The Indian Detective

The Indian Detective
Genre Comedy
Police procedural
Mystery
Crime
Created by Frank Spotnitz
Smita Bhide
Starring Russell Peters
Anupam Kher
William Shatner
Christina Cole
Mishqah Parthiephal
Country of origin Canada
Original language English
No. of episodes 4
Production
Producer Trevor Hopkins
Production locations Mumbai, India
Cape Town, South Africa
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Running time 44-46 minutes
Production company CTV
Original release
Network CTV
Release 23 November –
14 December 2017

The Indian Detective is a Canadian crime comedy-drama series which debuted on CTV and Netflix in 2017. The show stars Russell Peters as Doug D'Mello, a police officer from Toronto who becomes embroiled in a murder investigation while visiting his father (Anupam Kher) in Mumbai during a one-month suspension for incompetence. The fourth episode ended in a cliffhanger, hinting at a possible second season; while Peters has stated at various times that a second season was in the works, none has been officially announced as of September 2019.

As of January 2020, Peters entered a partnership with Amazon Prime with the comedic special "Russell Peters: Deported," possibly delaying season 2 of The Indian Detective even further.

Production

The Canadian scenes of The Indian Detective were filmed on location in Toronto, and in surrounding areas in Ontario. The Canadian border crossing scenes were filmed at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, and some of the Indian scenes were actually filmed in Cape Town, South Africa.

At the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, the series won the Golden Screen Award as the highest-rated Canadian television program of 2018.

Cast and characters

Episodes

No.
overall		 No. in
season		 Title Directed by Written by Original air date Viewers
(millions)
1 1 "Episode 1" Sandy Johnson Frank Spotnitz & Smita Bhide November 23, 2017 2.12
A Toronto police officer gets embroiled in a murder investigation while visiting his father in Mumbai.
2 2 "Episode 2" Sandy Johnson Frank Spotnitz & Smita Bhide November 30, 2017 1.54
Priya introduces Doug to a case of a missing Canadian traveler; Doug learns the location of the missing girl.
3 3 "Episode 3" Sandy Johnson Frank Spotnitz & Smita Bhide December 7, 2017 1.28
The violent death of an innocent man at the hands of one of Gopal's henchmen allows Doug and Priya to infiltrate his inner circle.
4 4 "Episode 4" Sandy Johnson Frank Spotnitz & Smita Bhide December 14, 2017 1.26
In a desperate race against time in order to save thousands of lives, Doug and Robyn embark on a dangerous mission in the season finale.