
Mumbai Crime
Crime stories from the Indian Sub-Continent. A curated series of audio fiction podcasts from award-winning creators Ayeesha Menon, Nadir Khan and John Scott Dryden recorded in Mumbai, India. Each season is released in one drop and all episodes are ad-free. Season 1 is the Sony Award-winning ten-part thriller, "Q&A" starring Anand Tiwari based on the best-selling novel by Vikas Swarup. Mumbai Crime is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.
Latest episodes

Apr 8, 2024 • 31min
9.6 A Fine Balance "Equilibrium"
Dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass. In this final episode, vengeance, justice and balance.Mumbai Crime will return in May with the third series of 'Undercover City'...CastDina - Shernaz PatelIshvar - Kenneth DesaiOm - Ananad TiwariManeck - Neil BhoopalamRustom - Zafar KarachiwalaIbrahim - Rajit KapurThe Thakur - Jayant KripalainiAshraf - Darshan JariwalaNusswan - Farid CurrimRuby - Anahita UberoiNarayan - Vivek MadanYoung Dina - Tirtha KotrialYoung Ishvar - Eshan SavlaYoung Narayan - Samar UraizeeEnsemble – Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan.Production:Music - Sacha PutnamSound Design - Steve BondProduction Manager – Niloufer SagarProducer - Nadir KhanDramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton MistryDirector - John Dryden
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Apr 1, 2024 • 28min
9.5 A Fine Balance "Taught Threads"
Dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass. In this episode, a retribution, an obsession and a secret revealed.CastDina - Shernaz PatelIshvar - Kenneth DesaiOm - Ananad TiwariManeck - Neil BhoopalamRustom - Zafar KarachiwalaIbrahim - Rajit KapurThe Thakur - Jayant KripalainiAshraf - Darshan JariwalaNusswan - Farid CurrimRuby - Anahita UberoiNarayan - Vivek MadanYoung Dina - Tirtha KotrialYoung Ishvar - Eshan SavlaYoung Narayan - Samar UraizeeEnsemble – Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan.Production:Music - Sacha PutnamSound Design - Steve BondProduction Manager – Niloufer SagarProducer - Nadir KhanDramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton MistryDirector - John Dryden
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Mar 25, 2024 • 24min
9.4 A Fine Balance "A New India"
Dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass.
In this episode, an unwelcome occupation, a new apprentice and a visit from the master of beggars.
Cast
Dina - Shernaz Patel
Ishvar - Kenneth Desai
Om - Ananad Tiwari
Maneck - Neil Bhoopalam
Rustom - Zafar Karachiwala
Ibrahim - Rajit Kapur
The Thakur - Jayant Kripalaini
Ashraf - Darshan Jariwala
Nusswan - Farid Currim
Ruby - Anahita Uberoi
Narayan - Vivek Madan
Young Dina - Tirtha Kotrial
Young Ishvar - Eshan Savla
Young Narayan - Samar Uraizee
Ensemble – Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan.
Production:
Music - Sacha Putnam
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Production Manager – Niloufer Sagar
Producer - Nadir Khan
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton Mistry
Director - John Dryden
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Mar 18, 2024 • 34min
9.3 A Fine Balance "Tipping the Scales"
Dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass.
In this episode, a master plan, kinship and a wrecking ball.
Cast
Dina - Shernaz Patel
Ishvar - Kenneth Desai
Om - Ananad Tiwari
Maneck - Neil Bhoopalam
Rustom - Zafar Karachiwala
Ibrahim - Rajit Kapur
The Thakur - Jayant Kripalaini
Ashraf - Darshan Jariwala
Nusswan - Farid Currim
Ruby - Anahita Uberoi
Narayan - Vivek Madan
Young Dina - Tirtha Kotrial
Young Ishvar - Eshan Savla
Young Narayan - Samar Uraizee
Ensemble – Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan.
Production:
Music - Sacha Putnam
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Production Manager – Niloufer Sagar
Producer - Nadir Khan
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton Mistry
Director - John Dryden
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Mar 11, 2024 • 30min
9.2 A Fine Balance "Exodus"
Dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass.
In this episode, a tragedy, a rebellion and a getaway.
Cast
Dina - Shernaz Patel
Ishvar - Kenneth Desai
Om - Ananad Tiwari
Maneck - Neil Bhoopalam
Rustom - Zafar Karachiwala
Ibrahim - Rajit Kapur
The Thakur - Jayant Kripalaini
Ashraf - Darshan Jariwala
Nusswan - Farid Currim
Ruby - Anahita Uberoi
Narayan - Vivek Madan
Young Dina - Tirtha Kotrial
Young Ishvar - Eshan Savla
Young Narayan - Samar Uraizee
Ensemble – Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan.
Production:
Music - Sacha Putnam
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Production Manager – Niloufer Sagar
Producer - Nadir Khan
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton Mistry
Director - John Dryden
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Mar 4, 2024 • 29min
9.1 A Fine Balance "Darkness on the Edge of Town"
Dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass. Two tailors - uncle and nephew, Ishvar and Om - come to the city to escape from the caste violence in their native village. They are employed by a Parsi woman, Dina Dalal who runs a sweatshop from her apartment and is struggling to preserve her independence. She has a lodger too, a reluctant student, Maneck, from the mountains. As their initial suspicion of each other turns to friendship and then love, their lives take dramatic and often shocking turns against a backdrop of India in crisis, during “the Emergency” of the mid-1970s, a period marked by huge political unrest and human rights violations. A comedy, a tragedy, a story of the triumph of the human spirit under inhuman conditions.
Cast
Dina - Shernaz Patel
Ishvar - Kenneth Desai
Om - Ananad Tiwari
Maneck - Neil Bhoopalam
Rustom - Zafar Karachiwala
Ibrahim - Rajit Kapur
The Thakur - Jayant Kripalaini
Ashraf - Darshan Jariwala
Nusswan - Farid Currim
Ruby - Anahita Uberoi
Narayan - Vivek Madan
Young Dina - Tirtha Kotrial
Young Ishvar - Eshan Savla
Young Narayan - Samar Uraizee
Ensemble – Jim Sarbh, Abhishek Saha, Meherangiz Acharya-Dar, Faezeh Jalali, Shivani Tanksale, Nadir Khan.
Production:
Music - Sacha Putnam
Sound Design - Steve Bond
Production Manager – Niloufer Sagar
Producer - Nadir Khan
Dramatised by Ayeesha Menon and Kewel Karim from the novel A FINE BALANCE by Rohinton Mistry
Director - John Dryden
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Jan 29, 2024 • 33min
8.6 The Mumbai Chuzzlewits "Where there's a Will there's a Way..."
Joseph tries to execute his deadly scheme. Martin Chuzzlewits must confront his family, and Thomas’ love triangle with Mary and Mickey comes to a head…
CAST:
Martin - Roshan Seth
Thomas - Karan Pandit
Mickey - Zafar Karachiwala
Pinto - Rajit Kapur
Mercy - Preetika Chawla
Charity - Ayeesha Menon
Anthony - Sohrab Ardeshir
Joseph - Nadir Khan
Mary - Nimrat Kaur
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Louis - Rohit Malkani
Doctor - Shernaz Patel
Monty - Arghya Lahiri
Manek - Vivek Madan
Young Mickey - Zaal Madon
Young Thomas - Nominath Ginsburg
PRODUCTION:
Produced by Nadir Khan
Music by Sacha Puttnam
Written by Ayeesha Menon
Directed by John Scott Dryden
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Jan 22, 2024 • 27min
8.5 The Mumbai Chuzzlewits "Ponzi Scheme"
Mickey goes missing as his letters stop coming through to Mary. Meanwhile Montagues dubious scheme is exposed, and Thomas opens his heart to Mary…
CAST:
Martin - Roshan Seth
Thomas - Karan Pandit
Mickey - Zafar Karachiwala
Pinto - Rajit Kapur
Mercy - Preetika Chawla
Charity - Ayeesha Menon
Anthony - Sohrab Ardeshir
Joseph - Nadir Khan
Mary - Nimrat Kaur
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Louis - Rohit Malkani
Doctor - Shernaz Patel
Monty - Arghya Lahiri
Manek - Vivek Madan
Young Mickey - Zaal Madon
Young Thomas - Nominath Ginsburg
PRODUCTION:
Produced by Nadir Khan
Music by Sacha Puttnam
Written by Ayeesha Menon
Directed by John Scott Dryden
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Jan 15, 2024 • 33min
8.4 The Mumbai Chuzzlewits "The Lodger"
Mickey’s troubles in Dubai grow worse as Joseph tries to pull the wool over Pinto’s eyes. Meanwhile Thomas’s feelings grow for Mickey’s fiancé, Mary, and a mysterious lodger with a terrible secret moves in next door …
CAST:
Martin - Roshan Seth
Thomas - Karan Pandit
Mickey - Zafar Karachiwala
Pinto - Rajit Kapur
Mercy - Preetika Chawla
Charity - Ayeesha Menon
Anthony - Sohrab Ardeshir
Joseph - Nadir Khan
Mary - Nimrat Kaur
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Louis - Rohit Malkani
Doctor - Shernaz Patel
Monty - Arghya Lahiri
Manek - Vivek Madan
Young Mickey - Zaal Madon
Young Thomas - Nominath Ginsburg
PRODUCTION:
Produced by Nadir Khan
Music by Sacha Puttnam
Written by Ayeesha Menon
Directed by John Scott Dryden
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Jan 8, 2024 • 26min
8.3 The Mumbai Chuzzlewits "Propositions"
Disinherited by his grandfather, Mickey Chuzzlewit escapes India and tries to make his fortune in Dubai. In his absence, the scheming Pinto and murderous Joseph join forces in an attempt to get hold of the old man’s fortune…
CAST:
Martin - Roshan Seth
Thomas - Karan Pandit
Mickey - Zafar Karachiwala
Pinto - Rajit Kapur
Mercy - Preetika Chawla
Charity - Ayeesha Menon
Anthony - Sohrab Ardeshir
Joseph - Nadir Khan
Mary - Nimrat Kaur
Mrs. Gomes - Radhika Mital
Louis - Rohit Malkani
Doctor - Shernaz Patel
Monty - Arghya Lahiri
Manek - Vivek Madan
Young Mickey - Zaal Madon
Young Thomas - Nominath Ginsburg
PRODUCTION:
Produced by Nadir Khan
Music by Sacha Puttnam
Written by Ayeesha Menon
Directed by John Scott Dryden
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