‘Are You Serious?’ Shefali Shah On Performing Crucial ‘Delhi Crime’ Scene For Nothing!
MUMBAI- Actress Shefali Shah, currently enjoying positive feedback again for the recently released season of ‘Delhi Crime’, has shared a memorable incident from the first season of the International Emmy-winning show. The actress recounted a scene where she and her co-actors performed a lengthy, critical sequence only to realize the cinematographer had forgotten to roll the camera.
Shefali described the intensity of the moment. “It was a 12-page scene in season one, where I come out and I give instructions to everyone,” she explained. “I was dying that day because I was like, ‘I can’t do this, I don’t know anything’.”
Feeling the pressure of the long take, Shefali had approached director Richie Mehta. “I went up to Richie Mehta, and said, ‘Please send everybody home. Take their reactions, send them home, we’ll keep shooting the whole night’,” she recalled. However, the director insisted, saying, “No, but everyone wants to be there for you.”
Shefali noted that while the scene was eventually cut with various shots of the bus stand in the final show, Mehta had originally intended to shoot the entire sequence in one continuous take. “So, it was going in a whole go, and the guy forgot to roll. We did the whole scene and we all looked at him like, ‘Are you serious?’”
Despite the missed take, Shefali maintains her commitment to authenticity: “But if there is a moment that I feel needs to be redone, it has to be redone. It has to be redone with equal intensity and dedication.”
‘Delhi Crime’ stars Shefali as Vartika Chaturvedi, a sharp police officer who leads her team through intense investigations under immense public and political pressure.
The series is celebrated for its realism, emotional depth, and authentic portrayal of systemic challenges in India’s law enforcement. The show won the International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series, cementing its place as one of the most powerful Indian shows on Netflix, where it is available to stream. (IANS)
