Brijendra Pal Singh or B.P. Singh is an Indian television producer, who owns the Fireworks Productions and Firefly Productions. He is married to Mrs. Renu BP Singh who is also CEO of the Company. He is the creator and director-producer of the Indian TV seriesC.I.D., the longest running TV series in India., which started CID Gallantry Awards in 2010. Also, he plays an occasional role of DCP Chitrole in CID. He also produced Sony TV's hit horror series Aahat, 1995 to 2015. On 8 October 2004, a special episode, "The Inheritance" / C.I.D. 111, to mark the completion of six years of CID, was shot in a single continuous shot for 111 minutes, which landed the show in the Limca Book of Records as ‘TV show - longest continual shot’. He is current president of Film and Television Institute of India.
Career
Singh originally belongs toDehradun and studied at Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He started his career working with state TV-channel Doordarshan in 1973 as a news cameraman and went on to handle the camera for another 10 years, before relocating to Mumbai. He made murder mysteryTV film for Doordarshan, Sirf Char Din, while preparing for that film, he started visiting the Crime Branch of police, and befriended Inspector Jayant Wagle, and in the process developed a lifelong interest in detective work. He subsequently produced the TV series, Ek Shunya Shunya for Doordarshan in 1980's, before relocating to Mumbai where he made a few Marathi serials for Doordarshan. The horror series Aahat was first shot in 1994 as a suspense thriller, and it started being aired in 1995, but after about 40 episodes with the same theme, one episode on supernatural theme was made and when TRPs of the series rose sharply, it made the switch. Turning point in career came with beginning of Sony TV channel, and started shooting C.I.D., started on Sony TV in 1997, about a team of detectives working for the Crime Investigation Department in Mumbai and is still on. He even introduced India's first silent comedyGutur Gu in 2010. He is also the producer of these two series along with Pradeep Uppoor. He also started crime show on Life OK named Hum Ne Li Hai - Shapath which is about police inspectors and a social worker. This show was gaining good TRPs and is BP Singh's second crime show. He has worked with many known artists and is famous for giving breaks to new artists. He was the first to give a break to CanadianactorRemi Clair during his struggling days in Mumbai as main lead inC.I.D. and police inspector in Aahat.
