CID (Indian TV series)

CID
Created by	B. P. Singh Pradeep Uppoor
Directed by	B. P. Singh
Starring	see below
Country of origin	India
Original languages	Hindi, English
No. of episodes	716 [503 Cases] (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	Pradeep Uppoor B. P. Singh
Running time	20-22 minutes (April 29, 1997 - Mar 3, 2006) 40-43 minutes (Mar 10, 2006 - Jul 17, 2009) 46-49 minutes (Jul 24, 2009 - Mar 5, 2010) 58-60 minutes (Mar 12, 2010 - Present)
Production company	Fireworks Productions
Original release
Network	Sony Entertainment Television, Sab Tv and Apna Channel
Release	January 21, 1998 Wed 9.30 pm originally – present now Fri-Sat 10 pm (2 new stories) from 21 May

C.I.D. is a series that airs on Sony Entertainment Television. The series is about a team of detectives belonging to the Crime Investigation Department in Mumbai. The protagonist of the show is Shivaji Satam. The series is regarded as the longest running TV series in India. The first investigative series on Indian Television, today it is the most popular show of India. ACP Pradyuman, Senior Inspector Daya, Senior Inspector Abhijeet, Inspector Fredricks and Dr Salunkhe are among the main characters.

On 21 January 1998, Sony Entertainment Television and Fireworks Productions launched a weekly crime thriller called CID. CID set another 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 of CID named "The Inheritance" / C.I.D. 111 in one single shot of 111 minutes (one hour fifty one minutes) without a single cut.

According to an old interview of B. P. Singh, he shot six episodes of CID on Doordarshan (DD) in 1986 'even before Sony TV saw its first daylight'.

On 3 January 2005, Sony Entertainment Television and Fireworks Productions launched a daily investigative thriller called CID Special Bureau, which had a run of 168 episodes, and ended on 27 April 2006. CID Special Bureau was also aired on SAB TV.

Beginning on 7 July 2006, a nationwide hunt called "CID Operation Talaash" was launched, in search of a new officer to join the CID team, which ended on 1 September 2006. Viivek V. Mashru was declared the winner of the hunt and his character's name is Vivek.

After its success, CID's producers arranged an award function named "CID Gallantry Awards" on Tuesday, 26 January 2010, at 9:00 pm IST on Sony Entertainment Television to celebrate their 12th anniversary.

The CID team currently consists of officers ACP Pradyuman, Senior Inspector Abhijeet, Senior Inspector Daya, Inspector Fredricks, Inspector Sachin , Sub-Inspector Vivek , Sub-Inspector Kajal and Forensic experts Dr. Salunkhe, and Dr. Tarika portrayed by – Shivaji Satam, Aditya Srivastava, Dayanand Shetty, Dinesh Phadnis, Hrishikesh Pandey, Vivek Mashru, Jasweer Kaur, Narendra Gupta, and Shraddha Musale respectively.

Cast and characters

Officers

Character	Rank	Portrayed by	Period	Notes
Pradyuman	ACP	Shivaji Satam	1998–present	Referred to as 'Inspector Shrikant Patkar' in the first three cases. Temporarily replaced by ACP Prithviraj in Nov/Dec 2005 for three episodes. He is the leader of the CID team. He believes that duty comes first above everything and proved that by killing Nakul, his criminal son. However, he cares a lot about his officers and treats them like his own children. He lost his eyesight during the case of hijacked car and regained it from the case of missing man.
Abhijeet	Senior Inspector	Aditya Srivastava	1998–present	Originally joined the team as an Inspector to replace Viren. He lost his memory on being hit with a rod in a 1998 case. He is much closer to Senior Inspector Daya. Even though his memory keeps testing him in many cases, he is considered to be one of the best, intelligent and honest officers in the CID team. He is also the best shooter in CID and can shoot with his eyes closed by only hearing the sound. He is shown to have a major crush on Dr.Tarika. Before acting as Abhijeet, he also played the role of a criminal, 'Paresh' in a 1998 case "The Case of Stolen Gun" and stole ACP's gun.
Daya	Senior Inspector	Dayanand Shetty	1998–present	Originally joined the team as a Sub-Inspector. He won the award for the best looking guy in Indian Television in 2002. He is also the strongest of all the CID officers, popular for breaking open the doors and slapping the criminals. One of the smartest officers and often risks his life to save Abhijeet. In one of the cases in 2009 called Beherupiya, he was considered dead after a gunshot but recovered later and rejoined CID by the next case.
Fredricks(Freddy)	Inspector	Dinesh Phadnis	1998–present	Joined the team as Sub-Inspector. In earlier cases, he was better known as Michael. He was serious from 1998 to 2005 but has gained a comic role since. He is a soft-hearted person and is greatly affectionate towards his wife Manisha.
Vivek	Inspector	Vivek V. Mashru	2006–present	He was selected in a contest held by CID Productions named 'Operation Talash'. First seen in the episode, "The Case of the Killer Eyes" (September 29, 2006).He shares a great chemistry with Fredricks and often makes a fun of him but is most closer to him.He was also seen to have and a crush on Tasha.
Sachin	Inspector	Hrishikesh Pandey	2010–present	He joined the CID Team in the episode "Khooni Deewar" (May 7, 2010). In the first case after his return in 2010, he was known as Siddhart and suspected to be the criminal as everyone thought that he makes fake notes, but he was proved innocent and represented 'CID Undercover' (a team of detectives, who keep their identity hidden),so he was hiding his name Siddhart and known as Sachin from the episode "Maut Ka Aashirwad" (May 14, 2010) and finally joined.
Kajal	Inspector	Jasveer Kaur	2010–present	Debuted in the episode "Maut Ka Aashirwad" (May 14, 2010). At first, she was not allowed to join because her brother Rahul was suspected to be a criminal because everyone thought that he added poison on the ashes of the blessing, but later he was proved innocent. She played roles of criminals in 'The Case Of The Mysterious Gift' in which she killed two men and 'The Case Of The Talking Parrot' in which she kidnapped Abhijeet and assaulted Muskaan.

Previous Officers

Character	Rank	Portrayed by	Period	Notes
Tasha	Sub-Inspector	Vaishnavi Dhanraj	2009–2010	First appeared in the case "Khoon Ka Raaj..Ek Aawaz" (May 29, 2009). Was not allowed to join the team because drugs were found in her bag, of which she was unaware of. Later, ACP tested the drugs and found that they were not original. She is very clever and has an intuition to figuring out how crimes may have been caused. She is killed in the line of duty in the episode "Khatre Mein Tasha" (December 04, 2010). She breaths her last in the hospital, surrounded by her CID Team.
Virendra (Viren)	Inspector	Ashutosh Gowariker	1998–1999	Transferred.
K. Sudhakar	Sub-Inspector	Dhananjay Mandrekar	1998–2005	He was a silent figure and also a good friend of Fredricks.
Muskaan	Sub-Inspector	Alka Verma	2006–2007	She was one of the best woman officers and very smart. However, when Devyana joined C.I.D, she began to feel insecure. She was mean to Devyana and always tried to ridicule her and take credit for her work.Transferred.
Devyana	Sub- Inspector	Megha Gupta	2007–2008	Debuted in the case "The Don's Final Revenge" (August 10, 2007). ACP Pradyuman was very rude to her because he thought she was incapable. In "The Case of Dr. O's Mysterious Treasure" (August 31, 2007), he wanted to transfer her because of her belief in superstition and her friendship with Madam Zara, a psychic reader who was disliked by ACP Pradyuman. She initially was the weakest CID officer and was scared of blood and corpses. However, with her brilliant detective skills she overcame her fear. She was instrumental in catching the criminal in "Bhoot Bangala" (February 8, 2008).
Daksh	Inspector	Manav Gohil	2004–2005	Originally joined CID to find out the murderer of his brother and belonged to England. He cheated CID by revealing secrets to Nakul (ACP's criminal son) for the sake of money. Shot by ACP and then died in hospital ward due to the poisonous gas released by Nakul.
Asha	Inspector	Ashwini Kalsekar	1998–2004	Regarded as the best woman CID officer and stayed in the CID Team for a long period.
Aditi	Sub-Inspector	Smita Bansal	2004–2005	She was an intelligent and brave officer although her sister was a big criminal. She did not have friendly relations with Abhijeet because she proved that Abhijeet was present at a murder spot. Died in the episode "Mad Bomber" (August 12–19, 2005). She was first stabbed and then died due to an explosion.
Lavanya	Sub-Inspector	Jimmy Kunal	2008–2009	Debuted in the episode "Khoon Bhari Holi" (March 21, 2008). Initially, she followed C.I.D officers about in this episode and revealed her identity as a C.I.D member herself in the next episode. She got on well with Kaveri.
Kaveri	Sub-Inspector	Parinita Seth	2008	She debuted in the case "Khoon Bhari Holi" (March 21, 2008) along with fellow CID Officer Lavanya. She was very humane and got emotional very often. ACP Pradyuman ridiculed her and Lavanya for this in "Katil Kaun Dohri Uljhan"(March 28, 2008). She acted as a criminal in the episode "The Curse of the Rose Queen" (September 28, 2007) and murdered two girls.
Anushka	Sub-Inspector	Kavita Kaushik	2005–2006	Transferred.
Priyanka	Sub-Inspector	Sai Deodhar	2005	She was extremely headstrong and often took matters into her own hands. During the episodes of "Faceoff" (October 21, 2005-November 11, 2005) and "Trail In London" (November 18, 2005-December 2, 2005) she suspected ACP Pradyuman to be a killer.
Rishi	Inspector	Amar Upadhyay	2006	Appeared in one episode, "Murder in the Safety Vault" (May 12, 2006) and took Daya's replacement. He acted as a criminal in the episode "Return of the Clown" (August 17, 2007) and kidnapped Muskaan and others,in that episode and he hypnotised everyone.

Forensic experts

Character	Portrayed by	Period	Notes
Dr. R. P. Salunkhe	Narendra Gupta	1998–2003 2006–2007 (recurring) 2007–present	He was formerly known as Dr. Verma in early 1998. He was bald at first but got his hair transplanted before his return in 2007. He frequently argues with ACP Pradyuman, Dr. Sonali, and Abhijeet, but greatly cares for the C.I.D team.
Dr. Tarika	Shraddha Musale	2007–present	Debuted in the case "The Don's Final Revenge" (August 10, 2007). Assists Dr. Salunkhe in the Forensic Lab. Sr. Inspector Abhijeet has a crush on her. Even she has the same feelings for him but does not show it often.
Dr. Sonali Barwe	Manini Mishra	2010–present	Debuted in the case "Rahasyamai Darwaza" (May 21, 2010). She is a major rival of Dr. Salunkhe and they both argue a lot. According to the storyline, it is said that she and Dr. Salunkhe studied together at college. She was the first member of C.I.D to be kidnapped by Herpes Dongaru during "Aakhri Chunauti" (September 24, 2010-October 17, 2010)
Dr. Niyati Pradhan	Shweta Kawatra	2003 (recurring) 2005–2007 (recurring)	She was a very able Forensic doctor. She did not get along with ACP Pradyuman but they later reconciled.
Dr. Vrinda Wagle	Mandeep Bhandar	2003–2004
Dr. Anjalika Deshmukh	Mona Ambegaonkar	2004–2005	A widowed wife of a Senior Cop. She thought ACP Pradyuman was the killer of her husband, but was proved definitely wrong. Later, she proved to be an able Forensic doctor and helped the team a lot. She also had a lot of faith in ACP Pradyuman after he was proven innocent.
Dr. Nyla Rajyadhaksha	Priya Wal	2006–2007	She was a brilliant doctor, and was often lauded by the team for her efforts. Vivek was shown to have a minor crush on her.
Forensic experts in the earliest cases	unknown	1998	The first forensic doctor was never called by his name and was known as Dr. Saheb. In the first episode of CID, there were two forensics doctors, one for autopsies and the other for toxicology. After that, there was a doctor, who stayed there for a considerable amount of time before Dr. Verma arrived. The doctor before him had scrawny eyes, thick glasses and was almost bald. He had a French cut beard and he was of medium height and weight. In the third period of Dr. Salunkhe (2007–present), a dumb doctor arrived who was also unknown.

Recurring and minor characters

Officers

Character	Rank	Portrayed by	Period	Episodes	Notes
Ankur	Assistant Inspector	Ankur Chachra	1998
Bhonsale	Sub-Inspector	Aryan	1998
Patil	Sub-Inspector	unknown	1998–1999
Vivek	Sub-Inspector	Anuj Gupta	1998–1999
Mridula	Sub-Inspector	unknown	1998
unknown	Sub-Inspector	Sanjeev Seth	1998
Shinde	Sub-Inspector	Pranav Verma	1998
Desai	Sub-Inspector	Sanjay Shemkalyanee	1998	1 episode	Deceased (killed in the line of duty).
Dipankar	DCP	Dilip Kulkarni	1999, 2000	4 episodes
Baldev Raj	DIG	Shri Vallabh Vyas	2002	2 episodes	He was seen in many cases, like the "Hidden Sniper" (a 2000 case), and "The Case of the broken Shoelace" (a 2001 case). He also acted as a criminal in episodes like the "Case of the Headless Corpse" (March 23, 2007), "The case of the Counterfeit Cop" (a 2001 case), and also as an officer in "The Case Of The 639 Coins" (21–28 June 2002).
unknown	DCP	Ahmed Khan	2002, 2005
unknown	DCP	Surendra Pal	2002

Other popular characters

Character	Portrayed by	Period	Episodes	Notes
Malhar	unknown	2004	2 episodes	Daya's Nephew.
Nakul	Rahil Azam	2004–2005	10+ episodes	Criminal son of ACP Pradyuman, was associated with multiple terrorist gangs. Deceased (by his father).
Varun	Aashif Sheikh	2005	4 episodes	Aditi's fiance
Vikram	unknown	2005	6 episodes	Criminal Tantera's son, who mistook Abhijeet as his father.
Viren	unknown	2008	2 episodes	College friend of Sr. Inspector Abhijit.
Shruti	Shalini Kapoor	2008	4 episodes	Wife of Viren.
News Reporter	Kishwar Merchant	2008–2010	2 episodes
Harpeez Dongara (HD)	Mahesh Manjrekar	2010	9 episodes	Appeared in the episode(s) "Aakhri Chunauti" (24 September–17 October 2010). Was on the trail to kill ACP and destroy the whole CID Team. Kidnapped all the officers in the order of Dr.Sonali, Dr.Tarika, Sub-Inspector Kajal, Inspector Fredericks, Sub-Inspector Vivek, Dr.Salunkhe, Inspector Sachin, Sub-Inspector Tasha to weaken the CID. Killed by Sr. Inspector Abhijit during an encounter in Paris, France (also including ACP Pradyuman and Sr. Inspector Daya).

CID Special Bureau

Character	Rank	Portrayed by	Period	Notes
ACP Ajatshatru	ACP	Anoop Soni	2004–2005	He was also seen in "The Case Of The Blackout" (15–22 March 2002) - 2 parts.
Akshay	Senior Inspector	Salil Ankola	2003–2005
Pratap	Senior Inspector	Nimai Bali	2003–2005
Abhimanyu	Inspector	Hrishikesh Pandey	2004–2005
Jasmine	Inspector	Sushmita Daan	2003–2005
Tejali	Inspector	Mansi Verma	2004–2005
Ashwini	Sub-Inspector	Amita Chandekar	2004–2005
Jehan	Sub-Inspector	Sharad Kelkar	2003–2004
Gargi	Sub-Inspector	unknown	2003–2004
ACP Satyakand	ACP	Sudhanshu Pandey	2003–2004
Samar	Sub-Inspector	Sachin Sharma	2003–2004
Kushal	Sub-Inspector	Kushal Punjabi	2003–2004
Akansha	Sub-Inspector	Mughda Godbole	2003

Other initiatives

CID Special Bureau

'CID Special Bureau' consists of seven officers from different functions and disciplines within the department. Their areas of expertise range from advanced forensic techniques, such as ballistics, DNA testing, carbon dating etc., to graphology and clinical psychology. The fact that they come from different backgrounds enables them to complement each others' strengths in a unique way.

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.

Record ("The Inheritance/ C.I.D. 111") Episode

The popular detective series got into both the Limca Book of Records and the Guinness Book of World Records for its record-breaking single shot episode, 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, this was a unique attempt and understandably was given a special slot. Starring in Singh's innovative experiment were Avinash Wadhwan and Krutika Desai, among others.

CID Operation Talaash

It was a contest held by the CID production team to choose a new candidate for the team. This contest was held in the year 2006 (7 July - 1 September). Many contestants (including celebrities) were tested by the major CID Team - ACP Pradyuman, Abhijeet and Daya. Finally, on September 1st, they found their winner, Vivek V. Mashru, who plays the role of Sub-Inspector Vivek.

CID Gallantry Awards

Sony Entertainment Television announced the CID Gallantry Awards, an initiative to encourage and honour acts of bravery in society in 2010. The award winners were awarded in the presence of distinguished guests, and celebrities in a grand function in Mumbai.

The idea of the CID Gallantry Awards is to recognize and honor the feats of people who have performed selfless acts of bravery for the benefit of their fellow citizens and provide a platform to encourage the new generation to be courageous and brave. Many brave deeds go unnoticed and this award becomes a platform for them. The winner was given Rs. 1 lakh while the runner up received Rs. 50,000.

The jury panel 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, the 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 Karani, Shweta Kawatra, Manav Gohil, Shweta Keswani, Alex O’Neil, Ronit Roy and other TV personalities had graced the ceremony.

See also

• List of C.I.D. episodes
• List of C.I.D. Special Bureau episodes

External links

• CID Official Site on Sony TV India
• C.I.D. at IMDb