''Guilty Minds'' is an Indian

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-language legal drama

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. The series is written and directed by Shefali Bhushan and Jayant Digambar Somalkar. This series stars

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Sugandha Garg Sugandha Garg is an Indian actress, singer and television host. She was last seen in Indian web series '' Guilty Minds''. Career Garg appeared as Shaleen in the film '' Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na'' (2008). She played the role of the best friend ...

Kulbhushan Kharbanda Kulbhushan Kharbanda (born 21 October 1944) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi and Punjabi films. He is best known for his role as the antagonist Shakaal in '' Shaan'' (1980), Starting off with the Delhi-based theatre group 'Yatrik' in the 1 ...

and

Satish Kaushik Satish Chandra Kaushik (born 13 April 1956) is an Indian actor, director, producer, comedian and screenwriter. Early life Satish was born on 13 April 1956 in Mahendragarh, Haryana. He graduated from Kirori Mal College, Delhi in 1972. He is an ...

in the lead.

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 represents Khanna & Khanna 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.

Cast

as Kashaf Quaze *

as Deepak Rana *

as Vandana Kathpalia *Namrata Sheth as Shubhangi Khanna *

as Tajinder Bhalla *

as L N Khanna *

Benjamin Gilani Benjamin Gilani is an Indian film, television and stage actor who works in Hindi cinema. Early life and career Gilani was schooled at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla. He is a postgraduate from Delhi University having studied and taught English lit ...

as Munawwar Quaze *Pranay Pachauri as Shubhrat Khanna *Diksha Juneja as Riya Singh *

Sadhana Singh Sadhana Singh is an Indian film and television actor. Sadhana was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. Her family hailed from the Indian state of Punjab. Her first magazine shot was done by Pardeep Mishra. She started her film career with the 1982 ...

as Mumtaz *Deepak Kalra as Kitu Bhalla *Chitrangada Satarupa as Sunanda Bose *

Virendra Saxena Virendra Saxena (born 23 November 1951) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi theatre, film, and television. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Saxena is known for his character roles as well as his unique voice. He has acted in ...

as Vishwambar Chauhan *

Karishma Tanna Karishma Tanna Bangera (born 21 December 1983) is an Indian actress, model and anchor who predominantly works in Hindi films and television shows. She made her television debut with ''Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' in 2001. She is well known ...

as Mala Kumari *

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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 Shakti Kapoor (born Sunil Kapoor; 3 September 1952) is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 600 films. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor teame ...

as Anwar (Episode-5 Aalaap)

Reception

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

Shubhra Gupta Shubhra Gupta is an Indian film critic, writer and columnist for ''The Indian Express'' from New Delhi, India. She received the Ramnath Goenka Award for Best Writing on Cinema in 2012. She was a member of the Central Board of Film Certificati ...

from ''

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'' 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." Abhimanyu Mathur from ''

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'' 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."

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