Episode 2 of our 10 part series Six Suspects. Arun tell us all about Shabna Saxena, the Bollywood star whom Vicky Rai wants to control. In this episode, stardom, a devoted fan and a terrible secret. Send your questions! Questions@goldhawkproductions.org CAST: ARUN ADVANI, an investigative journalist Rajit Kapur VICKY RAI, a rich Delhi playboy Zafar Karachiwala MAMTA RAI, a politician and Vicky’s mother Radhika Mital MUNNA MOBILE, a mobile phone thief Anand Tiwari SHABNAM SAXENA, a Bollywood actr...
Oct 02, 2023•19 min•Season 7Ep. 2
All deaths are not equal. There’s a caste system – even in murder.... The debut novel of Indian diplomat, Vikas Swarup’s was made into Oscar winning film SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE. It was also turned into a rather good radio serial “Q&A”, first heard here on Radio 4. Now the team behind the Sony award-winning “Q&A” has gone to work on Swarup’s second novel – SIX SUSPECTS. Inspired by a true story, it’s a murder mystery set in modern day India… presented by investigative journalist, Arun Advani...
Sep 26, 2023•21 min•Season 7Ep. 1
A man with no memory finds himself outside a flat in a tenement block in Mumbai. With no idea of who he is or how he got there he tries, with the help of a street-child, to piece together fragments of his life. A thriller from writer/director John Dryden set and recorded on the streets of Mumbai. Cast: Man - Vivek Madan Child - Faezeh Jalali Couple – Siddharth Menon and Shivani Tanksale Neighbour – Suhaas Ahuja Nita – Prerna Chawla Homeless Woman – Ayeesha Menon Buddy - Namit Das Production: Edi...
Aug 21, 2023•45 min•Season 6Ep. 1
This episode is part two of our two part special: The Chosen one. In the last episode, Prithi joined Ravi Baba’s religious commune. She was asked to give up her possessions and her phone and begin the process of abandoning who she once was; to discover her identity within the community. She had her own agenda however and snuck off to make a call on a phone she’d hidden from them. When she was caught she was taken away in the night and left in the dark. In this episode, we find out Prithi’s purpo...
Jul 17, 2023•35 min•Season 5Ep. 2
THE CHOSEN ONE by Avi Garvi Part 1 of 2 A thriller, set in India, inspired by real events. 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. But, as her freedoms are gradually stripped away, it becomes clear that she is not a genuine convert. Is she a police informer trying to gather evidence against the group, a journalist trying to get a scoop or does she have some other agenda? Cas...
Jul 10, 2023•27 min•Season 5Ep. 1
In the last episode, Alia and Ratna tracked the killer down to the college. While they were interviewing suspects there another student, Meenakshi, turned up dead on the roof. Alia worked out that the killer must have thrown her off the roof and then dragged her back up to the top so she was looking at the flag of India. And beforehand Meenakshi had been stopped from coming forward to the police by her friend Faisal. Circling on the killer's motive and MO, Alia and Ratna turn their attention to ...
Jun 05, 2023•26 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Disgraced police inspector Alia Khan is enlisted to help catch a serial killer whose preferred location for his crimes is the rooftop of the hotel where Alia is receptionist. 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. CAST Alia – Prerna Chawla Ratna – Shivani Tanksale Jamal - Kenny Desai Bala – Prabal Panjabi Yamraj – Abhay Mahajan Meenakshi – Ratnabali Bhattacharjee Faisal – Pr...
May 29, 2023•21 min•Season 4Ep. 3
After a young girl is murdered on the rooftop of the hotel she is working in Alia can’t resist looking into it. The police want to enlist her help officially as she is on the scent of the killer… CAST Alia – Prerna Chawla Ratna – Shivani Tanksale Jamal - Kenny Desai Bala – Prabal Panjabi Yamraj – Abhay Mahajan Meenakshi – Ratnabali Bhattacharjee Faisal – Prashant Prakash Mrs Gomes – Radhika Mital Senior Inspector Desai – Rajit Kapur The Hotel Manager – Joy Sengupta Principal Pandey – Sohrab Arde...
May 22, 2023•22 min•Season 4Ep. 2
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. If you haven’t heard the first series you can go back and listen on the feed. **Spoilers Below** In this episode, disgraced police inspector Alia Khan seeks a life of obscurity as a receptionist in a run down Mumbai hotel. But murder soon comes knocking at her door. Second series of the crime drama set and...
May 15, 2023•24 min•Season 4Ep. 1
The Noose - Sapna must revisit her past to make sense of her present. But nothing can prepare her what she finds there. Cast: Sapna – Rasika Dugal Acharya – Vijay Chrishna Karan – Neil Bhoopalam Nirmila Ben / Rosie – Radhika Mital Sapna’s Mother – Shernaz Patel Raja – Sumeet Vyas Kuldeep Singh / Roaji – Rajit Kapur Neha – Amrita Puri Priya Capoor / Pushpa / Female Judge – Ayesha Raza Badan Singh / Politician / Constable – Kenny Desai Madan – Vivek Madan Neelam / Babli – Prerna Chawla Rent Collec...
Apr 10, 2023•14 min•Season 3Ep. 10
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. Cast: Sapna – Rasika Dugal Acharya – Vijay Chrishna Karan – Neil Bhoopalam Nirmila Ben / Rosie – Radhika Mital Sapna’s Mother – Shernaz Patel Raja – Sumeet Vyas Kuldeep Singh / Roaji – Rajit Kapur Neha – Amrita Puri Priya Capoor / Pushpa / Female Judge – Ayesha Raza Badan Singh / Politician / Constable – Kenny Desai Madan – Vivek Madan Neelam...
Apr 03, 2023•15 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Having passed six of the “life tests”, Sapna is within reach of changing her life forever – but not in the way she had anticipated. As the consequences of her Faustian pact become apparent, she realizes there is no escape. Cast: Sapna – Rasika Dugal Acharya – Vijay Chrishna Karan – Neil Bhoopalam Nirmila Ben / Rosie – Radhika Mital Sapna’s Mother – Shernaz Patel Raja – Sumeet Vyas Kuldeep Singh / Roaji – Rajit Kapur Neha – Amrita Puri Priya Capoor / Pushpa / Female Judge – Ayesha Raza Badan Sing...
Mar 27, 2023•15 min•Season 3Ep. 8
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. Dramatised from Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”. Cast: Sapna – Rasika Dugal Acharya – Vijay Chrishna Karan – Neil Bhoopalam Nirmila Ben / Rosie – Radhika Mital Sapna’s Mother – Shernaz Patel Raja – Sumeet Vyas Kuldeep Singh / Roaji – Rajit Kapur Neha – Amrita Pu...
Mar 20, 2023•15 min•Season 3Ep. 7
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. But not in the way she would have hoped. Sapna must come to her rescue. Dramatised from Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”. Cast: Sapna – Rasika Dugal Acharya – Vijay Chrishna Karan – Neil Bhoopalam Nirmila Ben / Rosie – Radhika Mital Sapna’s Mother – Shernaz Patel Raja – Sumeet Vyas Kuldeep Singh / Roaji – Rajit Kapur Neha – Amri...
Mar 13, 2023•15 min•Season 3Ep. 6
A van appears in Sapna’s neighbourhood, luring children away with sweets, to work in factories. Sapna intervenes, but in so doing sets off a chain of events that lead her into the path of danger. Dramatised from Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”. Cast: Sapna – Rasika Dugal Acharya – Vijay Chrishna Karan – Neil Bhoopalam Nirmila Ben / Rosie – Radhika Mital Sapna’s Mother – Shernaz Patel Raja – Sumeet Vyas Kuldeep Singh / Roaji – Rajit Kapur Neha – Amrita Puri Priya Cap...
Mar 07, 2023•15 min•Season 3Ep. 5
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. Dramatised from Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”. Cast: Sapna – Rasika Dugal Acharya – Vijay Chrishna Karan – Neil Bhoopalam Nirmila Ben / Rosie – Radhika Mital Sapna’s Mother – Shernaz Patel Raja – Sumeet Vyas Kuldeep Singh / Roaji – Rajit Kapur Neha – Amrita Puri Priya Capoor / Pushpa / Female Judge – Ayesha Ra...
Feb 27, 2023•15 min•Season 3Ep. 4
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. What Sapna decides to do about it will be a matter of life and death. Could this be one of the seven tests that she has signed up for? Dramatised from Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”. Cast: Sapna – Rasika Dugal Acharya – Vijay Chrishna Karan – Neil Bhoopalam Nirmila Be...
Feb 20, 2023•15 min•Season 3Ep. 3
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”. What the tests are and when they will come, she does not know. Dramatised from Vikas Swarup’s best-selling novel “The Accidental Apprentice”. Cast: Sapna – Rasika Dugal Acharya – Vijay Chrishna Karan – Neil Bhoopalam Nirmila Ben / Rosie – Radhika Mital Sapna’s Mother – Shernaz Patel Raja – Sumeet Vyas Kuldeep Singh / Roaji – Rajit Kapur Neha...
Feb 13, 2023•14 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Sales assistant, Sapna Sinha, is offered a chance to change her life. All she has to do is pass seven tests. Sapna Sinha works as a sales assistant in a TV showroom in New Delhi. Being the only bread-winner in the family she works long hours to provide for her widowed mother and younger sister. But then a man walks into her life with an extraordinary proposition: pass seven “life” tests of his choosing and she will have wealth and power. At first the tests seem easy, but things are not quite as ...
Feb 06, 2023•15 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Ong’s Hat is rumored to have once been the site of a gateway to another dimension. After meeting on a forum devoted to the urban legend, yoga instructor Sarah Larsen, and academic Charlie Brill, go on a road trip to the New Jersey Pine Barrens where a group of renegade Princeton professors had once conducted quantum physics and chaos theory experiments to discover a new theory for dimensional travel. When Sarah disappears, Charlie finds himself at the center of a mystery. Corey Brill (The Walkin...
Jan 20, 2023•3 min
Investigating massive election fraud, Police inspector Alia Khan must put her life on the line by taking on the most powerful people in government. Undercover City is written by Ayeesha Menon and executive produced by John Scott Dryden and Nadir Khan. Sound design was by Steve Bond and music by Sacha Puttnam. Cast: Inspector Alia Khan - Prerna Chawla, Nakul - Anand Tiwari, Inspector Desai - Rajit Kapur, Mrs Gomes - Radhika Mittal, Popo - Rohit Malkani, Alia’s father - Zafar Karachiwala, Vikram N...
Jan 02, 2023•27 min•Season 2Ep. 7
As India’s general elections draw near, and the world’s largest democracy decides its future, A murder and a political scandal leads Police Inspector Alia Khan to unravelling the truth about her policeman father’s death. Undercover City is written by Ayeesha Menon and executive produced by John Scott Dryden and Nadir Khan. Sound design was by Steve Bond and music by Sacha Puttnam. Cast: Inspector Alia Khan - Prerna Chawla, Nakul - Anand Tiwari, Inspector Desai - Rajit Kapur, Mrs Gomes - Radhika ...
Dec 26, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 6
A dead glamour model in a five-star hotel leads Police inspector Alia Khan on the trail of Bollywood’s leading heart-throb. Undercover City is written by Ayeesha Menon and executive produced by John Scott Dryden and Nadir Khan. Sound design was by Steve Bond and music by Sacha Puttnam. Cast: Inspector Alia Khan - Prerna Chawla, Nakul - Anand Tiwari, Inspector Desai - Rajit Kapur, Mrs Gomes - Radhika Mittal, Popo - Rohit Malkani, Alia’s father - Zafar Karachiwala, Vikram Naresh – Darius Shroff, C...
Dec 19, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Police Inspector Alia Khan investigates a psychiatric hospital where women are admitted but never seem to come out. Undercover City is written by Ayeesha Menon and executive produced by John Scott Dryden and Nadir Khan. Sound design was by Steve Bond and music by Sacha Puttnam. Cast: Inspector Alia Khan - Prerna Chawla, Nakul - Anand Tiwari, Inspector Desai - Rajit Kapur, Mrs Gomes - Radhika Mittal, Popo - Rohit Malkani, Alia’s father - Zafar Karachiwala, Vikram Naresh – Darius Shroff, Commissio...
Dec 12, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 4
The body of a young girl is washed up on Juhu beach. A tattoo on her ankle leads police inspector Alia Khan on the trail of a child prostitution ring. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Dec 05, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 3
The search for a missing husband leads Police Inspector Alia Khan to the Tandoori restaurant where he was last seen. Undercover City is written by Ayeesha Menon and executive produced by John Scott Dryden and Nadir Khan. Sound design was by Steve Bond and music by Sacha Puttnam. Cast: Inspector Alia Khan - Prerna Chawla, Nakul - Anand Tiwari, Inspector Desai - Rajit Kapur, Mrs Gomes - Radhika Mittal, Popo - Rohit Malkani, Alia’s father - Zafar Karachiwala, Vikram Naresh – Darius Shroff, Commissi...
Nov 28, 2022•14 min•Season 2Ep. 2
A new police detective series that shines a light on the real victims of political corruption. When an abandoned baby is rescued from a gutter, it falls on the only female police officer on hand, Alia Khan to look after it. It leads her on an investigation into the dark heart of Indian politics. Undercover City is written by Ayeesha Menon and executive produced by John Scott Dryden and Nadir Khan. Sound design was by Steve Bond and music by Sacha Puttnam. Cast: Inspector Alia Khan - Prerna Chawl...
Nov 21, 2022•15 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Thomas is one question away from winning the billion-rupee prize – and the producers, who can’t afford the pay-out, will do anything to stop him. But Thomas is not on the show just for the money... Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Oct 17, 2022•16 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Thomas is finally stumped by a question he doesn’t know the answer to. His thoughts lead him back to his first love Nita, a young prostitute he met in Agra. When she is physically abused by one of her clients, Thomas knows what he has to do… Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Oct 10, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Only two questions away from the billion-rupee prize, Thomas, draws on his experience as an unofficial guide at the Taj Mahal. His friendship with another homeless kid – elective mute, Shankar – leads to a cruel twist of fate and a horrific discovery… Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Oct 03, 2022•14 min•Season 1Ep. 8
