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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.

© 2022 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.

© 2022 Mumbai Crime
24hr 20min
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Our special re-telling of Rudyard Kipling's classic novel "The Jungle Book". Re-imagined in the urban Jungle of Mumbai, Mo must find his way to happiness amongst the thieves beggars and vagabonds.
July 22, 202430min 55sec29.7 MB
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Our special re-telling of Rudyard Kipling's classic novel "The Jungle Book". Re-imagined in the urban Jungle of Mumbai, Mo must find his way to happiness amongst the thieves beggars and vagabonds.
August 12, 202426min 2sec25 MB
Thumbnail for "11.3 Jungle Book "Mongoose"".
Our special re-telling of Rudyard Kipling's classic novel "The Jungle Book". Re-imagined in the urban Jungle of Mumbai, Mo must find his way to happiness amongst the thieves beggars and vagabonds.
August 5, 202432min 47sec31.49 MB
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Our special re-telling of Rudyard Kipling's classic novel "The Jungle Book". Re-imagined in the urban Jungle of Mumbai, Mo must find his way to happiness amongst the thieves beggars and vagabonds.
July 29, 202426min 39sec25.59 MB
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Alia Khan returns in this third series of Undercover City. This time, she must go undercover to infiltrate one of India's Wealthiest Families.
June 17, 202425min 24sec60.97 MB
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Alia Khan returns in this third series of Undercover City. This time, she must go undercover to infiltrate one of India's Wealthiest Families.
June 10, 202422min 46sec54.67 MB
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Alia Khan returns in this third series of Undercover City. This time, she must go undercover to infiltrate one of India's Wealthiest Families.
June 3, 202430min 21sec72.87 MB
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Alia Khan returns in this third series of Undercover City. This time, she must go undercover to infiltrate one of India's Wealthiest Families.
May 27, 202419min 39sec47.19 MB
Thumbnail for "10.2 Undercover City "The Eye of the Beholder"".
Alia Khan returns in this third series of Undercover City. This time, she must go undercover to infiltrate one of India's Wealthiest Families.
May 20, 202422min 36sec54.28 MB
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Alia Khan returns in this third series of Undercover City. This time, she must go undercover to infiltrate one of India's Wealthiest Families.
May 13, 202423min 27sec56.29 MB
Thumbnail for "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.
April 8, 202431min 21sec75.25 MB
Thumbnail for "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.
April 1, 202428min 22sec68.08 MB
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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.
March 25, 202424min 4sec57.8 MB
Thumbnail for "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.
March 18, 202434min 28sec82.75 MB
Thumbnail for "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.
March 11, 202429min 58sec71.93 MB
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Dramatisation of Rohinton Mistry's acclaimed novel about India's underclass. In this episode, a father departs, a child rebels and brothers hide.
March 4, 202429min 12sec70.09 MB
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Charles Dickens’ satire on the corrosive power of money, in this final episode, poison, redemption and an ending...
January 29, 202433min 1sec79.26 MB
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Charles Dickens’ satire on the corrosive power of money, in this episode, embezzlement, romance and a prodigal son.
January 22, 202427min64.82 MB
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Charles Dickens’ satire on the corrosive power of money, in this episode, a broken heart, a benefactor and a mysterious visitor..
January 15, 202432min 38sec78.35 MB
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Charles Dickens’ satire on the corrosive power of money, in this episode, a father's wroth, an illicit deal and a proposal.
January 8, 202425min 37sec61.51 MB
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Charles Dickens’ satire on the corrosive power of money, in this episode, an opportunity, a break in, and a patricide.
January 1, 202428min 33sec68.54 MB
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Charles Dickens’ satire on the corrosive power of money - in this episode, jealous relatives, an orphan in love, and a will in tatters.
December 25, 202330min 47sec73.89 MB
Thumbnail for "7.10 Six Suspects 'Who Killed Vicky Rai?'".
The final instalment of our ten part series Six suspects. In this episode, a scapegoat, a suicide and a confession.
November 27, 202329min 5sec27.94 MB
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Episode 9 of our 10 part series Six Suspects. In this episode, an unexpected gift, a spectre and a possession?
November 20, 202320min 47sec19.95 MB
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Episode 8 of our 10 part series Six Suspects. In this episode, a trip to the embassy, mistaken identity and a hostage.
November 13, 202321min 31sec20.67 MB
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Episode 7 of our 10 part series Six Suspects. In this episode, a threat, an indecent proposal and another gun.
November 6, 202318min 23sec17.66 MB
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Episode 6 of our 10 part series Six Suspects. In this episode, a phone call, a confession and a gun.
October 30, 202321min 22sec20.52 MB
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Episode 5 of our 10 part series Six Suspects. In this episode, an unruly child, a stolen artefact and a home invasion.
October 23, 202323min 47sec22.85 MB
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Episode 4 of our 10 part series Six Suspects. In this episode, a politician, a cover up and a car crash.
October 16, 202317min 46sec17.07 MB
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Episode 3 of our 10 part series Six Suspects. In this episode, a tourist, a private detective and a long con gone wrong.
October 10, 202318min 50sec18.09 MB
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Episode 2 of our 10 part series Six Suspects. In this episode, stardom, a devoted fan and a terrible secret.
October 2, 202318min 41sec17.94 MB
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All deaths are not equal. There’s a caste system – even in murder....
September 26, 202321min 19sec20.48 MB
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A man with no memory teams up with a street child to piece together fragments of his life.
August 21, 202345min 19sec43.51 MB
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Part two of our two part special: The Chosen one.
July 17, 202334min 38sec33.26 MB
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A young woman, Prithi, attempts to join a secretive religious commune and tries to win the trust of the groups’ leader the charismatic motorbike-loving Ravi Baba.
July 10, 202326min 31sec25.47 MB
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Circling on the killer's motive and MO, Alia and Ratna turn their attention to Faisal.
June 5, 202326min 16sec25.23 MB
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Teaming up with rookie Inspector Ratna Shinde, it soon becomes clear that the murderer is trying to communicate something to Alia through the victims themselves.
May 29, 202320min 45sec19.93 MB
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After a young girl is murdered on the rooftop of the hotel she is working in Alia can’t resist looking into it.
May 22, 202322min 19sec21.43 MB
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This is the first episode of our second instalment of Undercover City. A series about a young female detective Alia Khan trying to do her job and find justice in a male dominated police force.
May 15, 202323min 52sec22.92 MB
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Sapna must revisit her past to make sense of her present. But nothing can prepare her what she finds there.
April 10, 202314min 16sec13.71 MB
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In jail for murder, Sapna is trying to make sense of the past few months.  But there is hope in an unexpected visit from someone she has helped in the past.
April 3, 202314min 30sec13.92 MB
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Having passed six of the “life tests”, Sapna is within reach of changing her life forever – but not in the way she had anticipated.
March 27, 202314min 33sec13.98 MB
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Increasing rent prices send Sapna’s elderly neighbour, Nirmila Ben on a crusade against corruption.  But when no one notices her protest and her frail health begins to fail, Sapna must find a way to save her.
March 20, 202314min 42sec14.13 MB
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When Sapna’s sister, Neha enters India’s top musical talent show “Pop Star No 1”, she attracts the attention of blind music producer, Raoji.
March 13, 202314min 56sec14.35 MB
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A van appears in Sapna’s neighbourhood, luring children away with sweets, to work in factories. Sapna intervenes.
March 7, 202314min 53sec14.29 MB
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Bollywood actress Priya Capoor arrives at the showroom to promote a new range of TV’s. But when her diamond ring goes missing, the suspicion falls on Sapna.
February 27, 202314min 51sec14.26 MB
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Sent to a village outside Delhi to install electrical appliances, TV sales assistant, Sapna Sinha, discovers a wedding about to take place – and that the young bride is being married against her will. 
February 20, 202314min 47sec14.2 MB
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As Sapna struggles to support her widowed mother and sister, she decides to go ahead and sign a contract which will subject her to a series of “life tests”.
February 13, 202314min 22sec13.81 MB
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Sales assistant, Sapna Sinha, is offered a chance to change her life. All she has to do is pass seven tests. 
February 6, 202315min 6sec14.51 MB
Thumbnail for "The Incident at Ong's Hat from the creators of Mumbai Crime and The Polybius Conspiracy".
Sarah Larsen, a yoga instructor, and her friend Charlie Brill went in search of Ong’s Hat, a fabled gateway to another dimension. Now Sarah is missing. A new mystery from the makers of The Polybius Conspiracy and Passenger List
January 20, 20232min 53sec7.02 MB
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The price of doing the right thing
January 2, 202327min 11sec39.15 MB
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Her father's death revealed
December 26, 202235min 5sec50.53 MB
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Not all murders are equal
December 19, 202214min 7sec20.34 MB
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The hospital for unwanted wives
December 12, 202214min 16sec20.55 MB
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On the trail of a child prostitution ring
December 5, 202214min 12sec20.47 MB
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Missing person, strange smelling kababs
November 28, 202214min 10sec20.41 MB
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Detective series set on the streets of Mumbai
November 21, 202214min 47sec21.3 MB
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Revenge is just a question away
October 17, 202216min 8sec23.25 MB
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The street kid and the prostitute
October 10, 202214min 9sec20.39 MB
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The absent mother
October 3, 202214min 9sec20.39 MB
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The tragic end of Bollywood's "Tragedy Queen"
September 26, 202214min 10sec20.41 MB
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Love and death on the Agra to Mumbai Express
September 19, 202214min 10sec20.42 MB
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The crime boss and the beggar master
September 12, 202214min 9sec20.39 MB
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International espionage
September 5, 202214min 8sec20.38 MB
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School for child beggars
September 1, 202214min 10sec20.41 MB
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The man who discovered a star
August 22, 202214min 24sec20.75 MB
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Abandoned baby to TV celebrity
August 22, 202216min 14sec23.38 MB
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Introducing an immersive ten-part thriller, recorded on the streets of India
August 15, 20222min 13sec3.21 MB
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We're going on a journey. Will you come too?
August 2, 20221min 34sec2.27 MB

11.1 Jungle Book "Wolves"

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July 22, 202430min 55sec

Ayeesha Menon takes Rudyard Kipling’s family classic and gives it a darker twist, re-imagining it in the concrete jungle of present-day India. A gangland coming-of-age fable.

Mowgli, the orphan boy at the centre of the story, is being brought up by "the Wolves", a gang of petty criminals in a tenement block in Mumbai and quickly learns how to survive in that world. But when the villainous politician, Tiger Khan threatens Mowgli's life, two residents of the tenement block, "black panther" Bagheera and the "bear" Baloo, offer to help him escape and he embarks on a journey of self-discovery through the city, meeting "creatures" along the way who don't always have his best interests at heart. 

Recorded in India

CAST:

Mo - Namit Das

Tiger Khan - Rajit Kapur

Mrs Gupta - Shernaz Patel

Mr Gupta- Zafar Karachiwala

Bugs - Sukant Goel  

Yuva- Abir Abrar

Kala- Shikha Talsania

Rikita- Devika Shahani

Father Carvalho - Sohrab Ardeshir

Young Kala/Rani- Preetika Chawla

Young Mo - Omkar Kulkarni

Dimple - Trisha Kale

Bobby - Alka Sharma

Varun/Boy - Ajitesh Gupta

Amma - Prerna Chawla

Raksha- Shivani Tanksale

Rafiq & Naag- Tavish Bhattacharyya

Baldeo/Tabaqui/Purun Bhagat- Vivek Madan

Akhil - Nadir Khan

Written and directed by Ayeesha Menon

Producer, Nadir Khan

Executive Producer, John Scott Dryden

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