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	667 [453 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
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 and Inspector Fredricks 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 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.

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 ACP Pradyuman, Senior Inspector Abhijeet, Senior Inspector Daya, Inspector Fredricks, Inspector Sachin, Sub-Inspector Vivek, Sub-Inspector Kajal and Forensic Doctors Dr. Salunkhe, Dr. Tarika and Dr. Sonali. The actors – Shivaji Satam, Aditya Srivastava, Dayanand Shetty, Dinesh Phadnis and others, are the pillars of the show.

Cast and characters

Officers

Character	Rank	Portrayed by	Period	Notes
Pradyuman	ACP	Shivaji Satham	1997 – 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	1999 – present	Originally joined the team as an Inspector. He lost his memory on being hit with a rod in a 1998 case. He is much closer to 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 villain, 'Paresh' in a 1998 case "The Case of Stolen Gun" and was the criminal who 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 somehow 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.
Sachin	Inspector	Hrishikesh pandey	2005–2006 (CID Special Bureau) 2010 – present (rejoined)	He rejoined the CID Team (2010–present) in the case "Khooni Deewar" (May 7, 2010). Played the role of 'Inspector Abhimanyu' in CID Special Bureau. In the first case after his return in 2010, he was suspected to be the criminal but he proved to CID that he was innocent and represented 'CID Undercover' (a team of detectives, who keep their identity hidden).
Vivek	Sub-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).
Kajal	Sub-Inspector	Jasveer Kaur Singamundium	2010 – present	Debuted in the case "Maut Ka Aashirwad" (May 14, 2010). At first, she was not allowed to join because her brother Anuj was accused to be a criminal but later it was proved that he was innocent. She played roles of criminals before acting as a CID Officer.

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 dies in the episode "Khatre Mein Tasha" (December 04, 2010) after being shot by a criminal. 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. Transferred.
Muskaan	Sub-Inspector	Alka Verma	2005–2007	She was one of the best woman officers and very smart. Transferred.
Devyana	Sub- Inspector	Megha Gupta	2007–2008	Debuted in the case "The Don's Final Revenge" (August 10, 2007). She was the weakest CID officer but had brilliant detective skills. Transferred.
Daksh	Inspector	Manav Gohil	2003–2005	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 chamber due to the poisonous gas released by Nakul.
Asha	Inspector	Ashwini Kalsekar	1999–2004	Transferred. Regarded as the best woman CID officer and stayed in the CID Team for a long period.
Aditi	Sub-Inspector	Smitha Bansal Mohla	2004–2005	She was an intelligent 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 Nanda	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. Transferred.
Kaveri	Sub-Inspector	Parinitaa Seth	2008 (Mar-Oct)	She debuted in the case "Khoon Bhari Holi" (March 21, 2008) along with fellow CID Officer Lavanya. 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.
Rishi	Inspector	Amar Upadhyay	2005	Appeared in one episode, "Murder in the Safety Vault" (May 12, 2006). He acted as a criminal in the episode "Return of the Clown" (August 17, 2007).

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. He was bald at first but got his hair transplanted before his return in 2007.
Dr. Sonali	Manini Mishra	2010 – present	Debuted in the case "Rahasyamai Darwaza" (May 21, 2010). She is a major rival of Dr. Salunkhe. According to the storyline, it is said that she and Dr. Salunkhe studied together at college.
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. Niyati Pradhan	Shweta Kawatra	2003 (recurring) 2005 - 2006 2007 (recurring)
Dr. Vrinda Wagle	Mandeep Bhandar	2003–2004
Dr. Anjalika Deshmukh	Mona Ambegaonkar	2004–2005	A widowed wife of a Senior Cop. Thought ACP Pradyuman was the killer of her husband but was proved definitely wrong.
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 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	unknown	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 friend.
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
Harbeez Dungaaru (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 starting from Dr. Sonali to Sub-Inspector Tasha to weaken the CID. Killed by Sr. Inspector Abhijit during an encounter in Switzerland (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 2010–Present (rejoined)
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

Celebrity	Role Portrayed	Case	Notes
Om Puri	Joe Santoz	"The Case of the Counterfeit Cop" <2001, 2 episodes>	He represented the ACP of CBI in the episode.
Shri Vallabh Vyas	Shamsher, Baldev Raj	unknown <2000, 2 episodes>, <2002, 2 episodes>	He acted as an IB (Intelligence Bureau) and a DIG officer.
Kapil Dev	Kapil Dev	"Howzzat?" [2 parts] (24–31 October 2003)	Was suspected to be the criminal because a pistol was found in his bag, but was proved to be innocent.
Mandira Bedi	Sagarika	"Murder by Numbers" [2 parts - contd. in Special Bureau] (4–11 March 2005)	She was an RJ (Radio Jockey) and a close friend of the victim.
Abhijeet Sawant	Abhijeet Sawant	"Abhijeet Sawant Under Arrest" [2 parts] (17–24 June 2005)
Surendra Pal	DCP Shamsher Singh	"Mad Bomber", "The Case of the Killer Lake"	He played the role of a DCP on that episode.
Bhagyashree	unknown	"Case of The Amnesia Patient" <unknown, 2001 case>
Aman Verma	Chief Diamond Smuggler	"Return of the Jewel Thieves"	Was a diamond smuggler in the episode.
Chaitanya Choudhury	Arvind	"The Mysterious Mr. Arvind" (21 July 2006)	Was suspected to be the criminal, but was completely innocent.
Kay Kay Menon	unknown	"The Inheritance/ C.I.D. 111" (7 November 2007)
Avinash Wadhavan	unknown	"The Inheritance/ C.I.D. 111" (7 November 2007)
Yousuf Hussain	unknown	unknown	Appeared multiple times, also as a villain.
R. Madhavan	R. Madhavan	"Mystery Code Murders"	Was a witness. Informed C.I.D. about the occurrence of crime.
Salman Khan	Salman Khan	"Khooni Piracy Racket" (11 September 2009)	To promote his film Wanted.
Rajeev Khandelwal	Rajeev Khandelwal	"The Case of the Missing Bride" (May 30, 2008)	To promote his film Aamir.
Sunaina Gulia	Purvi	"Senior Inspector Abhijeet" (19 March 2010)	Her brother was murdered. She suspected Sr. Inspector Abhijit to be the criminal.
Emraan Hashmi	Emraan Hashmi	"Once Upon A Time In Mumbai" (31 July 2010)	To promote his film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai.
Prachi Desai	Prachi Desai	"Once Upon A Time In Mumbai" (31 July 2010)	To promote her film Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai.

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. 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, Daya 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.

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. 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.

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