Actor Adil Hussain says he was sure about Delhi Crime winning the International Emmy for Best Drama Series. And it’s because it didn’t have any unnecessary elements to make it sensational or loud.

“It was unlike any other series that came out until 2020 from India — didn’t resort to unnecessary violence, cuss words or cleverness. There was pure sensitivity for the incident that happened (2012 Delhi gang rape case), and extreme responsibility,” Hussain says.

He adds that making a show about the incident was something anybody else could have done, too, but not with the care they exercised.

“I haven’t seen any show before Delhi Crime which had all these qualities. There was a lot of craft and wisdom. People make series which only talk about darkness with no sense of aesthetics in it; that’s what has won according to me. Everybody can make a series on an incident of this scale, but would again take advantage of the violence in order to capture the so-called attention of people. It can be extremely engaging even if you don’t use words which are unnecessarily unaesthetic,” explains the 57-year-old.

However, he clarifies that he isn’t against using such language, but only when it is required.

He confirms that he will star in the second season of the web drama as well. On what made him agree to the show in the first place, Hussain says, “Richie (Mehta, director) is a dear friend, and I wanted to be in Delhi [where I live] for a few months. He approached me for this series. I told him ‘Give me a role which doesn’t have more than three-four days of shoot required in a month’, and he said the police commissioner’s part would be perfect.”