Delhi Crime Season 3: Shefali Shah & Huma Qureshi lead complex 2012 case

With "Delhi Crime season 3" on Netflix, actors like Shefali Shah and Huma Qureshi prove why they are among the best actors in the film industry. However, will they today again meet the standards

Delhi crime season 3
Delhi crime season 3 on Netflix
Sonika Nitin Nimje New Delhi
3 min read Last Updated : Nov 13 2025 | 3:56 PM IST
Delhi Crime Season 3 on OTT Today: Delhi Crime introduced Indian storytelling to a worldwide audience when it debuted on Netflix in 2019. Based on the horrific aftermath of the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, the series astonished audiences with its reality and restraint before becoming the first Indian show to win the International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series. 
 
The second season, while taking a more fictional approach, maintained its strong social awareness and further established Delhi Crime as one of the most authentic and compelling crime dramas to come out of the subcontinent.
 
The expectations for Delhi Crime season 3 are extremely high, both domestically and internationally. With quiet assurance, this new chapter enters that realm, broadening the moral and emotional scope of the program while maintaining its journalistic integrity. However, do they meet the standards?

When and where to watch Delhi Crime Season 3 OTT release online?

Delhi Crime Release date- November 13, 2025
Delhi Crime Release platform- Netflix
Delhi Crime Release languages- Hindi, English and multiple languages subtitles.

What stands out in the 'Delhi Crime 3'?

The fact that Delhi Crime 3 maintains its humanity is its strongest feature. Through its characters, it maintains empathy even as it explores the sinister corners of society. It is one of the most accurate stories of systematic defects in recent years, with both the victims and the investigators suffering. 
 
The tale tells how the system does injustice, frequently pushes people to make morally difficult decisions, while also giving weight to ethical issues.
Still a welcome exception in Indian criminal dramas, the female-led plot focuses on strength rather than the romanticisation of pain. One of the most remarkable elements of the show is still the closeness between Vartika and her squad, which is built more on trust and mutual exhaustion than on bravery. 
 
The show's greatest strength is the way it views crime as a result of legislative failures, social divisions, and gendered violence rather than as a spectacle.

About Delhi Crime season 3 cast and plot

A huge human trafficking network is the subject of Delhi Crime Season 3, which was made available on Netflix on November 13, 2025. Huma Qureshi plays the lead antagonist, while the main cast members like Shefali Shah, Rajesh Tailang, and Rasika Dugal return to their parts. The 2012 "Baby Falak" case, which revealed a significant human trafficking network in Delhi, served as the inspiration for the season's plot.
 
The story starts when DCP Vartika Chaturvedi and her team look into the strange case of a 2-year-old girl who was hospitalised with bite marks and serious injuries. The 14-year-old girl who brought the infant in is not the mother, according to the preliminary inquiry, which sends the police down a rabbit hole and discovers a vast, national human trafficking network.
 

 

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First Published: Nov 13 2025 | 3:56 PM IST

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