Rating : ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Genre : Drama
Year : 2022
Seasons: 1 Episodes: 10
Director : Shefali Bhushan, Jayant Somalkar
Cast : Shriya Pilgaonkar, Varun Mitra, Namrata Sheth, Sugandha Garg
Kid rating : PG-17
Guilty Minds is about law and two lawyer friends practicing their version of it. Kashaf Quaze (Pilgaonkar) and Deepak Rana (Mitra) are friends from law school. While Deepak is a partner with K&K, which is headed by the old patriarch K.N. Khanna, Kashaf has her own practice with good friend Vandana Kathpalia (Garg). Both deal with cases in court sometimes as opposing counsel, but their friendship remains steadfast.
Each episode in the series features a case (or cases) which lasts the length of the episode and sometimes longer. The cases are interesting and range from age old murder and morality issues to newer fangled ones like dealing with self-driving cars and IVF procedures.
But what really makes Guilty Minds great is the seamless meshing of the professional and personal lives. We get to know not only Kashaf and Deepak, but also the Khanna clan (which run K&K) Kashaf’s family and Vandana and her struggles.
Both Kashaf and Deepak are honest, upright lawyers who want to see justice served. While Kashaf stands tall in her practice, Deepak tries to influence policies in his law firm to do the right thing. Kashaf’s family dynamics are explored – she lives with her family and her father is a sitting Supreme Court Justice. Deepak’s family and checkered background are also shown. There’s a romantic angle to the tale too – between Kashaf and Deepak, with Deepak in pursuit and Kashaf demurring.
Guilty Minds is the “law” version of ER, and quite comparable in quality. All the actors are excellent. Kulbhushan Kharbanda ia a veteran of Bollywood films and doesn’t need an introduction. Shriya Pilgaonkar was recently in Mirzapur (as Sweety Gupta). I haven’t see Varun Mitra in anything else, but with his excellent acting chops he should do well in films too!
I binged through Season 1 fairly quickly and can’t wait for Season 2!
Kidwise: Some sexual situations – both hetero and homo, although not explicit or too long.
