The Indian Detective is a classic fish out-of-water story with equal doses of comedy and high-stakes drama which follows Toronto cop Doug D'Mello (Russell Peters) as he becomes embroiled in a murder case while visiting his father in Mumbai.
The investigation leads Doug to uncover a dangerous conspiracy while dealing with his own ambivalence towards a country where, despite his heritage, he is an outsider.
The series was filmed on location in Cape Town, Toronto and Mumbai.
The series also stars William Shatner as a billionaire property developer from Toronto who may have ties to the criminal underworld; and Bollywood actor Anupam Kher (The Big Sick, Silver Linings Playbook, Bend It Like Beckham) as Stanley D'Mello, Doug's father and a retired airline pilot who moved back to India after the death of his wife.
Also starring are Christina Cole, (Casino Royale, Suits) as Constable Robyn Gerner, Doug's tough, beautiful, all-Canadian partner; Mishqah Parthiephal (Snake Park) as Priya Sehgal, an earnest and dedicated lawyer, born into an upper-middle class family in Mumbai; and Hamza Haq (Quantico) as Mumbai drug lord Gopal Chandekar.
In the premiere episode, when a suspected heroin shipment Doug and Robyn were secretly investigating turns out to be children's bikes, Doug's dream of becoming a detective fades into oblivion.
Coerced into going to Mumbai to visit his father Stanley, Doug meets Priya Sehgal, a beautiful, passionate legal-aid lawyer. Together, they fight to uncover the truth behind a false murder confession, and while finding his stride in Mumbai, Doug realises his failed case back home might have roots in his homeland.
| CHANNEL |
Netflix South Africa |
| PREMIERE |
19 December 2017 |
| TIMESLOT |
Tuesday, 00h01 (all episodes) |
| REPEATS |
None |