New Delhi Times is 1986 Hindi-language political thriller film directed by Ramesh Sharma and written by Gulzar, starring Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Om Puri and Kulbhushan Kharbanda in lead roles.

[1][2] It remains one of few Bollywood films to tackle the issue of corruption in media, joining Kundan Shah's Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), Main Azaad Hoon (1989) and Rann (2010)[3][4] The film tells the story of an honest journalist Vikas Pande (Shashi Kapoor) from Ghazipur in eastern Uttar Pradesh who moves to Delhi to run a newspaper, and soon uncovers a political assassination, and in the process, falls prey to a corrupt system and the nexus between politicians and media barons.

Vikas Pande is the upright and fearless executive editor of the New Delhi Times newspaper and is in the process of exposing a scandal of illegal hooch that killed hundreds of people.

Ajay Singh is a dangerous man and is linked with all types of illegal activities like drug trafficking, smuggling, extortion, looting, etc.

On the other hand, Vikas's wife, who is a lawyer, is approached by an old man whose daughter is missing from her in-laws place, and whom they claim had gone mad.

In a fit of rage, Ajay Singh reveals that he had bribed Bhaleram and his 13 MLAs and his road to the chief minister's chair was almost clear.

One fine day the old man who had earlier approached Vikas's wife for his missing daughter, comes to thank her for her efforts.