Guilty Minds
Guilty Minds is an Indian Hindi-language legal drama streaming television series on Amazon Prime Video. The series is written and directed by Shefali Bhushan[1] and Jayant Digambar Somalkar. This series stars Shriya Pilgaonkar,[2] Varun Mitra, Sugandha Garg, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and Satish Kaushik in the lead.[3][4][5]
| Guilty Minds | |
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 promotional poster | |
| Genre | Legal drama |
| Created by | Shefali Bhushan |
| Written by |
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| Directed by | Shefali Bhushan Jayant Digambar Somalkar |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Sagar Desai |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Shefali Bhushan |
| Producer | Karan Grover |
| Cinematography | Siddharth Srinivasan |
| Editor | Navnita Sen |
| Running time | 45–50 minutes |
| Production company | A Singro Media Innovation PVT LTD Production |
| Distributor | Amazon Prime Video |
| Release | |
| Original network | Amazon Video |
| Original release | 22 April 2022 |
Cast
- Shriya Pilgaonkar[6] as Kashaf Quaze
- Varun Mitra as Deepak Rana
- Sugandha Garg as Vandana Kathpalia
- Namrata Sheth as Shubhangi Khanna
- Satish Kaushik as Tajinder Bhalla
- Kulbhushan Kharbanda as L N Khanna
- Benjamin Gilani as Munawwar Quaze
- Pranay Pachauri as Shubhrat Khanna
- Diksha Juneja as Riya Singh
- Sadhana Singh as Mumtaz
- Deepak Kalra as Kitu Bhalla
- Chitrangada Satarupa as Sunanda Bose
- Virendra Saxena as Vishwambar Chauhan
- Karishma Tanna as Mala
- Suchitra Krishnamurthy
- Dinker Sharma as Hasan
- Akshay Baghel as Abhijeet
- Vasundhara Kaul as Antara
- Arun kalra as Shamsher Khanna
- Hans Dev Sharma as Dilrah Khanaa
- Atul Kumar
- Suhita Thatte
Reception
Guilty Minds received positive to mixed reviews.
Shubhra Gupta from The Indian Express writes, "This is a well-done, well-acted show. My only quibble is the banal title ‘Guilty Minds’, which feels un-nuanced for a show which says everyone is innocent until they are proved guilty, and maybe not even then. Just by virtue of the fact that one of the lead characters is Muslim, whose unresolved childhood trauma can belong to anyone– religion, caste, creed no bar– makes it a big win, given our times."[7]
Abhimanyu Mathur from Hindustan Times writes that "It is refreshing to see the courtrooms of India depicted as how they are, and hats off to showrunner Shefali Bhushan for that."[8]
References
- "Guilty Minds: Shefali Bhushan opens up about casting female protagonist for the legal drama series". Pinkvilla. 19 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- "Shriya Pilgaonkar attended court hearings to understand her 'Guilty Minds' character". The Times Of India. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- "Guilty Minds Review: Shriya Pilgaonkar Is Mesmerising In A Legal Series With A Mellow Sense Of Drama". NDTV. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- "Guilty Minds trailer: Shriya Pilgaonkar and Varun Mitra promise an intriguing legal drama". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- "Amazon Prime to stream new original 'Guilty Minds' on 22 April". Mint. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- "'Guilty Minds': Shriya Pilgaonkar And Varun Mitra Talk About Visiting A Real Court For The Preparation Of Their Characters". ABP News. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- "Guilty Minds review: All-desi, hugely entertaining and thought-provoking". The Indian Express. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- "Guilty Minds review: Amazon series brings refreshing realism to courtroom dramas but ends up as an uneven show". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 23 April 2022.