Guilty Minds

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]

Guilty Minds
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Genre	Legal drama
Created by	Shefali Bhushan
Written by	Shefali Bhushan Manav Bhushan Deeksha Gujral Jayant Digambar Somalkar
Directed by	Shefali Bhushan Jayant Digambar Somalkar
Starring	Shriya Pilgaonkar Varun Mitra Sugandha Garg Satish Kaushik Namrata Seth Kulbhushan Kharbanda
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
Original release
Network	Amazon Video
Release	22 April 2022 (2022-04-22)

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.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Mine or Yours"	Unknown	Unknown	April 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"	Unknown	Unknown	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
3	"Water"	Unknown	Unknown	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
4	"Sperma"	Unknown	Unknown	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
5	"Aalaap"	Unknown	Unknown	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
6	"EHNO"	Unknown	Unknown	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
7	"Deep Waters"	Unknown	Unknown	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
8	"Plan Your Baby"	Unknown	Unknown	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
9	"Alola"	Unknown	Unknown	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)
10	"Guilt"	Unknown	Unknown	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)

Cast

• Shriya Pilgaonkar^[6] as Kashaf Quaze, Munawwar's daughter
• Varun Mitra as Deepak Rana
• Sugandha Garg as Vandana Kathpalia
• Namrata Sheth as Shubhangi Khanna, L. N. Khanna's grand-daughter
• Satish Kaushik as Tejinder Bhalla
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda as L. N. Khanna
• Benjamin Gilani as Munawwar Quaze, Kashaf's father
• Pranay Pachauri as Shubhrat Khanna, Shubhangi's cousin and L. N. Khanna's grand-son
• Diksha Juneja as Riya Singh, Shubhrat's girlfriend
• Sadhana Singh as Mumtaz
• Deepak Kalra as Kitu Bhalla, Tejinder's son and Deepak's best friend
• Chitrangada Satarupa as Sunanda Bose
• Virendra Saxena as Vishwambar Chauhan
• Karishma Tanna as Mala Kumari
• Suchitra Krishnamurthy as Neela Raghunandan
• Dinker Sharma as Hasan
• Akshay Baghel as Abhijeet
• Vasundhara Kaul as Antara
• Arun Kalra as Shamsher Khanna
• Meet Vora as Prateek Malhotra
• Hans Dev Sharma as Dilrah Khanaa
• Atul Kumar as Diveyendu Khurana
• Suhita Thatte as Justice Shukla
• Shakti Kapoor as Anwar (Episode-5 Aalaap)

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

Year	Award ceremony	Category	Nominee / work	Result	Ref.
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

References

1. "Guilty Minds: Shefali Bhushan opens up about casting female protagonist for the legal drama series". Pinkvilla. 19 April 2022. Archived from the original on 24 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
2. "Shriya Pilgaonkar attended court hearings to understand her 'Guilty Minds' character". The Times Of India. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
3. "Guilty Minds Review: Shriya Pilgaonkar Is Mesmerising In A Legal Series With A Mellow Sense Of Drama". NDTV. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
4. "Guilty Minds trailer: Shriya Pilgaonkar and Varun Mitra promise an intriguing legal drama". The Indian Express. 8 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
5. "Amazon Prime to stream new original 'Guilty Minds' on 22 April". Mint. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
6. "'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.
7. "Guilty Minds review: All-desi, hugely entertaining and thought-provoking". The Indian Express. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
8. "Guilty Minds review: Amazon series brings refreshing realism to courtroom dramas but ends up as an uneven show". Hindustan Times. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
9. "Filmfare OTT Awards 2022 - Nominations". filmfare.com. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

External links

• Guilty Minds at IMDb
• Guilty Minds at Amazon Prime Video