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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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Ayeesha Menon takes Rudyard Kipling’s family classic and gives it a darker twist, re-imagining it in the concrete jungle of present-day India. A gangland coming-of-age fable.
In Episode four, deliveries, stolen gold and retribution as Mo tries his best to escape the Tiger.
Recorded in India
CAST:
Mo - Namit Das
Tiger Khan - Rajit Kapur
Mrs Gupta - Shernaz Patel
Mr Gupta- Zafar Karachiwala
Bugs - Sukant Goel
Yuva- Abir Abrar
Kala- Shikha Talsania
Rikita- Devika Shahani
Father Carvalho - Sohrab Ardeshir
Young Kala/Rani- Preetika Chawla
Young Mo - Omkar Kulkarni
Dimple - Trisha Kale
Bobby - Alka Sharma
Varun/Boy - Ajitesh Gupta
Amma - Prerna Chawla
Raksha- Shivani Tanksale
Rafiq & Naag- Tavish Bhattacharyya
Baldeo/Tabaqui/Purun Bhagat- Vivek Madan
Akhil - Nadir Khan
Written and directed by Ayeesha Menon
Producer, Nadir Khan
Executive Producer, John Scott Dryden
Ayeesha Menon takes Rudyard Kipling’s family classic and gives it a darker twist, re-imagining it in the concrete jungle of present-day India. A gangland coming-of-age fable.
In Episode three, showbiz, stunts and speeding trains as Mo goes behind the silver screen.
Recorded in India
CAST:
Mo - Namit Das
Tiger Khan - Rajit Kapur
Mrs Gupta - Shernaz Patel
Mr Gupta- Zafar Karachiwala
Bugs - Sukant Goel
Yuva- Abir Abrar
Kala- Shikha Talsania
Rikita- Devika Shahani
Father Carvalho - Sohrab Ardeshir
Young Kala/Rani- Preetika Chawla
Young Mo - Omkar Kulkarni
Dimple - Trisha Kale
Bobby - Alka Sharma
Varun/Boy - Ajitesh Gupta
Amma - Prerna Chawla
Raksha- Shivani Tanksale
Rafiq & Naag- Tavish Bhattacharyya
Baldeo/Tabaqui/Purun Bhagat- Vivek Madan
Akhil - Nadir Khan
Written and directed by Ayeesha Menon
Producer, Nadir Khan
Executive Producer, John Scott Dryden
Ayeesha Menon takes Rudyard Kipling’s family classic and gives it a darker twist, re-imagining it in the concrete jungle of present-day India. A gangland coming-of-age fable.
In Episode two, religion, politics and movies as Mo enters the lair of the tigers.
Recorded in India
CAST:
Mo - Namit Das
Tiger Khan - Rajit Kapur
Mrs Gupta - Shernaz Patel
Mr Gupta- Zafar Karachiwala
Bugs - Sukant Goel
Yuva- Abir Abrar
Kala- Shikha Talsania
Rikita- Devika Shahani
Father Carvalho - Sohrab Ardeshir
Young Kala/Rani- Preetika Chawla
Young Mo - Omkar Kulkarni
Dimple - Trisha Kale
Bobby - Alka Sharma
Varun/Boy - Ajitesh Gupta
Amma - Prerna Chawla
Raksha- Shivani Tanksale
Rafiq & Naag- Tavish Bhattacharyya
Baldeo/Tabaqui/Purun Bhagat- Vivek Madan
Akhil - Nadir Khan
Written and directed by Ayeesha Menon
Producer, Nadir Khan
Executive Producer, John Scott Dryden
Ayeesha Menon takes Rudyard Kipling’s family classic and gives it a darker twist, re-imagining it in the concrete jungle of present-day India. A gangland coming-of-age fable.
Mowgli, the orphan boy at the centre of the story, is being brought up by "the Wolves", a gang of petty criminals in a tenement block in Mumbai and quickly learns how to survive in that world. But when the villainous politician, Tiger Khan threatens Mowgli's life, two residents of the tenement block, "black panther" Bagheera and the "bear" Baloo, offer to help him escape and he embarks on a journey of self-discovery through the city, meeting "creatures" along the way who don't always have his best interests at heart.
Recorded in India
CAST:
Mo - Namit Das
Tiger Khan - Rajit Kapur
Mrs Gupta - Shernaz Patel
Mr Gupta- Zafar Karachiwala
Bugs - Sukant Goel
Yuva- Abir Abrar
Kala- Shikha Talsania
Rikita- Devika Shahani
Father Carvalho - Sohrab Ardeshir
Young Kala/Rani- Preetika Chawla
Young Mo - Omkar Kulkarni
Dimple - Trisha Kale
Bobby - Alka Sharma
Varun/Boy - Ajitesh Gupta
Amma - Prerna Chawla
Raksha- Shivani Tanksale
Rafiq & Naag- Tavish Bhattacharyya
Baldeo/Tabaqui/Purun Bhagat- Vivek Madan
Akhil - Nadir Khan
Written and directed by Ayeesha Menon
Producer, Nadir Khan
Executive Producer, John Scott Dryden
Alia Khan returns in this third series of Undercover City. This time, she must go undercover to infiltrate one of India's wealthiest families. In the series conclusion, betrayal, abduction and consequences, as Junaid and Alia attempt to make an arrest.
CAST
Alia – Prerna Chawla
Junaid – Tavish Bhattacharya
Ratna – Shivani Tanksale
Shahnaz- Shernaz Patel
Parvez – Rajit Kapur
Jaz – Sukant Goel
Roopkala – Lovleen Mishra
Popo - Rohit Malkani
Bhupinder – Aseem Hattangady
Patel – Jaimini Pathak
Roopkala's son – Ajitesh Gupta
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Dr. Rao - Sohrab Ardeshir
Dr. Rameshwari - Anahita Uberoi
Sam + Insp. Kaur + Ensemble – Vivek Madan
Pandey + Bartender + Ensemble – Nadir Khan
Nyla + Adele + Ensemble – Abir Abrar
Pooja + Ensemble - Kamakshi Rai
Boy – Dhruv Hemdev
PRODUCTION
Writer – Ayeesha Menon
Producer - Nadir Khan
Production Manager – Toral Shah
Production Assistant - Vivek Madan
Editing Assistant - Varrunn Bangera
Directed, recorded and edited by John Scott Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAlia Khan returns in this third series of Undercover City. This time, she must go undercover to infiltrate one of India's wealthiest families. In this episode, debts, lies and confirmations, as Junaid and Alia close in on the Ansari family.
CAST
Alia – Prerna Chawla
Junaid – Tavish Bhattacharya
Ratna – Shivani Tanksale
Shahnaz- Shernaz Patel
Parvez – Rajit Kapur
Jaz – Sukant Goel
Roopkala – Lovleen Mishra
Popo - Rohit Malkani
Bhupinder – Aseem Hattangady
Patel – Jaimini Pathak
Roopkala's son – Ajitesh Gupta
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Dr. Rao - Sohrab Ardeshir
Dr. Rameshwari - Anahita Uberoi
Sam + Insp. Kaur + Ensemble – Vivek Madan
Pandey + Bartender + Ensemble – Nadir Khan
Nyla + Adele + Ensemble – Abir Abrar
Pooja + Ensemble - Kamakshi Rai
Boy – Dhruv Hemdev
PRODUCTION
Writer – Ayeesha Menon
Producer - Nadir Khan
Production Manager – Toral Shah
Production Assistant - Vivek Madan
Editing Assistant - Varrunn Bangera
Directed, recorded and edited by John Scott Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAlia Khan returns in this third series of Undercover City. This time, she must go undercover to infiltrate one of India's wealthiest families. In this episode, cakes, clues and revelations, as Alia risks exposure to get to the truth.
CAST
Alia – Prerna Chawla
Junaid – Tavish Bhattacharya
Ratna – Shivani Tanksale
Shahnaz- Shernaz Patel
Parvez – Rajit Kapur
Jaz – Sukant Goel
Roopkala – Lovleen Mishra
Popo - Rohit Malkani
Bhupinder – Aseem Hattangady
Patel – Jaimini Pathak
Roopkala's son – Ajitesh Gupta
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Dr. Rao - Sohrab Ardeshir
Dr. Rameshwari - Anahita Uberoi
Sam + Insp. Kaur + Ensemble – Vivek Madan
Pandey + Bartender + Ensemble – Nadir Khan
Nyla + Adele + Ensemble – Abir Abrar
Pooja + Ensemble - Kamakshi Rai
Boy – Dhruv Hemdev
PRODUCTION
Writer – Ayeesha Menon
Producer - Nadir Khan
Production Manager – Toral Shah
Production Assistant - Vivek Madan
Editing Assistant - Varrunn Bangera
Directed, recorded and edited by John Scott Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAlia Khan returns in this third series of Undercover City. This time, she must go undercover to infiltrate one of India's wealthiest families. In this episode, lovers, friends, and stories turned on their heads, as Alia learns more about Nyla's life outside the family.
CAST
Alia – Prerna Chawla
Junaid – Tavish Bhattacharya
Ratna – Shivani Tanksale
Shahnaz- Shernaz Patel
Parvez – Rajit Kapur
Jaz – Sukant Goel
Roopkala – Lovleen Mishra
Popo - Rohit Malkani
Bhupinder – Aseem Hattangady
Patel – Jaimini Pathak
Roopkala's son – Ajitesh Gupta
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Dr. Rao - Sohrab Ardeshir
Dr. Rameshwari - Anahita Uberoi
Sam + Insp. Kaur + Ensemble – Vivek Madan
Pandey + Bartender + Ensemble – Nadir Khan
Nyla + Adele + Ensemble – Abir Abrar
Pooja + Ensemble - Kamakshi Rai
Boy – Dhruv Hemdev
PRODUCTION
Writer – Ayeesha Menon
Producer - Nadir Khan
Production Manager – Toral Shah
Production Assistant - Vivek Madan
Editing Assistant - Varrunn Bangera
Directed, recorded and edited by John Scott Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAlia Khan returns in this third series of Undercover City. This time, she must go undercover to infiltrate one of India's wealthiest families. In this episode, protests, bar fights and beauty clinics as Alia ventures deeper into the family's secrets.
CAST
Alia – Prerna Chawla
Junaid – Tavish Bhattacharya
Ratna – Shivani Tanksale
Shahnaz- Shernaz Patel
Parvez – Rajit Kapur
Jaz – Sukant Goel
Roopkala – Lovleen Mishra
Popo - Rohit Malkani
Bhupinder – Aseem Hattangady
Patel – Jaimini Pathak
Roopkala's son – Ajitesh Gupta
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Dr. Rao - Sohrab Ardeshir
Dr. Rameshwari - Anahita Uberoi
Sam + Insp. Kaur + Ensemble – Vivek Madan
Pandey + Bartender + Ensemble – Nadir Khan
Nyla + Adele + Ensemble – Abir Abrar
Pooja + Ensemble - Kamakshi Rai
Boy – Dhruv Hemdev
PRODUCTION
Writer – Ayeesha Menon
Producer - Nadir Khan
Production Manager – Toral Shah
Production Assistant - Vivek Madan
Editing Assistant - Varrunn Bangera
Directed, recorded and edited by John Scott Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAlia Khan returns in this third series of Undercover City. This time, she must go undercover to infiltrate one of India's Wealthiest Families. Dark secrets surround Alia's targets. Is it a terrible crime they’re hiding or are they trying to save face?
Find out now in series three of Undercover city…
CAST
Alia – Prerna Chawla
Junaid – Tavish Bhattacharya
Ratna – Shivani Tanksale
Shahnaz- Shernaz Patel
Parvez – Rajit Kapur
Jaz – Sukant Goel
Roopkala – Lovleen Mishra
Popo - Rohit Malkani
Bhupinder – Aseem Hattangady
Patel – Jaimini Pathak
Roopkala's son – Ajitesh Gupta
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Dr. Rao - Sohrab Ardeshir
Dr. Rameshwari - Anahita Uberoi
Sam + Insp. Kaur + Ensemble – Vivek Madan
Pandey + Bartender + Ensemble – Nadir Khan
Nyla + Adele + Ensemble – Abir Abrar
Pooja + Ensemble - Kamakshi Rai
Boy – Dhruv Hemdev
PRODUCTION
Writer – Ayeesha Menon
Producer - Nadir Khan
Production Manager – Toral Shah
Production Assistant - Vivek Madan
Editing Assistant - Varrunn Bangera
Directed, recorded and edited by John Scott Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesDramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass.
In this final episode, vengeance, justice and balance.
Mumbai Crime will return in May with the third series of 'Undercover City'...
Cast
Dina - Shernaz Patel
Ishvar - Kenneth Desai
Om - Ananad Tiwari
Maneck - Neil Bhoopalam
Rustom - Zafar Karachiwala
Ibrahim - Rajit Kapur
The Thakur - Jayant Kripalaini
Ashraf - Darshan Jariwala
Nusswan - Farid Currim
Ruby - Anahita Uberoi
Narayan - Vivek Madan
Young Dina - Tirtha Kotrial
Young Ishvar - Eshan Savla
Young Narayan - Samar Uraizee
Ensemble – Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan.
Production:
Music - Sacha Putnam
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Production Manager – Niloufer Sagar
Producer - Nadir Khan
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton Mistry
Director - John Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesDramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass.
In this episode, a retribution, an obsession and a secret revealed.
Cast
Dina - Shernaz Patel
Ishvar - Kenneth Desai
Om - Ananad Tiwari
Maneck - Neil Bhoopalam
Rustom - Zafar Karachiwala
Ibrahim - Rajit Kapur
The Thakur - Jayant Kripalaini
Ashraf - Darshan Jariwala
Nusswan - Farid Currim
Ruby - Anahita Uberoi
Narayan - Vivek Madan
Young Dina - Tirtha Kotrial
Young Ishvar - Eshan Savla
Young Narayan - Samar Uraizee
Ensemble – Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan.
Production:
Music - Sacha Putnam
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Production Manager – Niloufer Sagar
Producer - Nadir Khan
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton Mistry
Director - John Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesDramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass.
In this episode, an unwelcome occupation, a new apprentice and a visit from the master of beggars.
Cast
Dina - Shernaz Patel
Ishvar - Kenneth Desai
Om - Ananad Tiwari
Maneck - Neil Bhoopalam
Rustom - Zafar Karachiwala
Ibrahim - Rajit Kapur
The Thakur - Jayant Kripalaini
Ashraf - Darshan Jariwala
Nusswan - Farid Currim
Ruby - Anahita Uberoi
Narayan - Vivek Madan
Young Dina - Tirtha Kotrial
Young Ishvar - Eshan Savla
Young Narayan - Samar Uraizee
Ensemble – Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan.
Production:
Music - Sacha Putnam
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Production Manager – Niloufer Sagar
Producer - Nadir Khan
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton Mistry
Director - John Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesDramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass.
In this episode, a master plan, kinship and a wrecking ball.
Cast
Dina - Shernaz Patel
Ishvar - Kenneth Desai
Om - Ananad Tiwari
Maneck - Neil Bhoopalam
Rustom - Zafar Karachiwala
Ibrahim - Rajit Kapur
The Thakur - Jayant Kripalaini
Ashraf - Darshan Jariwala
Nusswan - Farid Currim
Ruby - Anahita Uberoi
Narayan - Vivek Madan
Young Dina - Tirtha Kotrial
Young Ishvar - Eshan Savla
Young Narayan - Samar Uraizee
Ensemble – Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan.
Production:
Music - Sacha Putnam
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Production Manager – Niloufer Sagar
Producer - Nadir Khan
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton Mistry
Director - John Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesDramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass.
In this episode, a tragedy, a rebellion and a getaway.
Cast
Dina - Shernaz Patel
Ishvar - Kenneth Desai
Om - Ananad Tiwari
Maneck - Neil Bhoopalam
Rustom - Zafar Karachiwala
Ibrahim - Rajit Kapur
The Thakur - Jayant Kripalaini
Ashraf - Darshan Jariwala
Nusswan - Farid Currim
Ruby - Anahita Uberoi
Narayan - Vivek Madan
Young Dina - Tirtha Kotrial
Young Ishvar - Eshan Savla
Young Narayan - Samar Uraizee
Ensemble – Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan.
Production:
Music - Sacha Putnam
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Production Manager – Niloufer Sagar
Producer - Nadir Khan
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton Mistry
Director - John Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesDramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass. Two tailors - uncle and nephew, Ishvar and Om - come to the city to escape from the caste violence in their native village. They are employed by a Parsi woman, Dina Dalal who runs a sweatshop from her apartment and is struggling to preserve her independence. She has a lodger too, a reluctant student, Maneck, from the mountains. As their initial suspicion of each other turns to friendship and then love, their lives take dramatic and often shocking turns against a backdrop of India in crisis, during “the Emergency” of the mid-1970s, a period marked by huge political unrest and human rights violations. A comedy, a tragedy, a story of the triumph of the human spirit under inhuman conditions.
Cast
Dina - Shernaz Patel
Ishvar - Kenneth Desai
Om - Ananad Tiwari
Maneck - Neil Bhoopalam
Rustom - Zafar Karachiwala
Ibrahim - Rajit Kapur
The Thakur - Jayant Kripalaini
Ashraf - Darshan Jariwala
Nusswan - Farid Currim
Ruby - Anahita Uberoi
Narayan - Vivek Madan
Young Dina - Tirtha Kotrial
Young Ishvar - Eshan Savla
Young Narayan - Samar Uraizee
Ensemble – Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan.
Production:
Music - Sacha Putnam
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Production Manager – Niloufer Sagar
Producer - Nadir Khan
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton Mistry
Director - John Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesJoseph tries to execute his deadly scheme. Martin Chuzzlewits must confront his family, and Thomas’ love triangle with Mary and Mickey comes to a head…
CAST:
Martin - Roshan Seth
Thomas - Karan Pandit
Mickey - Zafar Karachiwala
Pinto - Rajit Kapur
Mercy - Preetika Chawla
Charity - Ayeesha Menon
Anthony - Sohrab Ardeshir
Joseph - Nadir Khan
Mary - Nimrat Kaur
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Louis - Rohit Malkani
Doctor - Shernaz Patel
Monty - Arghya Lahiri
Manek - Vivek Madan
Young Mickey - Zaal Madon
Young Thomas - Nominath Ginsburg
PRODUCTION:
Produced by Nadir Khan
Music by Sacha Puttnam
Written by Ayeesha Menon
Directed by John Scott Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesMickey goes missing as his letters stop coming through to Mary. Meanwhile Montagues dubious scheme is exposed, and Thomas opens his heart to Mary…
CAST:
Martin - Roshan Seth
Thomas - Karan Pandit
Mickey - Zafar Karachiwala
Pinto - Rajit Kapur
Mercy - Preetika Chawla
Charity - Ayeesha Menon
Anthony - Sohrab Ardeshir
Joseph - Nadir Khan
Mary - Nimrat Kaur
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Louis - Rohit Malkani
Doctor - Shernaz Patel
Monty - Arghya Lahiri
Manek - Vivek Madan
Young Mickey - Zaal Madon
Young Thomas - Nominath Ginsburg
PRODUCTION:
Produced by Nadir Khan
Music by Sacha Puttnam
Written by Ayeesha Menon
Directed by John Scott Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesMickey’s troubles in Dubai grow worse as Joseph tries to pull the wool over Pinto’s eyes. Meanwhile Thomas’s feelings grow for Mickey’s fiancé, Mary, and a mysterious lodger with a terrible secret moves in next door …
CAST:
Martin - Roshan Seth
Thomas - Karan Pandit
Mickey - Zafar Karachiwala
Pinto - Rajit Kapur
Mercy - Preetika Chawla
Charity - Ayeesha Menon
Anthony - Sohrab Ardeshir
Joseph - Nadir Khan
Mary - Nimrat Kaur
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Louis - Rohit Malkani
Doctor - Shernaz Patel
Monty - Arghya Lahiri
Manek - Vivek Madan
Young Mickey - Zaal Madon
Young Thomas - Nominath Ginsburg
PRODUCTION:
Produced by Nadir Khan
Music by Sacha Puttnam
Written by Ayeesha Menon
Directed by John Scott Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesDisinherited by his grandfather, Mickey Chuzzlewit escapes India and tries to make his fortune in Dubai. In his absence, the scheming Pinto and murderous Joseph join forces in an attempt to get hold of the old man’s fortune…
CAST:
Martin - Roshan Seth
Thomas - Karan Pandit
Mickey - Zafar Karachiwala
Pinto - Rajit Kapur
Mercy - Preetika Chawla
Charity - Ayeesha Menon
Anthony - Sohrab Ardeshir
Joseph - Nadir Khan
Mary - Nimrat Kaur
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Louis - Rohit Malkani
Doctor - Shernaz Patel
Monty - Arghya Lahiri
Manek - Vivek Madan
Young Mickey - Zaal Madon
Young Thomas - Nominath Ginsburg
PRODUCTION:
Produced by Nadir Khan
Music by Sacha Puttnam
Written by Ayeesha Menon
Directed by John Scott Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThomas, an orphan, is apprentice to the scheming architect Pinto, a cousin to miserly old Martin Chuzzlewit, the richest landlord in Bandra. Drawn into the world of the Chuzzlewits, he forms a close friendship with the spirited Mickey, grandson of Martin and heir to the family fortune. When old Martin gets ill, Thomas witnesses attempts by family members to worm their way into his life and secure his fortune, while Mickey gives up everything in pursuit of love…
CAST:
Martin - Roshan Seth
Thomas - Karan Pandit
Mickey - Zafar Karachiwala
Pinto - Rajit Kapur
Mercy - Preetika Chawla
Charity - Ayeesha Menon
Anthony - Sohrab Ardeshir
Joseph - Nadir Khan
Mary - Nimrat Kaur
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Louis - Rohit Malkani
Doctor - Shernaz Patel
Monty - Arghya Lahiri
Manek - Vivek Madan
Young Mickey - Zaal Madon
Young Thomas - Nominath Ginsburg
Producer by Nadir Khan
Music by Sacha Puttnam
Written by Ayeesha Menon
Directed by John Scott Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesCharles Dickens’ satire on the corrosive power of money set in the hot, hectic streets of modern-day Mumbai, India.
Convinced his relatives are after his money, wealthy old recluse Martin Chuzzlewit (ROSHAN SETH), has adopted orphan girl, Mary (NIMRAT KAUR), to be his carer with the understanding that she will be housed and fed as long as he lives - but upon his death, she will inherit nothing. Thus, he believes, she will do her utmost to keep him in good health. But when his grandson Mickey (ZAFAR KARACHIWALA) falls in love with her and wishes to marry her, Martin’s plans are thrown into disarray. By disinheriting him, Martin triggers a complex web of deceit, betrayal and manipulation as the extended family and hangers-on close in, in pursuit of his fortune.
Told from the point of view of orphan Thomas (KARAN PANDIT), an observer into the world of the Chuzzlewits, this is a fast-paced drama full of intrigue, romance, suspense and murder…
Recorded on location in India.
CAST:
Martin - Roshan Seth
Thomas - Karan Pandit
Mickey - Zafar Karachiwala
Pinto - Rajit Kapur
Mercy - Preetika Chawla
Charity - Ayeesha Menon
Anthony - Sohrab Ardeshir
Joseph - Nadir Khan
Mary - Nimrat Kaur
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Louis - Rohit Malkani
Doctor - Shernaz Patel
Monty - Arghya Lahiri
Manek - Vivek Madan
Young Mickey - Zaal Madon
Young Thomas - Nominath Ginsburg
Producer by Nadir Khan
Music by Sacha Puttnam
Written by Ayeesha Menon
Directed by John Scott Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesEpisode 10 of our 10 part series Six Suspects.
Arun tells the story of the aftermath of Vicky Rai’s murder, and finally reveals who killed him... In this episode, a scapegoat, a suicide and a confession.
Send your questions!
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 American 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 Yardav ...... 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
Produced and directed by John Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesEpisode 9 of our 10 part series Six Suspects.
Arun returns to the story of Mamta Rai after her driver crashed her car when she was on the phone to him. In this episode, an unexpected gift, a spectre and a possession?
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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesEpisode 8 of our 10 part series Six Suspects.
Arun returns to the story of Larry Page after Vicky Rai shot him and left him for dead. In this episode, a trip to the embassy, mistaken identity and a hostage.
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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 American 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 Yardav ...... 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
Produced and directed by John Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesEpisode 7 of our 10 part series Six Suspects.
Arun returns to the story of Shabnam Saxena after Vicky Rai turned up at her house and blackmailed her. In this episode, a threat, an indecent proposal and another gun.
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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 American 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 Yardav ...... 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
Produced and directed by John Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesEpisode 6 of our 10 part series Six Suspects.
Arun returns to the story of Munna Mobile after he was assaulted in a chinese restaurant. In this episode, a phone call, a confession and a gun.
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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 American 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 Yardav ...... 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
Produced and directed by John Dryden
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesEpisode 5 of our 10 part series Six Suspects.
Arun tells the story of Ashok Rajput, a tribal welfare officer and a young boy in his care called Eketi. In this episode, an unruly child, a stolen artefact and a home invasion.
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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesEpisode 4 of our 10 part series Six Suspects.
Arun tells us about Vicky Rai’s mother, the home minister Mamta Rai. In this episode, a politician, a cover up and a car crash.
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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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesEpisode 3 of our 10 part series Six Suspects.
Arun tells us all about Larry Page, an American visiting to meet his bride he’s met on the internet. In this episode, a tourist, a private detective and a long con gone wrong.
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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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesEpisode 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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAll 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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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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesA 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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThis 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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesTHE 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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesIn 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.
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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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesDisgraced 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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAfter 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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThis 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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThe 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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In jail for murder, Sapna is trying to make sense of the past few months. But there is hope in an unexpected visit from someone she has helped in the past.
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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Having passed six of the “life tests”, Sapna is within reach of changing her life forever – but not in the way she had anticipated. As the consequences of her Faustian pact become apparent, she realizes there is no escape.
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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Increasing rent prices send Sapna’s elderly neighbour, Nirmila Ben on a crusade against corruption. But when no one notices her protest and her frail health begins to fail, Sapna must find a way to save her. Dramatised from Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”.
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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When Sapna’s sister, Neha enters India’s top musical talent show “Pop Star No 1”, she attracts the attention of blind music producer, Raoji. But not in the way she would have hoped. Sapna must come to her rescue. Dramatised from Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”.
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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A van appears in Sapna’s neighbourhood, luring children away with sweets, to work in factories. Sapna intervenes, but in so doing sets off a chain of events that lead her into the path of danger. Dramatised from Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”.
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
Mumbai Crimes is doing an audience survey! If you want to help us make more shows like this, tell us about yourselves! Go to www.survey.prx.org/crime
Bollywood actress Priya Capoor arrives at the showroom to promote a new range of TV’s. But when her diamond ring goes missing, the suspicion falls on Sapna. Dramatised from Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”.
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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Sent to a village outside Delhi to install electrical appliances, TV sales assistant, Sapna Sinha, discovers a wedding about to take place – and that the young bride is being married against her will. What Sapna decides to do about it will be a matter of life and death. Could this be one of the seven tests that she has signed up for? Dramatised from Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”.
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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As Sapna struggles to support her widowed mother and sister, she decides to go ahead and sign a contract which will subject her to a series of “life tests”. What the tests are and when they will come, she does not know. Dramatised from Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”.
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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Sales assistant, Sapna Sinha, is offered a chance to change her life. All she has to do is pass seven tests.
Sapna Sinha works as a sales assistant in a TV showroom in New Delhi. Being the only bread-winner in the family she works long hours to provide for her widowed mother and younger sister. But then a man walks into her life with an extraordinary proposition: pass seven “life” tests of his choosing and she will have wealth and power. At first the tests seem easy, but things are not quite as they seem.
From Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”.
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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Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesOng’s Hat is rumored to have once been the site of a gateway to another dimension. After meeting on a forum devoted to the urban legend, yoga instructor Sarah Larsen, and academic Charlie Brill, go on a road trip to the New Jersey Pine Barrens where a group of renegade Princeton professors had once conducted quantum physics and chaos theory experiments to discover a new theory for dimensional travel. When Sarah disappears, Charlie finds himself at the center of a mystery.
Corey Brill (The Walking Dead) stars in this docu-thriller for Radio 4 and BBC Sounds from the makers of The Polybius Conspiracy and Passenger List.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesInvestigating massive election fraud, Police inspector Alia Khan must put her life on the line by taking on the most powerful people in government.
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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAs India’s general elections draw near, and the world’s largest democracy decides its future, A murder and a political scandal leads Police Inspector Alia Khan to unravelling the truth about her policeman father’s death.
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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesA dead glamour model in a five-star hotel leads Police inspector Alia Khan on the trail of Bollywood’s leading heart-throb.
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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesPolice Inspector Alia Khan investigates a psychiatric hospital where women are admitted but never seem to come out.
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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThe body of a young girl is washed up on Juhu beach. A tattoo on her ankle leads police inspector Alia Khan on the trail of a child prostitution ring.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThe 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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesA 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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThomas 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...
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThomas 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…
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesOnly 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…
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAs 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…
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesWith 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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesNext 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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThe 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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesAdopted 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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesNow 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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesThomas 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
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesIntroducing 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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesMUMBAI CRIME is joining Radiotopia, home to some of our favourite podcasts. It’s an exciting move for MUMBAI CRIME that will help us reach even more listeners with our curated series of thrillers and mysteries from India.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choicesEn liten tjänst av I'm With Friends. Finns även på engelska.