Bollywood celebrities congratulated the cast and crew of the web-series Delhi Crime, which has won the Best Drama Series award at the 48th International Emmy Awards, held virtually this year owing to the ongoing Covid pandemic. The show becomes the first Indian programme to win an International Emmy.
Filmmaker Karan Johar was very happy with the win and wrote: "This is just amazing! Congratulations to the entire team! Richly deserved."
Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar congratulated the team as she said: "India just won it's first Emmy."
National Award-winning actor Vicky Kaushal simply wrote: "Congrats Team #DelhiCrime."
Actress Yami Gautam felt proud after learning about the win. She said: "Proud and congratulations to the team #DelhiCrime."
Proud & congratulations to the team #DelhiCrime https://t.co/BoL3Xkqciw
— Yami Gautam (@yamigautam) November 24, 2020
Actress Aditi Rao Hydari called the win "amazing". She said: "Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! Congratulations to the team of #DelhiCrime for their much-deserved win at the #Emmys2020, can't wait to see season 2!"
Amazing! Amazing! Amazing!
Congratulations to the team of #DelhiCrime for their much deserved win at the #Emmys2020, can't wait to see season 2!@ShefaliShah_ @AdilHussain @RichieMehta @RasikaDugal @rajeshtailang pic.twitter.com/7NnOK46ZnD
— Aditi Rao Hydari (@aditiraohydari) November 24, 2020
Filmmaker Guneet Monga wrote: "#DelhiCrime wins the Emmy @iemmys International Awards for Best Drama. This is EPIC!! Congratulations @RichieMehta @ShefaliShah, @rajeshtailang and the whole DC team and everyone at @netflix Big Big Hug and Huge Congratulations! More Power."
#DelhiCrime wins the Emmy @iemmys International Awards for Best Drama. This is EPIC!!
Congratulations @RichieMehta @ShefaliShah, @rajeshtailang & whole DC team & everyone at @netflix
Big Big Hug & Huge Congratulations!
More Power
— Guneet Monga (@guneetm) November 23, 2020
Actress Sonali Bendre said, "India's first International Emmy award. Congratulations to the entire team of #DelhiCrime."
India's first International Emmy award.
Congratulations to the entire team of #DelhiCrime!@ShefaliShah_ @RasikaDugal @_AdilHussain @rajeshtailang @RichieMehta @CastingChhabra @GoldenKaravan #SanyukthaChawlaShaikh@Yashaswini__ @IvanhoePictures https://t.co/hqtFDxxCa0— Sonali Bendre Behl (@iamsonalibendre) November 24, 2020
Filmmaker Goldie Behl said that it is "always great to see the deserving win.. Congratulations #DelhiCrime".
Always great to see the deserving win.. Congratulations #DelhiCrime @NetflixIndia @RichieMehta @GoldenKaravan @skglobalent @ShefaliShah_ @CastingChhabra @SanyukthaC for winning #bestdramaseries at the #InternationalEmmyAwards2020
— goldie behl (@GOLDIEBEHL) November 24, 2020
Singer-composer Vishal Dadlani said, "Congratulations to everyone involved! Great show!"
Congratulations to everyone involved! Great show! #DelhiCrime #Emmy #EmmyWin @NetflixIndia https://t.co/t1OGROtKyR
— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) November 24, 2020
An excited Sayani Gupta wrote, "Oh my Goddddd! #delhicrime won!!!! @iemmys @RichieMehta @NetflixIndia @RasikaDugal @ShefaliShah_ @_AdilHussain.
Oh my Goddddd! #delhicrime won!!!! @iemmys @RichieMehta @NetflixIndia @RasikaDugal @ShefaliShah_ @_AdilHussain
— Sayani Gupta (@sayanigupta) November 23, 2020
Actress Dia Mirza congratulated the team and said the win is "richly deserved".
Congratulations Team #DelhiCrime!!! So richly deserved. @RichieMehta @ShefaliShah_ @NetflixIndia @_AdilHussain @DenzilLSmith @RasikaDugal @rajeshtailang #Emmy2020 pic.twitter.com/vWXSYYSZON
— Dia Mirza (@deespeak) November 24, 2020
Actress Shamita Shetty said it was a proud moment. "Congratulations to the entire team of #DelhiCrime on winning an Emmy!!! Such a proud moment for us."
Congratulations to the entire team of #DelhiCrime on winning an Emmy!!! Such a proud moment for us @iemmys @NetflixIndia @ShefaliShah_ @RasikaDugal @Yashaswini__ @rajeshtailang @_AdilHussain @RichieMehta
— Shamita Shetty (@ShamitaShetty) November 24, 2020
Actress Neha Dhupia wrote, "Wow this is amazing news ... and so well deserved!!! Congratulations team #DelhiCrime."
Wow this is amazing news ... and so well deserved!!! Congratulations team #DelhiCrime @ShefaliShah_ @GoldenKaravan @NetflixIndia @skglobalent #india #iemmys https://t.co/BdJiwI48Lf
— Neha Dhupia (@NehaDhupia) November 24, 2020
The news of the win was confirmed by the International Emmy Awards on its official page on Twitter. "The International Emmy for Drama Series goes to 'Delhi Crime' produced by @GoldenKaravan / @skglobalent / @NetflixIndia," tweeted @iemmys, with the tags #India!, #iemmys and #iemmyWIN.
The International Emmy for Drama Series goes to “Delhi Crime” produced by @GoldenKaravan / @skglobalent / @NetflixIndia, #India!#iemmys #iemmyWIN pic.twitter.com/kA5pHCuTC4
— International Emmy Awards (@iemmys) November 23, 2020
Writer-director Richie Mehta's seven-episode series has Shefali Shah in the central role of DCP 'Vartika Chaturvedi', and narrates the story of investigation in the aftermath of the heinous Delhi gang-rape of December 2012.