Friday, 11 October 2013

C.I.D. (Indian TV series)

C.I.D. (Crime Investigation Department) is an Indian crime detective series that airs on Sony Entertainment Television India and Sony Entertainment Television Asia. The series premiered on 29 April 1997[1] and is the longest running TV series in India, having completed sixteen years in 2013.[2][3][4]
Throughout the globe, C.I.D. received highly positive critical reception. The series stars Shivaji Satam, Aditya Srivastava and Dayanand Shetty as the main characters while Dinesh Phadnis, Narendra Gupta, Shraddha Musale and Hrishikesh Pandey portray major supporting characters.
The series is based on a team of detectives belonging to the Crime Investigation Department in Mumbai. The team consists of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Pradyuman, Senior Inspectors Abhijeet, Daya, Rajat and Sachin, Inspector Fredricks, and Sub-Inspectors Nikhil, Purvi,Shreya and Pankaj. They are aided by Forensic Experts Dr. Salunkhe and Dr. Tarika.
All the major characters of the series-ACP Pradyuman,Senior Inspector Abhijeet, Senior Inspector Daya, Inspectors Fredricks, Dr. Salunkhe and Dr. Tarika have risked their lives multiple times to save the dignity of The CID Team and to solve the respective cases.
C.I.D. has been dubbed in other Indian languages. It is dubbed in Telugu and broadcast on MAA TV and Tamil version is telecast on Zee Tamil. A Bengali adapted version of C.I.D known as, C.I.D. Kolkata Bureau airs on SET India's sister channel, Sony Aath.[5][6] C.I.D. also airs in Pakistan on Apna Channel.[citation needed]

Production[edit]

Conception[edit]

Series creator, B.P. Singh, started working on the concept of C.I.D. while he used to work as a cameraman at Doordarshan, for ten years between 1973 and 1983. He said: "I was a news camera-man and handled the camera for about 10 years. Thereafter, I started getting an urge to break free. I thought I could see the scenes from a different and maybe better perspective. I asked Doordarshan if they were interested in serialising some detective stories. I started doing some groundwork by meeting some detectives, etc."[7]
Thereafter, while preparing for his film, Sirf Char Din (a murder mystery), he used to visit the Crime Branch. While there, he interacted with many officials, and was intrigued by the on-going cases, the style of the detectives, and their modus operandi. He started reading detective novels, written by Shrikant Sinkar, and greatly liked his style of writing. Inspired by all of this, he started toying with idea of creating a detective TV series. Singh had already made six episodes in 1986, twelve years before the premier of the show, and eight years before Sony TV was launched in 1994. He did not do any research or surveys before the series conception and has intended to keep the episodes' storylines simple.[7]

Casting[edit]

Marathi theatre veteran, Shivaji Satam, who plays ACP Pradyuman, had worked with B.P. Singh on many projects before C.I.D.. "Having worked with B.P. on so many projects, I had to be part of CID," said Satam. Dayanand Shetty (Daya) was spotted by Sanjay Shetty, a member of the C.I.D. production team, in a community play, in which Daya was adjudged best actor. Singh was so impressed with Shetty that he finalized him five minutes into the audition. His character is amongst the most popular ones in the series[8] along with Satam's character, Pradyuman. Aditya Srivastava who portrays Abhijeet, was introduced in the show as a criminal but was later added into the C.I.D. team. "I had agreed to only 26 episodes. In 1998, I was also doing some films, but BP sir gave me the flexibility to come and go as I felt like. But I began to enjoy the role of Abhijeet, and so stayed on," said Srivastava. Singh wanted Srivastava to be part of his team after seeing his work in Ram Gopal Varma’s Satya.[8]

Episode format[edit]

C.I.D. originally aired on Wednesdays at 9:30 PM IST before being moved to its current time slot in 2001. From its debut until 3 March 2006 the series format consisted of half-hour episodes with each case being split across two episodes with the exception of several multi-part cases and crossovers with C.I.D. Special Bureau in 2005. On 10 March 2006 the format was changed to one-hour episodes with each case being covered in a single episode. The episode air time has since been increased to around 90 minutes. On 21 May 2010, commencing from the episode "Rahasyamai Darwaza", C.I.D. was aired twice in a week, Friday and Saturday at 10:00 PM, with one case shown in a single episode, with the exception of a few episodes. Later, on 29 June 2012, commencing from the episode "Khooni Paani", C.I.D was aired thrice in a week from Friday to Sunday at 10:00 PM. Due to a fall in the number of viewers, on 7 September 2012, it was moved back to its original slot twice in a week, Friday and Saturday at 10:00 PM. On 3 February 2013 C.I.D. moved to 10:00 pm Friday to Sunday and airs thrice in a week.Then Cid From 31 August 2013 CID come back twice a week Friday and Saturday at 10:00pm.
It has completed 1000 episodes as of 13 September 2013 and the number is still going on.

Cast[edit]

Previous Cast & Characters[edit]

Cars used in C.I.D[edit]

Other initiatives[edit]

CID: Chhote Heroes[edit]

CID: Chhote Heroes is a sub-series that premiered on Sony Entertainment Television on 1 February 2013. The series primarily revolves around young children who are either witnesses or victims of crimes committed in India. These children play central characters who often help the CID team in solving mysteries.The sub-series airs every Friday at 9pm (Indian Standard Time). The series includes a new cast member: K.K. Goswami as Dhenchu.It ended on 24 May 2013

C.I.D. Special Bureau[edit]

The C.I.D. Special Bureau was a part of C.I.D. According to the plots C.I.D. Special Bureau was created by ACP Pradyuman (9766578372) to solves the cases that has been occurred 15-20 years ago and still the case is not solved. Many notable actors acted in this series. Some of its episodes was crossover episode with C.I.D. It has its own forensic doctor for all cases.
Visual recreation of a crime as the layers of mystery gradually open in the course of investigation, makes the show a class above other shows in the genre. alim sayyad is new cid actor in 2014

Guinness World Record Episode[edit]

C.I.D. set a record on 7 November 2004, when B. P. Singh entered the Limca Book of Records and Guinness Book of World Records for canning an entire episode named "The Inheritance" / C.I.D. 111 in a single shot of 111 minutes (1 hour, 51 minutes) without a single cut.[9][10] A feat which, director B P Singh feels, " every Indian should be proud of because no one has achieved this before." More than a decade ago, in 1987, Singh shot an episode of his Marathi detective series Ek Shunya Shunya in a single take of 22 minutes.
Titled "The Inheritance", this episode is about a hotelier who comes down from South Africa to wind up his business and sort out his inheritance. All his relatives gather at the hotel in the hope of getting a share of his property. A murder takes place amidst them and the owner summons the CID. Just when the CID team thinks it has tracked the killer, two more murders are committed, this time in the presence of the CID thus intensifying the suspense.
This unique episode aired on Sunday, 7 November 2004, at 8:00 pm IST. Shot continuously for 111 minutes, the show was given a special slot. Starring in Singh's innovative experiment were Avinash Wadhwan and Krutika Desai, among others.

CID: Operation Talaash[edit]

Beginning on 7 July 2006, a nationwide hunt called "C.I.D. Operation Talaash" was launched, in search of a new officer to join the C.I.D. team,[11] which ended on 1 September 2006. Viivek V. Mashru was declared the winner of the hunt, taking the role of a police inspector who bears his name.But then after a couple of years he decided to quit and doesn't say why he left.[12]

CID Gallantry Awards[edit]

Sony Entertainment Television announced the CID Gallantry Awards, an initiative to encourage and honour acts of bravery in society in 2010.[13] The winners were awarded in the presence of distinguished guests and celebrities in a grand function in Mumbai.[14]
The idea of the CID Gallantry Awards is to honor the feats of people who have performed selfless acts of bravery for the benefit of their fellow citizens and to encourage the new generation to be courageous and brave as well. The winner was given Rs. 1 lakh while the runner up received Rs. 50,000.
The jury for the award consists of personalities including Gerson Da Cunha, who is an actor, social worker and an author; Aushtosh, managing editor of IBN 7; Shanta Gokhale, writer, translator, cultural critic and theatre historian; and Kavita Karkare, wife of 26/11 martyr Hemant Karkare.
Salman Khan was the special guest of honour at the CID Gallantry Awards. Anu Malik, Kailash Kher, Aditya Srivastav, Shivaji Satam, Dayanand Shetty, Munisha Khatwani, Kashmira Shah, Manasi Verma, Vaishnavi Dhanraj, Vivek V. Mashru, Alka Verma, Shweta Kawatra, Manav Gohil, Shweta Keswani, Alex O’Neil, Ronit Roy and other TV personalities had graced the ceremony.
As of 2012,the CID Gallantry Awards have been renamed to CID Veerta Awards.

Episodes[edit]

Main article: List of C.I.D. episodes

Special appearances[edit]

  • Om Puri (14 and 21 September 2001)
Om Puri Portrayed an Under Cover Officer named ACP Joe Santos in the Episode The Counterfeit Cop, the episode revolves around a Kidnapping of a young child
  • Prem Chopra ("The Case of Conterfeit Murderer" on 12 and 19 October 2001)
Prem Chopra portrays an elderly man named Rohit who kills his wife and confesses to the CID team, then the team investigates if it was actually Rohit (Prem Chopra) or someone else
Khan made an appearance as himself with the other star cast of the film. The CID team investigates a piracy racket, where prints of Salman Khan’s latest movie Wanted: Dead or Alive are available in the market even before its release. The team, thus comes together with Khan to nab the culprits and send out a strong message against piracy to the audience.[16]
Mukerji made an appearance as her film character, Meera Gaity, a reporter. She helped the CID team in solving a case.
  • Aamir Khan ("Mystery of the Red Suitcase Murders" on 23 and 24 November 2012 to promote his 2012 film Talaash)[18]
Khan portrayed his film character, Inspector Shekhawat, and helped the CID team to solve a murder mystery over two episodes.[19]
Kumar did high action stunts in the show to save a child who was about to be killed by a kidnapper.

References[edit]

  1. Jump up ^ "Indian Entertainment Channel – Indian Television Shows – Sony TV Live – Bollywood Movie Channel". SET India. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  2. Jump up ^ "What makes this TV show such a hit with Indians?". Movies.rediff.com. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  3. Jump up ^ Indo-Asian News Service. "Television's longest running show CID goes regional". NDTV. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  4. Jump up ^ TNN (22 December 2012). "A twist in CID". Times of Indiia. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  5. Jump up ^ Press Trust of India (31 October 2012). "Sony TV's CID, now in Bengali". movies.ndtv.com. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  6. Jump up ^ Indo Asian News Service (31 October 2012). "Bengali 'CID' to hit small screen Nov 12". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b Lalwani, Vickey (9 January 2004). "Interview with Fireworks Productions' B P Singh". www.indiantelevision.com. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Sethuraman, Shreya (27 July 2012). "Chasing criminals, cracking cases". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 898January 2013.
  9. Jump up ^ "Cops in demand". Screenindia.com. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  10. Jump up ^ "A long shot at a record". Indian Express. 6 November 2004.
  11. Jump up ^ "CID Operation Talaash is on!". Tellychakkar.com. 2006-07-07. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  12. Jump up ^ "Another hero enters CID – Entertainment – DNA". Dnaindia.com. 2006-09-15. Retrieved 2010-08-06.
  13. Jump up ^ "Honour to ordinary". Indian Express. 17 Sep 2010.
  14. Jump up ^ "Sony Entertainment Television and CID Salute Brave Indians". Buzz 7. Retrieved 2010-08-06. [dead link]
  15. Jump up ^ "Salman Khan joins hands with CID team to fight piracy". news.desitvforum.net. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  16. Jump up ^ "Salman Khan Wanted by CID". entertainment.oneindia.in. 10 September 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  17. Jump up ^ Lalwani, Vickey (22 December 2010). "Rani overshadows Vidya?". Times of India. Retrieved 16 January 2013.
  18. Jump up ^ IANS (17 November 2012). "Talaash: Aamir Khan to join hands with 'C.I.D.' and more". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
  19. Jump up ^ Bollywood Hungama (19 November 2012). "Aamir Khan promotes Talaash on CID". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

External links[edit]


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C.I.D
C.I.D. (TV series) Logo.jpg
Logo of C.I.D.
GenreCrime fiction
FormatPolice Procedural
Created byB. P. Singh
Written byB. P. Singh, Sriram Raghvan, Shridhar Raghvan, Rajat Aroraa, Virendra Shahaney, Aparna Shahaney, Christabelle D'Souza, Shilpa Choubey, Susheel Choubey, Santosh Shetty, Abhishek Garg, Ajay Singh, Ajay Kumar, Abir Sengupta, Nitika Kanwar, Naila Chogle, Pakhi Kartik, Pronati Sengupta, Kankana Maitra, Gopal Kulkrani, Ishwar Singh, Tanmay Singh, Aparna Nadig, Aanand Goradiya & Swati Goradiya
Directed byB. P. Singh
Raakesh Sarang
Rajan Waghdhare
Siba Mishra
Nandu Kale
Santosh Shetty
Salil Singh
Nitin Choudhary
StarringSee below
Country of originIndia
Original language(s)Hindi
No. of episodes1005 as on 28 September 2013
Production
Producer(s)Pradeep Uppoor
Editor(s)Kedar Gotage
Bhakti Mayaloo
Shachindra Vats
CinematographyB. P. Singh
Raakesh Sarang
Siba Mishra
Dhananjay Kulkarni
Rajesh Diwaker
Sushil Sharma
R. P. Singh
Rajendra Prasad
Running time
  • 20–22 minutes (29 April 1997 – 3 March 2006)
  • 40–43 minutes (10 March 2006 – 17 July 2009)
  • 46–60 minutes (24 July 2009 – 5 March 2010)
  • 58–60 minutes (12 March 2010 – Present)
Production company(s)Fireworks Productions
B. P. Singh Productions
Broadcast
Original channelSony Entertainment Television India
Sony Entertainment Television Asia
Original run21 January 1998 – Present
Chronology
Related showsCID Special Bureau (2005)
External links
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