Undercover Mumbai by Ayeesha Menon

[Riklaa]

Undercover Mumbai
by Ayeesha Menon
Broadcast 09 to 14 September 2013

160K

Alia Khan, a young woman officer in the Bandra Division of the Mumbai Police Force, attempts to solve a series of crimes as she tries to make sense of her troubled past and cope with being a woman in a male dominated and chauvinistic police force.

Recorded on location in Mumbai, this six-part police detective serial, is stripped across the entire week culminating in an hour-long Saturday drama.

CAST
Alia ... Prerna Chawla
Nakul ... Anand Tiwari
Inspector Desai ... Rajit Kapur
Mrs Gomes ... Radhika Mittal
Popo ... Rohit Malkani
Alia's Father ... Zafar Karachiwala
Vikram Naresh ... Darius Shroff
Commissioner Kripalani ... Jayant Kripalani
With Karan Pandit, Faezeh Jalali, Anahita Oberoi, Devika Shahani-Punjabi, Sohrab Ardeshir, Kenny Desai, Nadir Khan, Vivek Madan, Ayeesha Menon and Ankur Vikal

PRODUCTION
Sound Recordist - Hitesh Chaurasia
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Editing Assistants - Andrew Lewis & Aditya Khanna.
Script Editor - Mike Walker
Assistant Producer - Toral Shah
Producer - Nadir Khan
Music - Sacha Putnam

Directed by John Dryden
A Goldhawk Production for BBC Radio 4


1/6. Gutter Baby
First broadcast: Monday 09 September 2013
Duration: 15 minutes
   When a baby is rescued from a gutter, it falls on the only female police officer on hand, Alia Khan, to look after it. Stuck with a new partner and a boss who is determined to put her in her place, Alia has to fight to be noticed.


2/6. What's Cooking?
First broadcast: Tuesday 10 September 2013
Duration: 15 minutes
   The search for a missing husband leads Police Inspector Alia Khan to the door of the Tandoori restaurant where he was last seen.


3/6. Body of Christ
First broadcast: Wednesday 11 September 2013
Duration: 15 minutes
   The body of a young girl is washed up on a beach. A tattoo on her ankle leads police inspector Alia Khan on the trail of a child prostitution ring.


4/6. Mad Women
First broadcast: Thursday 12 September 2013
Duration: 15 minutes
   Police Inspector Alia Khan investigates a psychiatric hospital where women are admitted but never seem to come out.


5/6. Five-Star Death
First broadcast: Friday 13 September 2013
Duration: 15 minutes
   A dead glamour model in a five-star hotel leads Police inspector Alia Khan on the trail of Bollywood's leading heart-throb.


6/6. One Last Sacrifice
First broadcast: Saturday 14 September 2013
Duration: 1 hour
   As India's general elections draw near, and the world's largest democracy decides its future, A murder and a political scandal leads Police Inspector Alia Khan to unravelling the truth about her policeman father's death. A climactic hour-long final episode of the police detective serial set in Mumbai.

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[Robert Johnson]

I enjoyed this one very much. I have worked on various projects in India over my career, and this one captured the corruption behind the illusion of the new India.

Robert Johnson

[Riklaa]

I was hoping that someone with firsthand observations would listen to this and comment.  Many thanks for that.  It always helps to have a firsthand observation to go along with the storyline.  -------------------------------  R

[Lefevre of Montpellier]

this is a great share, thanks Rick

[WWB]

Thank you Rick.  This one sounds good.

[Couch Potato]

Thank you!

[Riklaa]

You are all welcome.  Abby, I do it because i enjoy getting heartfelt  thank You notes like yours.  Enjoy all.  ---------------------  R

[abby]

Thanks again, Rick! Have I told you lately that you're the BEST??? All your efforts are much appreciated and enjoyed!! Abby :)

[Gayle Crane]

Thank you, Rick!

[Riklaa]

You're welcome Gayle.  -----------------------------------  R