CID- Crime Investigation Department: May 2012

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In January 1998, SET and Fireworks launched a weekly crime – thriller called CID. The show soon earned cult status. Now, CID is celebrating its 11th year of un-interrupted run and is still going strong, entertaining it’s viewers from an age-group of 8 to 80. 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.

Also interwoven in its fast paced plots are the personal challenges that the C.I.D. team faces with non-stop adventure, tremendous pressure and risk, all in the name of duty. While the stories are plausible, there is an emphasis on dramatic plotting and technical complexities faced by the police. At every stage, the plot throws up intriguing twists and turns keeping the officers on the move as they track criminals, led by the smallest of clues!

CID set another record in November 2004, when Mr BP 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 success of CID can be gauged by the fact that most production houses tried to clone CID, but couldn’t sustain the show beyond a season.

Winner of numerous prestigious awards in tellydom, CID is considered the bible of suspense thrillers. The CID team comprising of ACP Pradyuman, Abhijit, Daya, Frederick has risen to an iconic status and are equally popular among the young and the old. The mutual chemistry of the cops, the exciting investigation procedures, the mysterious suspects, the unexpected culprits and the overall enthusiastic spirit of the show is what has kept viewers glued to the show for years.

In 2006, CID flagged off its spin-off, CID Special Bureau, a daily investigative thriller, which had a successful run of 168 episodes. The cops of the CID Special Bureau also became hugely popular with the audience, especially kids even though the CID cops remain the original icons. Till date, the re-runs of CID Special Bureau continue and they have a huge audience.

CID – the longest running show in the history of Indian television has set high standards for all future programmes of this genre to come. It is a laborious effort of years by Fireworks Production, Mr. BP Singh, Mr.Pradeep Uppoor and their team of actors, writers and production.

The actors – Shivaji Satam, 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. A female CID officer is fearless, modern, and straightforward, at par with her male colleagues and every inch the confident woman that you may meet on the road.

Projection of crime, its investigation, the criminal mind, the human emotions in CID is very realistic and believable. The same holds true for the stories that keep the audience on tenterhooks week after week and keep the cops on their feet throughout that precious 1-hour of crime investigation. Special care is taken to ensure that the story has a great degree of novelty – to keep the crime as mysterious and as puzzling as possible to baffle the cops and intrigue the audience. In spite of that, it is taken care that even though CID deals with the dark world of crime and criminals, nothing that is insensitive to the human psyche and harmful for young impressionable minds is shown. CID in spite of its crime genre is sensitive to the sentiments of its audience.

CID is a progeny of a unique vision, a faith in that vision and a collective effort towards realizing it. CID is not just a crime thriller, it is an inseparable part of its viewers’ existence. And gauging from the Herculean efforts of the team behind this historical serial, we hope to take this show across another light year…

HERE IS A SMALL INTRO OF THE MEMBERS.....

ACP PRADHYMAN:

ACP 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 above everything else and proves that by killing Nakul, his own son, who was a criminal. He shows genuine concern and is affectionate towards his officers.He mostly trusts only Abhijeet. He can also sacrifice his life for the safety of the nation and the people.

SR. INSP. ABHIJEET:

Abhijeet Senior Inspector Aditya Srivastava 1998–present Originally joined the team as an Inspector to replace Viren, debuted in the episode "Case of Stolen Dynamite." He lost his memory on being hit with a rod in a 1998 case. He is a close friend of his colleague Senior Inspector Daya.
Even though his memory keeps testing and pestering him, he is considered to be one of the best, most intelligent, and most honest and handsome officer in the team. He is the best shooter in CID, and can shoot with his eyes closed. He is shown to have a major crush on Dr. Tarika. Before acting as Abhijeet, he played the role of a criminal, Paresh, in a 1998 case "The Case of Stolen Gun" and stole ACP's gun. He got many awards for playing the role. He is fond of children and when ever any case of children is there he is asked to take that child's care. ACP Pradyuman trusts him the most and in the absence of him, he is the incharge of CID. There is shown a great chemistry between Dr Salunke,Dr Tarika and Abhijeet.

Abhijeet	Senior Inspector	Aditya Srivastava	1998–present	Originally joined the team as an Inspector to replace Viren, debuted in the episode "Case of Stolen Dynamite." He lost his memory on being hit with a rod in a 1998 case. He is a close friend of his colleague Senior Inspector Daya. Even though his memory keeps testing and pestering him, he is considered to be one of the best, most intelligent, and most honest and handsome officer in the team. He is the best shooter in CID, and can shoot with his eyes closed. He is shown to have a major crush on Dr. Tarika. Before acting as Abhijeet, he played the role of a criminal, Paresh, in a 1998 case "The Case of Stolen Gun" and stole ACP's gun. He got many awards for playing the role. He is fond of children and when ever any case of children is there he is asked to take that child's care. ACP Pradyuman trusts him the most and in the absence of him, he is the incharge of CID. There is shown a great chemistry between Dr Salunke,Dr Tarika and Abhijeet.

SR. INSP. DAYA:

Daya	Senior Inspector	Dayanand Shetty	1998–present	Originally joined the team as a Sub-Inspector but then became an inspector and after that he became a senior inspector. He is the strongest of the officers, popular for breaking open the doors and slapping the criminals. One of the smartest officers, he often risks his life to save jis best friend and collegue, Abhijeet. He won an award for the best-looking man in Indian television in 2002. He had a crush on Dr. Niyati in the earlier cases (around 2004). He is also famous for performing stunts on his own. Once his leg was even fractured while performing such a stunt,in that case he wass jumping from one building to the other while chasing a criminal mask man. There is a famous dialogue of his which a lot of people liked which is " जब दया का हाथ पड़ता है न, तब मुंह में दाँतों से piano बजने लगता है. क्या बजने लगता है??" (When Daya's hand falls on you, then the piano keys in your mouth (the teeth) start playing. What starts playing?"

INSP. FREDRICKS

Fredricks (Freddy)	Inspector	Dinesh Phadnis	1998–present	Joined the team as Sub-Inspector. In earlier cases, he was better known as Michael. He had a serious role to play 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 and he is also scared of her. He has a funny chemistry with all the officers especially with Vivek. He enjoys the chemistry of Abhijeet and Tarika the most. He was very close to Sudakar in the earlier cases.

INSP. SACHIN

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. He was proven innocent and represented "CID Undercover" (a team of detectives who keep their identity hidden); he was hiding his name Siddhart and known as Sachin from the episode "Maut Ka Aashirwad" (May 14, 2010) and finally joined.He is smart and intelligent cop.

SUB- INSP. VIIVEK

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), he shares a great chemistry with Fredricks and often makes fun of him but is closest to him. He was also shown to have a liking for Tasha. He is smart,intelligent and handsome.

INSP. KAJAL

Kajal	Sub-Inspector	Jassi Kaur	2010-present	Debuted in the episode "Maut Ka Aashirwad".At first she was not alloowed to enter CID because her brother Rahul was realised as the killer of the sister and brother-in-law of his own girlfriend but after he was provened innocent and Kajal was allowed to enter CID.