Guilty Minds

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Guilty Minds
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Genre Legal drama
Created byShefali Bhushan
Written by
  • Shefali Bhushan
  • Manav Bhushan
  • Deeksha Gujral
  • Jayant Digambar Somalkar
Directed byShefali Bhushan
Jayant Digambar Somalkar
Starring
Music bySagar Desai
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerShefali Bhushan
Producer Karan Grover
CinematographySiddharth Srinivasan
EditorNavnita Sen
Running time45–50 minutes
Production companyA Singro Media Innovation PVT LTD Production
Original release
Network Amazon Video
Release22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)

Guilty Minds is an Indian Hindi-language legal drama 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 lead roles. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

At the 2022 Filmfare OTT Awards, Guilty Minds received 6 nominations, including Best Drama Series, Best Director in a Drama Series (Bhushan), Best Actress in a Drama Series (Pilgaonkar) and Best Actor in a Drama Series (Mitra).

Plot

The story revolves around Kashaf Quaze, Deepak Rana and Vandana Kathpalia, three law school friends who are often put opposite each other in the court of law. Kashaf and Vandana run a law centre where they take up class action and humanitarian cases while Deepak is a partner at Khanna & Khanna Associates, a popular law firm with rich clients. Each episode in the series dwells with issues such as rape, artificial intelligence, water shortage and how those issues interact with the lives and principles of the characters.

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Mine or Yours"UnknownUnknownApril 20, 2022 (2022-04-20)
Film star Mala Kumari accuses renowned filmmaker Divendu Khanna of molesting her at the start of her career. Kahsaf represents Mala while Deepak defends Divendu using female advocate Neela Raghunandan and main counsel.
2"Finisher"UnknownUnknownApril 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
3"Water"UnknownUnknownApril 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
4"Sperma"UnknownUnknownApril 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
5"Aalaap"UnknownUnknownApril 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
6"EHNO"UnknownUnknownApril 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
7"Deep Waters"UnknownUnknownApril 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
8"Plan Your Baby"UnknownUnknownApril 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
9"Alola"UnknownUnknownApril 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
10"Guilt"UnknownUnknownApril 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)

Cast

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]

Accolades

YearAward ceremonyCategoryNominee / workResultRef.
2022 Filmfare OTT Awards Best Drama SeriesGuilty MindsNominated [9]
Best Director in a Drama SeriesShefali BhushanNominated
Best Actress in a Drama Series Shriya Pilgaonkar Nominated
Best Actor in a Drama SeriesVarun MitraNominated
Best Background Music (Series) nomSagar DesaiNominated
Best Production Design (Series) nomVikram SinghNominated

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