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{{Short description|Indian Hindi-language legal drama television series}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Guilty Minds Poster.jpg
| image_upright =
| caption = promotional poster
| genre = [[Legal drama]]

| creator = Shefali Bhushan
| based_on =
| story =
| writer = {{ubl|Shefali Bhushan|Manav Bhushan|Deeksha Gujral|Jayant Digambar Somalkar
}}
| screenplay =
| director = Shefali Bhushan <br/> Jayant Digambar Somalkar

| starring = {{ubl|[[Shriya Pilgaonkar]]|[[Varun Mitra]]|[[Sugandha Garg]]|[[Satish Kaushik]]|Namrata Seth|[[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]]}}
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 10
| list_episodes =
| music = Sagar Desai
| executive_producer = Shefali Bhushan
| producer = [[Karan Grover]]
| cinematography = Siddharth Srinivasan
| composer =
| editor = Navnita Sen
| runtime = 45–50 minutes
| company = A Singro Media Innovation PVT LTD Production
| network = [[Amazon Video]]
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2022|04|22}}
| last_aired =
| related =
}}

'''''Guilty Minds''''' is an Indian [[Hindi]]-language legal drama television series on [[Amazon Prime Video]]. The series is written and directed by Shefali Bhushan<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/guilty-minds-shefali-bhushan-opens-about-casting-female-protagonist-legal-drama-series-1070922?amp|title=Guilty Minds: Shefali Bhushan opens up about casting female protagonist for the legal drama series|website=[[Pinkvilla]]|date=19 April 2022|access-date=23 April 2022|archive-date=24 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220424043157/https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/guilty-minds-shefali-bhushan-opens-about-casting-female-protagonist-legal-drama-series-1070922?amp|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Jayant Digambar Somalkar. This series stars [[Shriya Pilgaonkar]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/news/hindi/shriya-pilgaonkar-attended-court-hearings-to-understand-her-guilty-minds-character/articleshow/90957942.cms|title=Shriya Pilgaonkar attended court hearings to understand her 'Guilty Minds' character|website=[[The Times Of India]]|date=20 April 2022 |access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref> [[Varun Mitra]], [[Sugandha Garg]], [[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] and [[Satish Kaushik]] in lead roles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/guilty-minds-review-shriya-pilgaonkar-is-mesmerising-in-the-series-that-thrives-on-an-ensemble-cast-3-5-stars-2909896|title=Guilty Minds Review: Shriya Pilgaonkar Is Mesmerising In A Legal Series With A Mellow Sense Of Drama|website=[[NDTV]]|access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/guilty-minds-trailer-shriya-pilgaonkar-varun-mitra-legal-drama-7859846/lite/|title=Guilty Minds trailer: Shriya Pilgaonkar and Varun Mitra promise an intriguing legal drama|website=[[The Indian Express]]|date=8 April 2022 |access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/amazon-prime-to-stream-new-original-guilty-minds-on-22-april/amp-11650177723772.html|title=Amazon Prime to stream new original 'Guilty Minds' on 22 April|website=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]|date=17 April 2022|access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref>

At the [[2022 Filmfare OTT Awards]], ''Guilty Minds'' received 6 nominations, including Best Drama Series, Best Director in a Drama Series (Bhushan), Best Actress in a Drama Series (Pilgaonkar) and Best Actor in a Drama Series (Mitra).

==Plot==
The story revolves around Kashaf Quaze, Deepak Rana and Vandana Kathpalia, three law school friends who are often put opposite each other in the court of law. Kashaf and Vandana run a law centre where they take up class action and humanitarian cases while Deepak is a partner at Khanna & Khanna Associates, a popular law firm with rich clients. Each episode in the series dwells with issues such as rape, artificial intelligence, water shortage and how those issues interact with the lives and principles of the characters.

==Episodes==

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|ShortSummary = Film star Mala Kumari accuses renowned filmmaker Divendu Khanna of molesting her at the start of her career. Kahsaf represents Mala while Deepak defends Divendu using female advocate Neela Raghunandan and main counsel.
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|Title = Plan Your Baby
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|Title = Guilt
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==Cast==
*[[Shriya Pilgaonkar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/guilty-minds-shriya-pilgaonkar-and-varun-mitra-talk-about-visiting-a-real-court-for-the-preparation-of-their-characters-1525768/amp|title='Guilty Minds': Shriya Pilgaonkar And Varun Mitra Talk About Visiting A Real Court For The Preparation Of Their Characters|website=[[ABP News]]|access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref> as Kashaf Quaze, Munawwar's daughter
*[[Varun Mitra]] as Deepak Rana
*[[Sugandha Garg]] as Vandana Kathpalia
*Namrata Sheth as Shubhangi Khanna, L. N. Khanna's grand-daughter
*[[Satish Kaushik]] as Tejinder Bhalla
*[[Kulbhushan Kharbanda]] as L. N. Khanna
*[[Benjamin Gilani]] as Munawwar Quaze, Kashaf's father
*Pranay Pachauri as Shubhrat Khanna, Shubhangi's cousin and L. N. Khanna's grand-son
*Diksha Juneja as Riya Singh, Shubhrat's girlfriend
*[[Sadhana Singh]] as Mumtaz
*Deepak Kalra as Kitu Bhalla, Tejinder's son and Deepak's best friend
*[[Chitrangada Satarupa]] as Sunanda Bose
*[[Virendra Saxena]] as Vishwambar Chauhan
*[[Karishma Tanna]] as Mala Kumari
*[[Suchitra Krishnamurthy]] as Neela Raghunandan
*Dinker Sharma as Hasan
*Akshay Baghel as Abhijeet
*Vasundhara Kaul as Antara
*Arun Kalra as Shamsher Khanna
*Meet Vora as Prateek Malhotra
*Hans Dev Sharma as Dilrah Khanaa
*Atul Kumar as Diveyendu Khurana
*Suhita Thatte as Justice Shukla
*[[Shakti Kapoor]] as Anwar (Episode-5 Aalaap)

==Reception==
''Guilty Minds'' received positive to mixed reviews.

[[Shubhra Gupta]] from ''[[The Indian Express]]'' writes, "This is a well-done, well-acted show. My only quibble is the banal title ‘Guilty Minds’, which feels un-nuanced for a show which says everyone is innocent until they are proved guilty, and maybe not even then. Just by virtue of the fact that one of the lead characters is Muslim, whose unresolved childhood trauma can belong to anyone– religion, caste, creed no bar– makes it a big win, given our times."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/guilty-minds-review-shriya-pilgaonkar-varun-mitra-amazon-prime-video-7881758/lite/|title=Guilty Minds review: All-desi, hugely entertaining and thought-provoking|website=[[The Indian Express]]|date=22 April 2022 |access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref>

Abhimanyu Mathur from ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' writes that "It is refreshing to see the courtrooms of India depicted as how they are, and hats off to showrunner Shefali Bhushan for that."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/web-series/guilty-minds-review-amazon-series-brings-refreshing-realism-to-courtroom-dramas-but-ends-up-as-an-uneven-show-101650614678356-amp.html|title=Guilty Minds review: Amazon series brings refreshing realism to courtroom dramas but ends up as an uneven show|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=22 April 2022 |access-date=23 April 2022}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Award ceremony
!Category
!Nominee / work
!Result
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[2022 Filmfare OTT Awards|2022]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Filmfare OTT Awards]]
|Best Drama Series
|''Guilty Minds''
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="6" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filmfare OTT Awards 2022 - Nominations |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-ott-awards-2022/nominations |access-date=2024-02-11 |website=filmfare.com |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Best Director in a Drama Series
|Shefali Bhushan
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Actress in a Drama Series
|[[Shriya Pilgaonkar]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Actor in a Drama Series
|Varun Mitra
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Background Music (Series) nom
|Sagar Desai
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Production Design (Series) nom
|Vikram Singh
|{{nom}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=tt19355272}}
* [https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Guilty-Minds/0SWP6VVKR6CG4E3WEKCKLCFRKJ ''Guilty Minds''] at [[Amazon Prime Video]]

{{Amazon Video original series}}

[[Category:Hindi-language television shows]]
[[Category:Legal drama television series]]
[[Category:2022 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:Indian LGBTQ-related television shows]]

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