CID (Indian TV series)


CID was an Indian police procedural television series about Mumbai's Crime Investigation Department, created by B. P. Singh for Sony Entertainment Television India. The series starred Shivaji Satam as ACP Pradyuman, Aditya Srivastav and Dayanand Shetty as Senior Inspectors Abhijeet and Daya, Dinesh Phadnis as Inspector Fredricks, Narendra Gupta as forensic expert Dr. Salunkhe as main characters as they are connected from beginning of the show.
The location of the series was set in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. The series premiered on 21 January 1998 and is the longest-running television series in India. The last episode aired on 27 October 2018. The series aired its 500th episode on 26 January 2008; 1,000th episode on 27 September 2013 and 1,500th episode on 25 February 2018. The show also re-runs on Sony's sister channel Sony Pal and also on Sony Aath

Cast

Main

CID got into both the Limca Book of Records and the Guinness Book of World Records on 7 November 2004 for its record-breaking single shot episode of 111 minutes, entitled "The Inheritance" without a cut which writer – director – producer B. P. Singh feels "every Indian should be proud of because no one has achieved this before". This special episode was shot between 6:30 – 8:21 PM IST on 8 October 2004 at Lonavala and was aired on 7 November 2004 without a break from 8 – 10 PM IST.

Other sub-series

CID introduced its following sub-series during its 21 years of run on Indian Television. These sub-series aired alongside the main series:-

Production

Development

The pilot episode was shot in 1992, but the series premiered five years after it in 1998.
Marathi theatre veteran, Shivaji Satam, who plays ACP Pradyuman, had worked with B. P. Singh on many projects before CID. He said in an interview: "Having worked with B. P. Singh on so many projects, I had to be a part of CID". Aditya Shrivastav, who portrays Senior Inspector Abhijeet, was introduced in the show as a criminal but was later added into the team. "I had agreed to do only 26 episodes. In 1998, I was also doing some films, and B. P. Singh Sir gave me the flexibility to come and go as I felt like. But I began to enjoy the role of Abhijeet, and so stayed on", said Shrivastav. Singh wanted Srivastav to be part of his team after seeing his work in Ram Gopal Varma's Satya. Dayanand Shetty, who portrays Senior Inspector Daya was spotted by Sanjay Shetty, a member of the CID production team in a community play in which he was adjudged best actor. Singh was so impressed with Shetty that he finalized him just 5 minutes into the audition.

Filming

CID is primarily shot in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. During the long course of the show, the series has been shot in various locations all over India. The series has also been shot in foreign countries. Some Foreign locations have included places like Uzbekistan, a major shoot in Paris, and Switzerland which included tourist attractions like Interlaken as well as cities such as Berne and Zurich. The major shoot in Paris-Switzerland was for the 2 hourly special episode "Aakhri Chunauti", and a part of the production team's 13th anniversary celebration plan.

Cancellation

The show was decided to end suddenly by the channel and on October 27, 2018, the last episode was aired. Rumours of the show getting cancelled was going rounds while the official statement by the channel stated the show will go off air for three months to give the producers enough time to reboot it. Further it was reported that “CID is not wrapping up. But it is going on a short break and that’s only for a creative reason. The makers haven’t received any closure letter from the channel that proves that they are still in contract with them. The break has been decided mutually by the makers and channel as they want to reboot the show.” But no announcement of it returning was made since then. Actor Dayanand Shetty who played Daya quoted that the show would not return after this break saying, "No, I don’t think it’s coming back. I doubt it’s coming back. There can’t be a break. It’s just a convenient way of killing the show."

Other initiatives

On 7 July 2006, a nationwide talent hunt show called Operation Talaash was launched in search of a new officer to join the CID team. This concluded on 1 September 2006, with Vivek V. Mashru being chosen to play Sub-Inspector Vivek.
Sony Entertainment Television had launched CID: Gallantry Awards, an initiative to encourage and honour acts of bravery in society on 26 January 2010 Republic Day. The second edition of this initiative was aired on 23 January 2011. The third and fourth editions were aired on 1 April 2012 and 14 April 2013 respectively.
On 10 July 2015; Sony TV announced the Shaatir Lekhak Contest, in which 3 incomplete stories and clues were presented. Contestants were required to complete any one story out of three. The contest ended on 26 July 2015. The winning story appeared in episodes and prizes were also given to the winner. From the total entries, 3 winners were selected, one for each story. The result for the winners were declared during one of the episodes of CID prior to 1 September 2015.

Crossovers

The series had many crossover episodes with many series. CID had three crossover episodes with the series Aahat, once on 13 November 2009; second time on 12 February 2010 and third time on 25 June 2010. It also had crossover episodes with Adaalat, once on 3–4 December 2010; second time on 15 July 2012 titled CID Viruddh Adaalat and third time on 20 December 2014 titled CID v Adaalat – Karmyudh. It also had a crossover with Sab TV's comedy series Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah for 4 episodes. Titled as "Mahasangram", it started and ended in July 2014.

Reception

It entered in both Guinness Book of World records and Limca Book of Records for uncut shooting for 111 minutes for the episode named 'The Inheritance' during October 2004.

Critical response

stated, "Its actors, or at least the core of the cast who have been a part of the series since its inception are so popular they have become household names."
Times of India stated, "CID which has constantly entertained its viewers with unique and challenging cases is also known for its different jokes in the world of internet."

Ratings

gave the series 4.5 / 5 stars, and stated, "Much of the credit for CID's success should go to Singh, and its cast, especially Shivaji Satam who plays ACP Pradyuman".
Rahul Hegde of Rediff giving the same ratings stated, "The crime detective series is still going strong".

Accolades

YearAwardsCategoryNomineeStatusRef
2002Indian Telly AwardsBest Continuing TV ProgrammeFireworks Productions
2002Indian Telly AwardsBest Actor in a lead roleShivaji Satamrowspan=2
2003Indian Telly AwardsBest Actor in a lead roleShivaji Satam-
2004Indian Telly AwardsBest Thriller ProgrammeB. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
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2006Indian Telly AwardsBest Weekly SerialB. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
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2007Indian Telly AwardsBest Thriller ProgrammeB. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
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2009Indian Telly AwardsBest Weekly SerialB. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
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2010Indian Telly AwardsBest Thriller ProgrammeB. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
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2012Indian Telly AwardsBest Thriller ProgrammeB. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
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2013Indian Telly AwardsBest Weekly SerialB. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
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YearAwardsCategoryNomineeStatusRef
2000Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Thriller / Horror SerialB. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
2002Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Serial – DramaB. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
2004Indian Television Academy AwardsBest TeleplayRajat Arora
2004Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Director – DramaB. P. Singhrowspan=2
2004Indian Television Academy AwardsBest VideographyB. P. Singh-
2005Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Actor in a negative roleMakrand Deshpande
2007Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Thriller / Horror SerialB. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
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2009Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Thriller / Horror SerialB. P. Singh, Pradeep Uppoor
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YearAwardsCategoryNomineeStatusRef
2004Indian Telly Jury AwardsBest Director B. P. Singhrowspan=2
2005Indian Telly Jury AwardsBest Director B. P. Singh-
2009Indian Telly Jury AwardsBest Director Christabelle D'souza
Santosh Shetty		rowspan=2
2012Indian Telly Jury AwardsBest Director Nandu Kale-

Adaptations

A Bengali adapted version of CID known as C.I.D. Kolkata Bureau airs on Sony Aath.