Mumbai Crime: Recent Episodes
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Crime stories from the Indian Sub-Continent. A curated series of audio fiction podcasts from award-winning creators Ayeesha Menon 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.
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
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
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
The search for a missing husband leads Police Inspector Alia Khan to the Tandoori restaurant where he was last seen.
Undercover City is written by Ayeesha Menon and executive produced by John Scott Dryden and Nadir Khan. Sound design was by Steve Bond and music by Sacha Puttnam.
Cast: Inspector Alia Khan - Prerna Chawla, Nakul - Anand Tiwari, Inspector Desai - Rajit Kapur, Mrs Gomes - Radhika Mittal, Popo - Rohit Malkani, Alia’s father - Zafar Karachiwala, Vikram Naresh – Darius Shroff, Commissioner Kripalani - Jayant Kripalani. Other parts: Karan Pandit, Faezeh Jalali, Anahita Oberoi, Devika Shahani-Punjabi, Sohrab Ardeshir, Kenny Desai, Nadir Khan, Vivek Madan, Ayeesha Menon and Ankur Vikal.
Undercover City is a Goldhawk Production.
A new police detective series that shines a light on the real victims of political corruption. When an abandoned baby is rescued from a gutter, it falls on the only female police officer on hand, Alia Khan to look after it. It leads her on an investigation into the dark heart of Indian politics.
Undercover City is written by Ayeesha Menon and executive produced by John Scott Dryden and Nadir Khan. Sound design was by Steve Bond and music by Sacha Puttnam.
Cast: Inspector Alia Khan - Prerna Chawla, Nakul - Anand Tiwari, Inspector Desai - Rajit Kapur, Mrs Gomes - Radhika Mittal, Popo - Rohit Malkani, Alia’s father - Zafar Karachiwala, Vikram Naresh – Darius Shroff, Commissioner Kripalani - Jayant Kripalani. Other parts: Karan Pandit, Faezeh Jalali, Anahita Oberoi, Devika Shahani-Punjabi, Sohrab Ardeshir, Kenny Desai, Nadir Khan, Vivek Madan, Ayeesha Menon and Ankur Vikal.
Undercover City is a Goldhawk Production.
Thomas is one question away from winning the billion-rupee prize – and the producers, who can’t afford the pay-out, will do anything to stop him. But Thomas is not on the show just for the money...
Thomas is finally stumped by a question he doesn’t know the answer to. His thoughts lead him back to his first love Nita, a young prostitute he met in Agra. When she is physically abused by one of her clients, Thomas knows what he has to do…
Only two questions away from the billion-rupee prize, Thomas, draws on his experience as an unofficial guide at the Taj Mahal. His friendship with another homeless kid – elective mute, Shankar – leads to a cruel twist of fate and a horrific discovery…
Only two questions away from the billion-rupee prize, Thomas, draws on his experience as an unofficial guide at the Taj Mahal. His friendship with another homeless kid – elective mute, Shankar – leads to a cruel twist of fate and a horrific discovery…
As Thomas gets closer to the billion-rupee prize, he must answer a difficult question about famous Bollywood Tragedy Queen, Neelima Kumari. Fortunately for him, he was once her house-boy, witnessing how the tragedies she played out on screen...become a part of her real life…
With two years of his salary strapped to his belt, Thomas boards a train back to Mumbai….only to be woken up in the middle of the night by bandits.
Next is a question from the world of cricket… Fortunately, a chance encounter with his best friend, Salim - who tells of how he got his revenge on the notorious beggar master, Babu, who had tried to maim them as children – provides Thomas with the answer.
The next question on the TV show “Who Will Win A Billion” takes Thomas to his teenage years, when, working as the houseboy of Australian defence attaché, Colonel Taylor, he becomes embroiled in espionage.
Adopted from an orphanage by evil gangster, Babu, Thomas and his friend Salim are taken to Mumbai where they are to be maimed and put on the streets to beg.
Now sixteen, Thomas lives in a decrepit slum in Mumbai with his best friend Salim. When Shantaram, an alcoholic ex-government scientist, down on his luck, moves in next door with his wife and daughter, Thomas has to protect them from his violent outbursts – with tragic consequences
Thomas is a contestant on the hit Indian TV show “Who Will Win A Billion”...As he ponders over the first question, his thoughts drift back to his childhood in Delhi – a baby abandoned on the steps of a church and brought up by well-meaning priest, Father Francis, until he is abandoned yet again
Introducing Season One of Mumbai Crime. “Q&A” is an immersive ten-part thriller, recorded on the streets of Mumbai, about a street-kid who wins a place on a TV quiz show.
MUMBAI CRIME is joining the Radiotopia Network. We are honoured and thrilled to have been invited to join Radiotopia, home to some of our favourite podcasts including PASSENGER LIST, EAR HUSTLE and EVERYTHING IS ALIVE. It’s an exciting move for MUMBAI CRIME and will help us reach even more listeners with our curated series of thrillers and mysteries from India. As part of this move to the Radiotopia network, your old feed of MUMBAI CRIME will disappear. But don’t worry, it will appear again on a new feed from the Radiotopia Network starting on 15th August. We have many more seasons in store for you in the coming months so please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Now working as a houseboy in the home of Australian defense attaché, Colonel Taylor, Thomas becomes embroiled in espionage.
Cast: Anand Tiwari as Thomas, Sohrab Ardeshir as Prem Kumar, Henry Goodman as Colonel Taylor, Jaimini Pathak as Jai.
Next is a question from the world of cricket. Fortunately, a chance encounter with his best friend, Salim - who tells of how he got his revenge on the notorious beggar master, Babu, who had tried to maim them as children – provides Thomas with the answer.
Cast: Nadir Khan as Salim, Jayant Kripalani as Ahmad bhai, Anand Tiwari as Thomas, Sohrab Ardeshir as Prem Kumar.
With two years of his salary strapped to his belt, Thomas boards a train back to Mumbai… only to be woken up in the middle of the night by bandits.
Cast: Anand Tiwari as Thomas, Sohrab Ardeshir as Prem Kumar, Ratnabali Bhattacharjee as Meenakshi, Trikash Karkera as Akshay, Jayant Kripalani as Father, Devika Shahani-Punjabi as Mother, Rajit Kapur and Pushan Kripalani as the Dacoits.
As Thomas gets closer to the billion-rupee prize, he must answer a difficult question about the famous Bollywood Tragedy Queen, Neelima Kumari. Fortunately for him, he was once her house-boy, witnessing how the tragedies she played out on screen... become a part of her real life.
Cast: Anand Tiwari as Thomas, Sohrab Ardeshir as Prem Kumar, Caran Arora as Young Thomas, Radhika Mital as Neelima Kumari.
Only two questions away from the billion-rupee prize, Thomas, draws on his experience as an unofficial guide at the Taj Mahal. His friendship with another homeless kid – elective mute, Shankar – leads to a cruel twist of fate and horrific discovery.
Cast:Anand Tiwari as Thomas, Sohrab Ardeshir as Prem Kumar, Rohit Malkani as Shankar, Devika Shahani-Punjabi as Swapna Devi, Jamini Pathak as Darshan.
Thomas is finally stumped by a question he doesn’t know the answer to. His thoughts lead him back to his first love Nita, a young prostitute he met in Agra. When she is physically abused by one of her clients, Thomas knows what he has to do.
Cast: Anand Tiwari as Thomas, Sohrab Ardeshir as Prem Kumar, Radhika Apte as Nita, Jaimini Pathak as Neeraj, Kenneth Desai as Utpal.
Now sixteen, Thomas lives in a decrepit slum in Mumbai with his best friend Salim. When Shantaram, an alcoholic ex-government scientist moves in next door with his wife and daughter, Thomas has to protect them from his violent outbursts – with tragic consequences.
Cast: Anand Tiwari as Thomas, Sohrab Ardeshir as Prem Kumar, Kenneth Desai as Shantaram, Pooja Ruparel as Gudiya, Nadir Khan as Salim.
Thomas is one question away from winning the billion-rupee prize – and the producers, who can’t afford the pay-out, will do anything to stop him. But Thomas is not on the show just for the money.
Cast:Anand Tiwari as Thomas, Sohrab Ardeshir as Prem Kumar, Jayant Kripalani as the TV Producer, Rohit Malkani as Vikas
Adopted from an orphanage by a cruel gangster known as Babu, Thomas and his friend Salim are taken to Mumbai where they are to be maimed and put on the streets to beg.
Cast: Anand Tiwari as Thomas, Sohrab Ardeshir as Prem Kumar, Caran Arora as Young Thomas, Armaan Malik as Young Salim, Vikrant Chaturvedi as Babu.
Street kid, Thomas, wins the Indian game show “Who Will Win A Billion” - scooping the billion-rupee prize on live TV. But not everyone is convinced he did it on his own.
Cast: Anand Tiwari as Thomas, Sohrab Ardeshir as Prem Kumar, Henry Goodman as Father Francis, Caran Arora as Young Thomas, Rajit Kapur as Father John.