C.I.D. Investigative series over 12 years

About C.I.D.

       

          The journey of C.I.D. over 12 years from January 1997, Fireworks launched a weekly crime serial called C.I.D.  The first thrilling investigative series on Indian Television, is today one of the most popular shows on Sony Entertainment Television. CID, is an investigative series consisting of hard-core police procedural stories dealing with investigation, detection and suspense. Dramatic and absolutely unpredictable, C.I.D. has captivated viewers over the last 11 years and continues to keep audiences glued to their television sets with its thrilling plots and excitement.

         CID set another record in November 2004, when Mr B.P. Singh entered ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ for canning an entire episode of CID in just one single shot of 111 minutes (One Hour Eleven One Minutes) without a single cut.

          The actors – Shivaji Satham, Aditya Srivastav, Dayanand Shetty, Dinesh Phadnis and others, are the pillars of the show. They don’t just play the parts of the cops’ roles that they essay – they literally breathe them. This is why the cops of CID team seem so closer home and are loved by fans of all generations. Contrary to the image of Indian woman projected in the soap factory nowadays, female cops in CID give the real picture of the new-age woman.

          C.I.D. is an Indian Television series aired on Sony Entertainment Television. It is about a team of detectives belonging to the Crime Investigation Division of the Mumbai Police. It stars Shivaji Satam, the noted Film, Television and stage actor. C.I.D. is regarded as the longest running crime investigation TV series in India.

Cast

   Shivaji Satam - ACP Pradyuman
   Aditya Srivastav - Senior Inspector Abhijeet
   Daynand Shetty - Senior Inspector Daya
   Dinesh Phadnis - Inspector Fredericks (Freddy)
   Narendra Gupta - Dr. Salunke
   Vivek Mashru - Inpector Vivek
   Pareenita Seth - Kaveri
   Alka Verma Karani - Muskaan
   Megha Gupta - Divyana
   Shradda Musale - Dr.Tarika
   Vaishnavi Dhanraj - Tasha

Created by  

B.P.Singh

Directed by    

B.P.Singh

Producer

Pradeep Uppoor

Running time   

60-120 minutes

Production company  

Fireworks Productions

Special Cases

The Case of Abhijeet's Memory Loss

The case of Abhijeet's memory loss was one of the very first cases. In this case, they showed that Abhijeet lost his memory, due to a car accident. The case turned out to be a crime, not an accident. Abhijeet lost his memory, and even refused to recognize his mother. This case is often referred to in the show. Some criminals captured Abhijeet and locked him in the back side of a car. After that, ACP Pradyuman and Daya took Abhijeet out from the car's back. Abhijeet later joined C.I.D. again.
[edit] Behroopiya in CID.

Independence 2009 special episode

The 2009 August 15 episode was a classic one. in it, somebody had created Abhijeet by plastic surgery and the fake Abhijeet got into the bureau without anybody getting any sort of doubt about him. As the show progressed, everyone got a doubt that Daya had been created by plastic surgery whereas Abhijeet was the original. Finally Daya came to the rescue and proved that Abhijeet present there was a fake one, then Daya got a bullet in his chest and was declared dead but later the doctor said that a miracle caused by the C.I.D members blessings had made him alive again.


CID and Salman Khan

The case as usual began with a crime scene of murder and the C.I.D. members when a girl stepped out of the croud much to the unwillingness of her mother. She told Abhijeet that she had seen the person who had commited the murder and said that he was in a bike and knew the bike number. The officers found that a film was to be produced with the head actor as Salman Khan which was all the cause of the murder. Abhijeet then took a disguise as a normal man out to buy the pirated CDs. The episode ended with a shootout and the criminals arrested as usual.