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EXCLUSIVE | Netflix’s ‘Delhi Crime Season 3’: Shefali Shah-Huma Qureshi starrer show is inspired from the horrifying case of baby Falak, says director Tanuj Chopra

Lachmi Deb Roy • November 12, 2025, 13:23:56 IST
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Director Tanuj Chopra on Netflix’s ‘Delhi Crime Season 3’: ‘We got the case, the baby Falak case where a fourteen-year-old girl in Delhi brings a baby to the hospital…’

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EXCLUSIVE | Netflix’s ‘Delhi Crime Season 3’: Shefali Shah-Huma Qureshi starrer show is inspired from the horrifying case of baby Falak, says director Tanuj Chopra
EXCLUSIVE | Netflix’s ‘Delhi Crime Season 3’: Shefali Sha- Huma Qureshi starrer show is inspired from the horrifying case of baby Falak, says director Tanuj Chopra

The horrifying case of baby Falak has inspired Shefali Shah-Huma Qureshi starrer ‘Delhi Crime Season 3’. In an EXCLUSIVE interview with Firstpost’s Lachmi Deb Roy, director Tanuj Chopra mentions about the case.

Director Tanuj Chopra on the ‘Baby Falak’ case

When being asked since it’s inspired from a true story, the responsibility must have been huge, to which Tanuj had to say, “The responsibility, the story, the franchise, the legacy. There’s always a pressure when it comes to Delhi Crime, especially the lenses of the social commentary that we put. I feel built for it as a filmmaker.”

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He adds, “As a filmmaker, I always try to represent issues that are meaningful. More than that you always have to work without fear, and directors also have their versions of being terrified. You have to let it go and start shooting and look for the truth. You keep trying things and push far by using all your tools. You never really know when you get it right. You have to proceed with an open heart and a lot of research.”

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He mentioned that the process for _Delhi Crime_ has always been that you research on the crime that took place and then develop on it. “You have to add a lot more to the original source material to make it work on the digital platform.”

Tanuj further adds, “Here we got the case, the baby Falak case where a fourteen-year-old girl in Delhi brings a baby to the hospital with bruises all over her. Over the course of the treatment, cops realise that the young girl is not the mother. The police force then begin their search for the mother. Then they realise that there is a big trafficking ring.”

About the Baby Falak case

The tragic story of baby Falak, a two-year-old girl who became the face of child abuse and trafficking in 2012 is the main theme for Delhi Crime Season 3. According to reports, the child was admitted to hospital with serious injuries, including human bite marks all over her body. She was called Baby Falak.  The child underwent five operations, but she suffered from a heart attack.

About Netflix’s Delhi Crime Season 3

Two forces on either side of the law, a crime that traverses the span of the country and beyond, and a chase that reveals the hidden realities of society around us. Netflix India’s acclaimed International Emmy-winning true crime drama series returns on November 13, for a third season with their biggest case that rattles not just the capital, but the entire nation.

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Madam Sir, reprised by Shefali Shah, and her formidable team come face-to-face with Badi Didi (Huma Qureshi) - the ruthless mastermind who builds her empire by trading away the future of young girls. An abandoned baby unravels a trail so deadly it exposes the brutal realities of human trafficking, setting off a harrowing nationwide cat-and-mouse chase in pursuit of the perpetrators.

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