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Mumbai Crime

Crime stories from the Indian Sub-Continent. A curated series of audio fiction podcasts from award-winning creators Ayeesha Menon, Nadir Khan and John Scott Dryden recorded in Mumbai, India. Each season is released in one drop and all episodes are ad-free. Season 1 is the Sony Award-winning ten-part thriller, “Q&A” starring Anand Tiwari based on the best-selling novel by Vikas Swarup. Mumbai Crime is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.

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Latest Episodes:

7.2 Six Suspects 'Shabna Saxena' Oct 02, 2023

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Episode 2 of our 10 part series Six Suspects.

Arun tell us all about Shabna Saxena, the Bollywood star whom Vicky Rai wants to control. In this episode, stardom, a devoted fan and a terrible secret.

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CAST:

ARUN ADVANI, an investigative journalist Rajit Kapur

VICKY RAI, a rich Delhi playboy Zafar Karachiwala

MAMTA RAI, a politician and Vicky’s mother Radhika Mital

MUNNA MOBILE, a mobile phone thief Anand Tiwari

SHABNAM SAXENA, a Bollywood actress Shernaz Patel

LARRY PAGE, an America tourist Gary Richardson

EKETI, a tribesman Rohit Malkani

ASHOK RAJPUT, a welfare officer Kenny Desai

CHAMPI / DRUNK GIRL IN CAR Radhika Apte

RESHMA / BARKHA DAS Anahita Uberoi

RITU Ira Dubey

BILAL / INSPECTOR BRAR Ankur Vikal

SAIRA / RUBY GILL Megha Burman

PAPPU PAGER Jaimini Pathak

Chief Minister PandEy/Chief MElambe/

Abu KhalEd Jayant Kripalani

DETECTIVE GUPTA, private detective. Kenny Desai

ABU TECHNICAL / TRIBESMAN Pushan Kripalani

ABU OMAR / BIDDY/ DRIVER Nadir Khan

JAY CHATERJEE / JUDGE MISHRA Sohrab Ardeshir

GULABO / MRS GILL / REPORTER Ayeesha Menon

RAMAN JOHAR / BILL BAKSHI Ashwin Mushran

ELIZABETH BROOKNER Karla Singh

INSPECTOR YADAV Ravi Khote

SOHRAB Caran Arora

PRODUCTION TEAM:

Line Producer in India Nadir Khan

Assistant Director Toral Shah

Photography Ameet Mallapur

Script Editor Mike Walker

Sound Ayush Ahuja

Additional Editing Steve Bond

Music Sacha Putnam

Sound Design Nick Russell-Pavier

Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon from the novel by Vikas Swarup

Produced and Directed by John Dryden

SIX SUSPECTS was recorded in Mumbai, India

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7.1 Six Suspects 'Munna Mobile' Sep 26, 2023

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All deaths are not equal. There’s a caste system – even in murder....

The debut novel of Indian diplomat, Vikas Swarup’s was made into Oscar winning film SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. It was also turned into a rather good radio serial “Q&A”, first heard here on Radio 4. Now the team behind the Sony award-winning “Q&A” has gone to work on Swarup’s second novel – SIX SUSPECTS. Inspired by a true story, it’s a murder mystery set in modern day India… presented by investigative journalist, Arun Advani.

He is following the story of Vicky Rai, a nasty trust fund baby who shoots a waitress for not serving him a drink. Across the ten episodes, Arun weaves a tale of the lives Vicky Rai has destroyed as he tries to solve the murder of a murderer.

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Questions@goldhawkproductions.org

CAST:

ARUN ADVANI, an investigative journalist Rajit Kapur

VICKY RAI, a rich Delhi playboy Zafar Karachiwala

MAMTA RAI, a politician and Vicky’s mother Radhika Mital

MUNNA MOBILE, a mobile phone thief Anand Tiwari

SHABNAM SAXENA, a Bollywood actress Shernaz Patel

LARRY PAGE, an America tourist Gary Richardson

EKETI, a tribesman Rohit Malkani

ASHOK RAJPUT, a welfare officer Kenny Desai

CHAMPI / DRUNK GIRL IN CAR Radhika Apte

RESHMA / BARKHA DAS Anahita Uberoi

RITU Ira Dubey

BILAL / INSPECTOR BRAR Ankur Vikal

SAIRA / RUBY GILL Megha Burman

PAPPU PAGER Jaimini Pathak

Chief Minister PandEy/Chief MElambe/

Abu KhalEd Jayant Kripalani

DETECTIVE GUPTA, private detective. Kenny Desai

ABU TECHNICAL / TRIBESMAN Pushan Kripalani

ABU OMAR / BIDDY/ DRIVER Nadir Khan

JAY CHATERJEE / JUDGE MISHRA Sohrab Ardeshir

GULABO / MRS GILL / REPORTER Ayeesha Menon

RAMAN JOHAR / BILL BAKSHI Ashwin Mushran

ELIZABETH BROOKNER Karla Singh

INSPECTOR YADAV Ravi Khote

SOHRAB Caran Arora

PRODUCTION TEAM:

Line Producer in India Nadir Khan

Assistant Director Toral Shah

Photography Ameet Mallapur

Script Editor Mike Walker

Sound Ayush Ahuja

Additional Editing Steve Bond

Music Sacha Putnam

Sound Design Nick Russell-Pavier

Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon from the novel by Vikas Swarup

Produced and Directed by John Dryden

SIX SUSPECTS was recorded in Mumbai, India

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6.1 Scenes from a Crime [One Off Special] Aug 21, 2023

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A man with no memory finds himself outside a flat in a tenement block in Mumbai. With no idea of who he is or how he got there he tries, with the help of a street-child, to piece together fragments of his life. A thriller from writer/director John Dryden set and recorded on the streets of Mumbai.

Cast:

Man - Vivek Madan

Child - Faezeh Jalali

Couple – Siddharth Menon and Shivani Tanksale

Neighbour – Suhaas Ahuja

Nita – Prerna Chawla

Homeless Woman – Ayeesha Menon

Buddy - Namit Das

Production:

Editor – Ayeesha Menon

Producer – Preetika Chawla

Production Manager - Ratnabali Bhattacharjee

Written, Recorded and Directed by John Dryden

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5.2 The Chosen One 'Another Leaves' Jul 17, 2023

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This episode is part two of our two part special: The Chosen one. In the last episode, Prithi joined Ravi Baba’s religious commune. She was asked to give up her possessions and her phone and begin the process of abandoning who she once was; to discover her identity within the community. She had her own agenda however and snuck off to make a call on a phone she’d hidden from them. When she was caught she was taken away in the night and left in the dark. In this episode, we find out Prithi’s purpose and her fate as she comes face to face with Ravi Baba.

Cast:

PRITI - Yuki Ellias,

RAVI BABA - Anand Tiwari,

HONEY - Shernaz Patel,

CRYSTAL - Abir Abrar,

VYRAS - Vivek Madan,

PRINCE - Sukant Goel

Other parts: Prerna Chawla, Shikha Talsania, Nadir Khan and Chaitnya Sharma.

Producer - Nadir Khan

Director - Avi Garvi

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5.1 The Chosen One 'One Enters' Jul 10, 2023

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THE CHOSEN ONE by Avi Garvi

Part 1 of 2

A thriller, set in India, inspired by real events. A young woman, Prithi, attempts to join a secretive religious commune and tries to win the trust of the groups’ leader the charismatic motorbike-loving Ravi Baba. But, as her freedoms are gradually stripped away, it becomes clear that she is not a genuine convert. Is she a police informer trying to gather evidence against the group, a journalist trying to get a scoop or does she have some other agenda?

Cast:

PRITI - Yuki Ellias,

RAVI BABA - Anand Tiwari,

HONEY - Shernaz Patel,

CRYSTAL - Abir Abrar,

VYRAS - Vivek Madan,

PRINCE - Sukant Goel

Other parts: Prerna Chawla, Shikha Talsania, Nadir Khan and Chaitnya Sharma.

Producer - Nadir Khan

Director - Avi Garvi

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4.4 Undercover City S2 'Checkmate' Jun 05, 2023

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In the last episode, Alia and Ratna tracked the killer down to the college. While they were interviewing suspects there another student, Meenakshi, turned up dead on the roof. Alia worked out that the killer must have thrown her off the roof and then dragged her back up to the top so she was looking at the flag of India. And beforehand Meenakshi had been stopped from coming forward to the police by her friend Faisal. Circling on the killer's motive and MO, Alia and Ratna turn their attention to Faisal.

We are planning a Q & A Episode! If you want to know more about what we do here at Mumbai Crime, now is your chance. Send any questions or comments you have to questions@goldhawkproductions.org.

CAST

Alia – Prerna Chawla

Ratna – Shivani Tanksale

Jamal - Kenny Desai

Bala – Prabal Panjabi

Yamraj – Abhay Mahajan

Meenakshi – Ratnabali Bhattacharjee

Faisal – Prashant Prakash

Mrs Gomes – Radhika Mital

Senior Inspector Desai – Rajit Kapur

The Hotel Manager – Joy Sengupta

Principal Pandey – Sohrab Ardeshir

Inspector Siddiqui – Adhir Bhat

Home Minister – Satchit Puranik

Dhruv – Neil Bhoopalam

Shaina Patel – Preetika Chawla

Ensemble – Vivek Madan & Nadir Khan

PRODUCTION

Sound Recordist – Ayush Ahuja

Sound Design - Steve Bond

Script Editor – Phillip Shelley

Assistant Producer - Toral Shah

Producer - Nadir Khan

Music - Sacha Putnam.

Writer - Ayeesha Menon

Director - John Scott Dryden

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4.3 Undercover City S2 'God of Justice' May 29, 2023

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Disgraced police inspector Alia Khan is enlisted to help catch a serial killer whose preferred location for his crimes is the rooftop of the hotel where Alia is receptionist. Teaming up with rookie Inspector Ratna Shinde, it soon becomes clear that the murderer is trying to communicate something to Alia through the victims themselves.

CAST

Alia – Prerna Chawla

Ratna – Shivani Tanksale

Jamal - Kenny Desai

Bala – Prabal Panjabi

Yamraj – Abhay Mahajan

Meenakshi – Ratnabali Bhattacharjee

Faisal – Prashant Prakash

Mrs Gomes – Radhika Mital

Senior Inspector Desai – Rajit Kapur

The Hotel Manager – Joy Sengupta

Principal Pandey – Sohrab Ardeshir

Inspector Siddiqui – Adhir Bhat

Home Minister – Satchit Puranik

Dhruv – Neil Bhoopalam

Shaina Patel – Preetika Chawla

Ensemble – Vivek Madan & Nadir Khan

PRODUCTION

Sound Recordist – Ayush Ahuja

Sound Design - Steve Bond

Script Editor – Phillip Shelley

Assistant Producer - Toral Shah

Producer - Nadir Khan

Music - Sacha Putnam.

Writer - Ayeesha Menon

Director - John Scott Dryden

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4.2 Undercover City S2 'Team Up' May 22, 2023

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After a young girl is murdered on the rooftop of the hotel she is working in Alia can’t resist looking into it. The police want to enlist her help officially as she is on the scent of the killer…

CAST

Alia – Prerna Chawla

Ratna – Shivani Tanksale

Jamal - Kenny Desai

Bala – Prabal Panjabi

Yamraj – Abhay Mahajan

Meenakshi – Ratnabali Bhattacharjee

Faisal – Prashant Prakash

Mrs Gomes – Radhika Mital

Senior Inspector Desai – Rajit Kapur

The Hotel Manager – Joy Sengupta

Principal Pandey – Sohrab Ardeshir

Inspector Siddiqui – Adhir Bhat

Home Minister – Satchit Puranik

Dhruv – Neil Bhoopalam

Shaina Patel – Preetika Chawla

Ensemble – Vivek Madan & Nadir Khan

PRODUCTION

Sound Recordist – Ayush Ahuja

Sound Design - Steve Bond

Script Editor – Phillip Shelley

Assistant Producer - Toral Shah

Producer - Nadir Khan

Music - Sacha Putnam.

Writer - Ayeesha Menon

Director - John Scott Dryden

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4.1 Undercover City S2 'Hotel Killer' May 15, 2023

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This is the first episode of our second instalment of Undercover City. A series about a young female detective Alia Khan trying to do her job and find justice in a male dominated police force. If you haven’t heard the first series you can go back and listen on the feed.

**Spoilers Below**

In this episode, disgraced police inspector Alia Khan seeks a life of obscurity as a receptionist in a run down Mumbai hotel. But murder soon comes knocking at her door. Second series of the crime drama set and recorded on location in India. Written by Ayeesha Menon and directed by John Dryden.

CAST

Alia – Prerna Chawla

Ratna – Shivani Tanksale

Jamal - Kenny Desai

Bala – Prabal Panjabi

Yamraj – Abhay Mahajan

Meenakshi – Ratnabali Bhattacharjee

Faisal – Prashant Prakash

Mrs Gomes – Radhika Mital

Senior Inspector Desai – Rajit Kapur

The Hotel Manager – Joy Sengupta

Principal Pandey – Sohrab Ardeshir

Inspector Siddiqui – Adhir Bhat

Home Minister – Satchit Puranik

Dhruv – Neil Bhoopalam

Shaina Patel – Preetika Chawla

Ensemble – Vivek Madan & Nadir Khan

PRODUCTION

Sound Recordist – Ayush Ahuja

Sound Design - Steve Bond

Script Editor – Phillip Shelley

Assistant Producer - Toral Shah

Producer - Nadir Khan

Music - Sacha Putnam.

Writer - Ayeesha Menon

Director - John Scott Dryden

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3.10 The Seventh Test 'The Noose' Apr 10, 2023

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The Noose - Sapna must revisit her past to make sense of her present. But nothing can prepare her what she finds there.

Cast:

Sapna – Rasika Dugal

Acharya – Vijay Chrishna

Karan – Neil Bhoopalam

Nirmila Ben / Rosie – Radhika Mital

Sapna’s Mother – Shernaz Patel

Raja – Sumeet Vyas

Kuldeep Singh / Roaji – Rajit Kapur

Neha – Amrita Puri

Priya Capoor / Pushpa / Female Judge – Ayesha Raza

Badan Singh / Politician / Constable – Kenny Desai

Madan – Vivek Madan

Neelam / Babli – Prerna Chawla

Rent Collector – Satchit Puranik

Production:

Sound Design - Steve Bond

Editing Assistant – Varun Bangera

Script Editor - Mike Walker

Assistant Producer - Toral Shah

Producer - Nadir Khan

Music - Sacha Putnam

Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and John Dryden from the novel “ACCIDENTAL APPRENTICE” by Vikas Swarup.

Director - John Scott Dryden

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