| Guilty Minds | |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Original release | |
| Network | Amazon Video |
| Release | 22 April 2022 (2022-04-22) |
Guilty Minds is an IndianHindi-language legal drama television series onAmazon Prime Video. The series is written and directed by Shefali Bhushan[1] and Jayant Digambar Somalkar. This series starsShriya Pilgaonkar,[2]Varun Mitra,Sugandha Garg,Kulbhushan Kharbanda andSatish Kaushik in lead roles.[3][4][5]
At the2022 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).
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.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Mine or Yours" | Unknown | Unknown | April 20, 2022 (2022-4-20) | |
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" | Unknown | Unknown | April 22, 2022 (2022-4-22) | |
| 3 | "Water" | Unknown | Unknown | April 22, 2022 (2022-4-22) | |
| 4 | "Sperma" | Unknown | Unknown | April 22, 2022 (2022-4-22) | |
| 5 | "Aalaap" | Unknown | Unknown | April 22, 2022 (2022-4-22) | |
| 6 | "EHNO" | Unknown | Unknown | April 22, 2022 (2022-4-22) | |
| 7 | "Deep Waters" | Unknown | Unknown | April 22, 2022 (2022-4-22) | |
| 8 | "Plan Your Baby" | Unknown | Unknown | April 22, 2022 (2022-4-22) | |
| 9 | "Alola" | Unknown | Unknown | April 22, 2022 (2022-4-22) | |
| 10 | "Guilt" | Unknown | Unknown | April 22, 2022 (2022-4-22) | |
Guilty Minds received positive to mixed reviews.
Shubhra Gupta fromThe 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 fromHindustan 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]
| Year | Award ceremony | Category | Nominee / work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2022 | Filmfare OTT Awards | Best Drama Series | Guilty Minds | Nominated | [9] |
| Best Director in a Drama Series | Shefali Bhushan | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Drama Series | Shriya Pilgaonkar | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor in a Drama Series | Varun Mitra | Nominated | |||
| Best Background Music (Series) nom | Sagar Desai | Nominated | |||
| Best Production Design (Series) nom | Vikram Singh | Nominated |