest Arts Programming Vertige De La Chute Ressaca FranceBest NonScripted Entertainment Old Peoples Home For 4 Year Olds AustraliaKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest newsWith inputs from IANS and ANI