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CID
File:Cid serial14.jpg
Senior Inspector Abhijeet, Inspector Fredericks, ACP Pradyuman and Senior Inspector Daya(from the left)
Created byB. P. Singh
Directed byB. P. Singh
Starringsee below
Country of origin India
Original languageHindi
No. of episodes613
7 Special Episodes
(list of episodes)
Production
ProducersPradeep Uppoor
B. P. Singh
Running time20-22 minutes
(Jan 21, 1998 - 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 companyFireworks Productions
Original release
NetworkSony Entertainment Television
ReleaseJanuary 21, 1998 –
present now Fri-Sat 10 pm (2 new stories) from 21 May

C.I.D. is an Indian television series airs on Sony Entertainment Television. The series is about a team of detectives belonging to the Crime Investigation Division of the Mumbai Police. It stars Shivaji Satam. The series is regarded as the longest running crime investigation TV series in India. The first investigative series on Indian Television, is today one of the most popular shows on Sony Entertainment Television. Senior Inspector Abhijeet and Inspector Daya are also the major characters.

The series consists of hard-core police procedural stories dealing with investigation, detection and suspense. The protagonists of the serial are an elite group of police officers belonging to the Crime Investigation Department of the police force, led by ACP Pradyuman (played by the dynamic Shivaji Satam). While the stories are plausible, there is an emphasis on dramatic plotting and technical complexities faced by the police.

In 21 January 1998, Sony Entertainment Television and Fireworks Productions launched a weekly crime thriller called CID. CID set another record in 7 November 2004, when Mr B.P. Singh entered Guinness Book of World Records for canning an entire episode of CID named The Inheritance / C.I.D. 111 in just one single shot of 111 minutes (one hour fifty one minutes) without a single cut.

In 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. But unfortunately in 27 April 2006, it ended its CID Special Bureau.

In 7 July 2006 launched a nation wide hunt called "CID Operation Talaash" in search of a new officer to join the CID team, which ended on 1 September 2006. Vivek Mashru was declared the winner of the hunt and his characters name is also Vivek.

CID is the longest running show in the history of [Indian Television] . [citation needed] It is a laborious effort of years by Fireworks Production, Mr. BP Singh, Mr. Pradeep Uppoor and their team of actors, writers and production. After its success CID's producers had 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 C.I.D series is mainly popularly due to its strong performances, sometimes unintentionally funny dialogues, various twists and turns and eccentric cases. It has become a rage amongst the youth of India.

The CID team currently comprises of ACP Pradyuman, Abhijeet, Daya, Fredricks, Vivek, Tasha, Dr.Taarika and Dr.Salukhe. The actors – Shivaji Satham, Aditya Srivastava, Dayanand Shetty, Dinesh Phadnis and others, are the pillars of the show. Two new characters namely, Inspectors Sachin, Kajal were revealed on the 14 May 2010 episode of C.I.D, Dr. Sonali were revealed on the 21 May 2010 episode of C.I.D .More new characters and a new format is set to be unveiled on the 11 June 2010.

Episodes

Some episode of C.I.D. starts with a member of the team describing the events of a crime, which is followed by the crime being occurred, and the C.I.D being called out to interrogate the case. Occasionally, while the crime is being committed, the team is usually playing games in the bureau; such as playing chess, talking about Cricket, or picking on Inspector Fredricks for his actions. When contacted, the C.I.D. team goes to the crime scene, and start their search for evidence. Actually the CID is called by the Mumbai Police when a crime is too complex to solve using local police station based resources, or when cross-jurisdictional issues are involved. Additionally the CID team has the best equipped forensic pathology lab, and the latest in computerized equipment, and ballistic tests machines. They also are directly linked to the National Fingerprint database and to Interpol's international crime database. Hence their added value in the series. They always believe in one statement: "Every criminal always leaves something behind".

They search the setting until they find something, even the smallest thing, such as a strand of hair. The body, if it is a murder case, is taken to the forensic lab, where Dr. Salunkhe and his assistant, Dr. Tarika study the body. Dr. Salukhe tells interesting things on how the person may have died. He may have been stabbed by a knife, but he may be killed by poison. The C.I.D. team interrogates all the witnesses. After a lot of hard work, which involves lot of driving, running around and Inspector Daya breaking at least one door in each episode, the C.I.D. team solves the case and catch the criminal.

Each episode ends with the C.I.D. members catching the criminal after some brief action with guns and a handful of punches and kicks (mostly delivered by Daya) and explaining the details of the crime. The criminal always denies the allegations till one of the C.I.D. member slaps him/her. In the next shot, he/she is seen to be sitting on a chair in the bureau and confessing everything while crying. Finally one of the officers (mostly the ACP) tells the criminal what likely punishment they will receive for this crime. Mostly, capital punishment is awarded to men criminals and life imprisonment to women except in a few episodes. Now in the newer episodes, a few women have been awarded capital punishment as well.

Cast and characters

Principal cast

Officers

Character Rank Portrayed by Period Notes
ACP Pradyuman ACP Shivaji Satam 1998 – Present Referred to as 'Inspector Shrikant Patkar' in the first 3 cases.
Temporarily replaced by ACP Prithviraj in Nov/Dec 2005
Abhijeet Senior Inspector Aditya Srivastava 1999 – Present Originally joined the team as a Inspector.
Daya Senior Inspector Dayanand Shetty 1998 – Present Originally joined the team as a Sub-Inspector.won the award for the best looking guy in Indian TV in 2002.
Sachin Inspector Hrishikesh Pandey 2004 – 2005 (CID Special Bureau)
2010 – Present (Recurrence)		 Referred to as 'Inspector Abhimanyu' From CID Special Bureau
Fredericks Inspector Dinesh Phadnis 1998 – Present Originally joined the team as a Sub-Inspector.Formerly known as sub-inspector Michael
Kajal Sub-Inspector Jasveer Kaur 2010 – Present
Vivek Sub-Inspector Vivek Mashru 2006 – Present
Tasha Sub-Inspector Vaishnavi Dhanraj 2009 – Present
Lavanya Sub-Inspector Jimmy Kunal Nanda 2008–2009
Kaveri Sub-Inspector Parinitaa Seth 2008-2009(mid) Deceased (killed in the line of duty)
Muskaan Sub-Inspector Alka Verma 2006–2007 Transferred
Divyana Sub-Inspector Megha Gupta 2007–2008
Virendra ("Viren") Inspector Ashutosh Gowariker 1998–1999 Transferred
Asha Inspector Ashwini Kalsekar 1998–2004
K. Sudhakar Sub-Inspector Dhananjay Mandrekar 1998–2005
Aditi Inspector Smita Bansal 2004–2005 Deceased (killed in the line of duty) on episode Mad-Bomber
Daksh Inspector Manav Gohil 2004–2005 Deceased (murdered) on episode Trail In London but also shot in episode of Face-Off
Priyanka Inspector Sai Deodhar 2005
Anushka Sub-Inspector Kavita Kaushik 2005–2006

Forensic experts

Character Portrayed by Period Notes
Dr. R. P. Salunkhe Narendra Gupta 1998–2003
2004 - 2006 (Recurring)
2007–Present		 He was formerly known as Dr. Verma in early 1998
Dr. Sonali Manini Mishra 2010 – Present
Dr. Tarika Shraddha Musale 2007 – Present Assists Dr. Salunkhe in the Forensic Lab
Dr. Niyati Pradhan Shweta Kawatra 2003 (Recurring)
2005 - 2006
2007 (Recurring)
Dr. Vrinda Wagle Mandeep Bhandar 2003–2004
Dr. Anjalika Deshmukh Mona Ambegaonkar 2004–2005
Dr. Alka unknown 2006
Dr. Nyla Rajyadhaksha Priya Wal 2006–2007
Forensic experts in the earliest cases unknown 1998 The first forensic doctor was never called by his name and we only know him as Doctor Saheb.In the first episode itself, there were two forensics doctors, one for autopsy 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.


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Recurring and minor characters

Officers

Character Rank Portrayed by Period Notes
Shamsher Singh DIG B. P. Singh 2005 3 Episodes
Baldev Raj DIG Shri Vallabh Vyas 2002 2 Episodes
unknown DCP Surendra Pal 2005
unknown DCP Ahmed Khan 2002, 2005
Dipankar DCP Dilip Kulkarni 1999, 2000 4 Episodes
Prithviraj ACP Rajeev Khandelwal 2005 4 Episodes
Joe Santoz ACP (CBI) Om Puri 2001 2 Episodes
Kumar ACP Vindu Dara Singh 1999
Shamsher IB Officer Shri Vallabh Vyas 2000 2 Episodes
unknown Inspector
(Pune Police)		 Abhijeet Satam 2006 1 Episode
Ajay Inspector
(Pune Police)		 unknown 2006 1 Episode [Deceased (murdered)]
Nagesh Inspector
(Local Police)		 unknown 2006 1 Episode
Rishi Inspector Amar Upadhyay 2006 1 Episode
Jayant Inspector Tushar Dalvi 1999 3 Episodes
Jeet Inspector
(Fort Police Station)		 Vaquar Sheikh 1998 2 Episodes
Bhonsale Sub-Inspector Aryan 1998
Ankur Assistant Inspector Ankur Chachra 1998
Patil Sub-Inspector unknown 1998–1999
Vivek Sub-Inspector unknown 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 Episodes [Deceased (killed in the line of duty)]
Sisodia Crime Branch CID Inspector [Jaipur] Dr.Bhupinder Awasthi 2005 3 Episodes
Karan Inspector [Police Academy] Shahbaaz Khan 2006 1 Episodes
Vishal Crime Branch CID Inspector unknown 2010 1 Episodes

Other characters

Character Portrayed by Period Notes
Nakul Rahil Azam 2004–2005 10+ Episodes
Sucheta aka Reshma Bhairabhi Raichura 2004
Varun Aashif Sheikh 2005
Shruti Shalini Kapoor 2008 3 Episodes
Dr. Amrita Mauli Ganguly 2002 2 Episodes
Dr. Pratima unknown 2005 1 Episode
Lab Assistant (Research Department)
Ishaan unknown 2001 1 Episode
Malhar unknown 2004 2 Episodes Daya's Nephew
Vikram unknown 2005 1 Episode
Mania unknown 2007 1 Episode
Divya unknown 2008 1 Episode
News Reporter Kishwar Merchant 2008-2010 2 Episodes
Shreya unknown 2009 1 Episode
Hrithik unknown 2009 1 Episode
Purvi Sunaina Gulia 2010 1 Episode

CID Special Bureau

Character Rank Portrayed by Period Notes
ACP Ajatshatru ACP Anoop Soni 2004 – 2005
Akshay Senior Inspector Salil Ankola 2003 – 2005
Pratap Senior Inspector Nimai Bali 2003 – 2005
Abhimanyu Inspector Hrishikesh Pandey 2004 – 2005
2010-Present (Recurrence)
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

Celebrity appearances

CID cases 2010

  • 1 January 2010 - Rahasya Shootout Ka
  • 8 January 2010 - Qatil Khiladi
  • 15 January 2010 - Khidki Ka Khooni Raaz
  • 17 January 2010 - Khooni Aatmahatya ( 2 Hr Special Sunday Night )
  • 22 January 2010 - Zeherily Laashey
  • 26 January 2010 - 12 Years Ke Khilaaf Gallantry Awards
  • 29 January 2010 - ACP Pradyuman Giraftaar
  • 5 February 2010 - Sangeen Jurm Zameen Ke 6 Foot Neeche
  • 12 February 2010 - Bank Locker Ka Rahasya
  • 19 February 2010 - Dead Boxer
  • 26 February 2010 - Raaj Khooni Panje Ka
  • 5 March 2010 - Khoon Ki Holi
  • 12 March 2010 - Khoon Ka Raaz Jahaz Mein
  • 19 March 2010 - Sr. Inspector Abhijit
  • 26 March 2010 - Manali Murder
  • 2 April 2010 - Galli Cricket Ka Khooni Raaz
  • 9 April 2010 - Khoon...Zameen Se 25000 Ft Uper
  • 16 April 2010 - Khooni Ki Raaz Ek Qaidi Ke Paas
  • 23 April 2010 - Maut Ki Highway
  • 30 April 2010 - Khoon Bandh Darwaze Ke Peeche
  • 7 May 2010 - Khooni Deewar
  • 14 May 2010 - Maut Ki Aashirwad
  • 21 May 2010 - Rahasyamai Darwaza
  • 22 May 2010 - Khooni Kamre Ka Raaz
  • 28 May 2010 - Khatra Chemical Bomb Ka
  • 29 May 2010 - Aatmahatya Ya Khoon
  • 4 June 2010 - Apaharan
  • 5 June 2010 - Ek Khoon Do Baar
  • 11 June 2010 - Abhijit In Coma
  • 12 June 2010 - Heart Attack Killers
  • 18 June 2010 - Manav Bomb
  • 19 June 2010 - Samundar Mein Laash
  • 25 June 2010 - Kissa Gumnaam Quatil Ka(2 hrs Special Episode with Aahaat)
  • 26 June 2010 - Double Fredericks
  • 2 July 2010 - He He He He He
  • 3 July 2010 -
  • 9 July 2010 -
  • 10 July 2010 -
  • 16 July 2010 -
  • 17 July 2010 -

CID Operation Talaash

With talent hunt shows doing the rounds, CID team joined the bandwagon. Shivaji Satam as ACP Pradyuman in the Sony thriller CID had a new agenda on hand. After many years of fighting crime. The team had embarked on a new mission called, CID Operation Talaash. The nation wide hunt is in search of one new officer to join the team, which has existed since some years.

This was a opportunity for the viewers to be a part of the series. With more cases every week, ACP Pradyuman required more members in his core team. In search of the daring officers, CID and ACP Pradyuman had started this unique hunt in July 2006 and August 2006. These interested have people to tune into the channel to find out how to apply, all wanted to be star in CID along with the rest.

The hunt was spread across two months, starting 7 July 2006 and was divided in four stages besides the final winners was declared on-air on 1 September 2006 by ACP Pradhyuman thats Shivaji Satam. In the second stage starting 29 July 2006, Shivaji Satam visited the audition centres (Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, Indore and Ahmedabad) and announced a special panel of jury to select & short list three males and three females. In the third stage, these six finalists will get a chance to appear in a 10-minute on-air capsule on 11 August 2006.

The special capsule hallmarked the final stage between 11 August 2006 and 25 August 2006 wherein viewers was invited to vote for their favourite male and female candidate.The voting lines was thrown open for the viewers to vote till 25 August 2006. And the final announcement will be made on 1 September 2006. The winner of CID Operation Talaash was Vivek Mashru who is currently an CID officer helding a post Sub Inspector Vivek who joined office on 29 September 2006.

CID for the record

Limca Book of Records / Guiness Book of World Records

  • The Inheritance / C.I.D. 111

Popular detective series C.I.D. gets into the Limca Book of Records and attempted and entered the Guiness Book of World Records for its record-breaking single shot episode

B.P.Singh's all set to enter the Guiness Book of World Records for canning an 111 minute episode of CID in one single shot. A feat which director B P Singh feels every "Indian should be proud of because no one has achieved this before."

So far, a documentary called Russian Arch which is about a museum has been shot continuously for 88 minutes. This is the first time that anyone on television has attempted such a record-breaking feat. More than a decade ago, in 1987, Singh had shot an episode of his Marathi detective series Ek Shunya Shunya in a single take of 22 minutes.

But it was only two years back that the B.P.Singh approached the Guiness Book of World Records to enter his unusual Ek Shunya Shunya episode. However, he was told that he would have to shoot an episode for over 25 minutes to get into the book. That set him thinking. "Instead of 25 minutes I thought I should go in for a longer shot something which has never been attempted by anyone before not only in India but in the world. I got to know about the 88 minute documentary and decided to beat that." The question was how and when he would be able to achieve the feat.

In the year 2004 CID is entering the seventh year and Singh thought it would be the best time to do something drastic for the detective series to pep it up. The whole of last year was spent in exploring various ways of attempting it. This year he spoke to Tarun Katial, VP, programming and response, Sony, about his innovative idea. To Singh's pleasant surprise, he found that Katial was more than game for it. "B.P.Singh warned him that if I shoot a 120 minute episode in one take it has to be telecast in the same way i.e without commercial breaks," informs Singh. He was delighted when Tarun agreed to go along with his "crazy idea."

That provided the much-needed boost to Singh who didn't wait a minute to achieve his dream. He started scouting for a location that would fulfill his criteria. The bungalow had to be huge because the camera has to capture the entire action happening in different places at one go. His search ended in Lonavala and for six months, Singh along with his technical team visited the place and worked out a script. Since there was no precedence of such an episode, it was challenging to write a script without cuts. "It had to have all the ingredients of suspense, flashback and flashforward. There was no scope for the camera to cut and dissolve and nothing that could be hidden from it," confesses Singh. Sensing the daunting task he had set for himself, the director known for his horror serials, organised a pooja at the location before even narrating the story to his actors. "It augured a good beginning. The fact that everyone was present gave me the confidence that we could do it," smiles the director. Such was the enthusiasm for the record-breaking episode that Raj Zutsi and Kay Kay agreed to be a part of it without even hearing the story, leave alone the role.

Having got his story and cast in place, he decided to shoot in August. At that time helicopters were also a part of the shoot, for which they had obtained the requisite permission. "Unfortunately it rained incessantly for 10 days, as a result of which we had to cancel the shoot. We wouldn't have been able to get the appropriate lighting," laments Singh. The shooting was rescheduled to October and the first 10 days of the month were blocked. This time however, they had to shoot without the choppers because, "the State went to the polls and permission was denied." Sans the helicopters, the cast and crew rehearsed the episode from October 1–6, and finally on the 8th evening they decided to go for the final take. The shooting began at 6.30 pm, in time to capture the "magic hour lighting" which Singh wanted. "We chose 8th because if we goofed we could shoot again the next day." But Singh needn't have worried. Amazingly, everyone got it right in the first go itself. All the actors had perfected their lines and the operative cameraman Nitin Rao was raring to go. Singh, who otherwise captures all the scenes in the lens, had for this special one, decided to hand over the camera to another person, "because it's not possible for me to carry a steadycam weighing 27 kgs for two hours." So, Rao who is one of the busiest cinematogrpahers in the industry was booked two months prior to the shoot.

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 is to be aired on Sunday, 7 November 2004 at 8:00 pm IST. Shot continuously for 111 minutes, this is a unique attempt and understandably has been given a special slot. Starring in Singh's innovative experiment are Avinash Wadhwan and Krutika Desai among others. Thus B.P.SINGH created a history in television entered the "LIMCA BOOK OF RECORDS" and "GUINESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS".

CID Gallantry Awards

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

The idea of CID Gallantry Awards is to recognize, felicitate 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 become a platform for them. There is a panel of Jury who decided the winner and the runner up for the award. The winner was given Rs. 1 lakh while the runner up was receive Rs. 50,000.

The jury panel comprises of personalities such as, 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. Lastly Kavita Karkare the wife of 26/11 martyr Hemant Karkare, a Professor had a difficult time trying to shortlist and select these brave people who have selflessly tried to help the society with their acts of bravery. There was a producer of steps involved and the jury will select the people from all over India.

Salman Khan was the special guest of honour in the CID Gallantry Awards. Salman Khan attended the event, a Sony TV initiative to honour acts of bravery in society. Salman Khan had made his presence felt at the CID Gallantry Awards event. The team of popular serial CID was present for the night, who entertained the audience with a short skit. Entertaining performances were given out by well-known faces of the small screen. Salman felicitated young achievers for their bravery. Anu Malik, Kailash Kher, Aditya Srivastav, Shivaji Satam, Daya Shetty, Munisha Khatwani, Kashmira Shah, Manasi Verma, Vaishnavi Dhanraj, Shweta Kawatra, Manav Gohil, Shweta Keswani, Alex O’Neil, Ronit Roy and other TV personalities had graced the ceremony.

The response to the CID Gallantry Awards saw thousands of entries coming in from all over the country, an indication of the popularity of the show CID. There were two categories – Physical Bravery (Bravery to save life or property of oneself or someone else) and Social Bravery (Bravery to combat social evils like drug abuse, dowry, child labour, illiteracy, environmental pollution, etc). The prestigious title has been conferred to two brave winners each in the category of Below 15 years and Above 15 years.

CID Special Bureau

One of the longest running and the most popular shows on Sony Entertainment Television, CID has provided the TV viewer with a staple dose of investigative drama over the last seven years. Be it unraveling the mystery of a homicide or prevention of a high-tech bank robbery, CID has done it all. But what about the cases that couldn't be solved and are gathering dust for years in the files of bureaucracy? What about the criminals still at large who couldn't be brought to book? This is where 'CID Special Bureau' steps in.

'CID Special Bureau' is a show about a team of dedicated cops who specialise in solving dormant and unsolved cases using a mix of new age technology and classical investigative wisdom. A 'spin off', as the format is known in the West, 'CID Special Bureau' offers a different aspect of crime and investigation to the viewers of 'CID' who have been craving for more of their favourite show. The show takes an emotional approach to unsolved cases where the families of the victims are forced to go through the haunting agony of losing there loved ones and not getting justice. The 'Special Bureau' team takes on the uphill task of digging through the layers of time and reach the core of the crimes.

The CID Special Bureau team comprises of ACP Ajatshatru, Inspector Pratap Working closely with the CID team under the aegis of ACP Pradyuman(Played by Shivaji Satam), '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, make the show a class apart from other shows in the genre. The endearing characters remind one of the hugely popular CID characters who have been household names for the whole nation for more than half a decade... and one belief binds them together.... 'no case is closed until solved'

See also

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