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CID
Genre	Crime Fiction Suspense Thriller
Created by	B. P. Singh
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	1,548 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers	B. P. Singh (season 1 and season 2) Pradeep Uppoor (season 1) Deepak Dhar (season 2)
Production location	Mumbai
Running time	40–46 minutes
Production companies	Fireworks Production (season 1) Banijay Asia (season 2)
Original release
Network	Sony Entertainment Television
Release	21 January 1998 (1998-01-21) – present
Related
C.I.D. Kolkata Bureau

CID is an Indian police procedural television series that premiered on Sony Entertainment Television on 21 January 1998. The series was created by B. P. Singh and produced by Singh and Pradeep Uppoor under the banner of Fireworks Production. It featured Shivaji Satam as ACP Pradyuman, Aditya Srivastava as Sr. Inspector Abhijeet, Dayanand Shetty as Sr. Inspector Daya, Dinesh Phadnis as Inspector Fredricks and Narendra Gupta as Dr. Salunkhe.

The location of CID is set in Mumbai. The series is one of the longest-running television series in India. The series first premiered on 21 January 1998 and aired its 500th episode on 18 January 2008, 1000th episode on 13 September 2013, 1500th episode on 25 February 2018. The series renewed for a second season in December 2024 set to premiere from 21st December. CID garnered widespread national attention and developed a substantial following due to its distinctive storytelling and unique approach. It is widely regarded as a cult classic.

Series overview

Cast

Main

• Shivaji Satam as ACP Pradyuman (1998–2018; 2024–present). Initially referred as Sr. Inspector Pradyuman in the first few episodes after which he got a promotion to ACP in episode "The Case of the Thief Within – I" and had been referred to ACP Pradyuman since. In episode, "CID par grahan — II" , it was revealed that his full name is ACP Pradyuman Naik Satam.
• Dinesh Phadnis as Inspector Fredricks "Freddy" (1998–2018). He first appeared in episode "Kissa Raat Ke Shikhar Ka – I", but his role as Sub-Inspector started in episode "The Case of the Third Man – I" where he was initially referred as Sub Inspector Prince/Michael but referred as Fredricks from episode "The Case of the Last Five Minutes – I".
• Ashutosh Gowariker as Sr. Inspector Virendra (1998–1999). He first appeared in episode "The Case of the Thief Within – I". His last episode in the show was episode "The Case of Missing Fugitive – II". He was transferred.
• Dayanand Shetty as Sr. Inspector Daya (1998–2018; 2024–present). He first appeared in episode "The Case of the Anonymous Threats – I" as Sub Inspector Daya. He is referred to as Senior Inspector Daya in later episodes.
• Narendra Gupta as Dr. R. P. Salunkhe (1998–2003, 2005, 2007–2018; 2024–present). He made his debut in the episode "The Case of the Incomplete Letter", where he was initially referred to as Dr. Verma but referred to as Dr. Salunkhe from episode "The Case of the Burnt Letter – I".
• Aditya Srivastava as Sr. Inspector Abhijeet (1998-2018; 2024–present). He first appeared as character named 'Paresh', who stole ACP's gun in episode "The Case of the Stolen Gun". His role as Inspector Abhijeet started in the episode "The Case of the Stolen Dynamite – I".

Recurring

• Afshan Khan as Sub-Inspector Mridula (1998). She first appeared in episode "Case of the Thief Within – I".
• Ashwini Kalsekar as Sub-Inspector Asha (1998–2004). She first appeared in the episode "The Case of Second Statement – I". Her last episode was episode "Case of the Dazed Man – II".
• Dhananjay Mandrekar as Sub-Inspector Sudhakar (1998–2005). He appeared as Sub Inspector Bhonsale in starting episodes but after episode 35 he was referred as Sub Inspector Sudhakar. He was last seen in episode "The Case of the Stolen Ring – I".
• Vaquar Shaikh as Inspector Jeet (1998). He appeared in episode "The Case of the Contract Killer"
• Sanjay Shemkalyanee as Sub-Inspector Desai (1998)
• Dilip Kulkarni as DCP Dipankar Deshmukh (1998–2005). He was first seen in episode 7 and was last seen on episode The Case of the Invisible Bullet- II
• Shweta Kanoje as Neha (1998)
• Sanjeev Seth as Sub-Inspector Sanjeev (1998). He first appeared in episode "The Case of the Anonymous Threats – I". Additionally, he also appeared as a case victim named Sanjeev in episode "The Case of The Red Cloth – I".
• Tushar Dalvi as Inspector Jayant (1999). He first appeared in episode "The Case of Cross Connection – I". He was last seen in episode "The Case Of Stolen Dynamite – ll".
• Mouli Ganguly as Dr. Amrita (2002). She appeared as junior Forensic Doctor in episode "The Case Of the Invisible Bullet – I" when Dr. Salunkhe was accused by ACP for hiding the bullet used in the murder.
• Shweta Kawatra as Dr. Niyati Pradhan (2003, 2005–2007). She first starred in "The Case of Nailing the Suspect – I". She was last seen in episode "The Case of Perfect Murder".
• Mandeep Bhandar as Dr. Vrinda Wagle (2003–2004). Her first episode was episode "The Case of the Red Rain – l". Her last episode was "The Case of the Dazed Man – II".
• Mona Ambegaonkar as Dr. Anjalika Deshmukh (2004–2005) Her first episode was episode "Case of the Invisible Bomb – I". She was last seen in episode "Murder By Marriage – I".
• Rahil Azam as Nakul Pradyuman / Rajeev (2004–2005, 2015) ACP Pradyuman's criminal son first seen in episode "Murders at Sunrise – II" and killed by Pradyuman in episode "Trail in London – III".
• Manav Gohil as Inspector Daksh (2004–2005) His first episode as a cop was "The Case of the Flashing Light – I". His last episode was "Trail in London – II". He was killed by Nakul.
• Smita Bansal as Inspector Aditi (2004–2005) Her first episode was "The Case of the Haunted Building – I". Her last episode was "Mad Bomber – II". She died in the episode.
• Surendra Pal as DCP (2005). His first episode was "The Case of the Killer Lake – l". He was last seen in episode "Face Off – lll".
• Kavita Kaushik as Sub-Inspector Anushka (2005–2006). She appeared in episodes "Trail in London" (all parts) as a Central Intelligence Sub-Inspector who secretly helps ACP Pradyuman. She enters CID in episode "Poison In The Nail – l". Her last episode was "Secret of the Code No. 571E1115".
• Sai Deodhar as Sub-Inspector Priyanka (2005) Her first episode was "Case of the Dead Waiter – I". Her last episode was "Trail in London – lll"
• Rajeev Khandelwal as ACP Prithviraj (2005, 2008) He appeared as the ACP in episodes: "Face Off – lll & lV" and "Trail in London" (all parts) when ACP Pradyuman was in London for the investigation. He was also in the episode "The Case of the Missing Bride" as himself.
• B. P. Singh as DCP Shamsher Singh Chitrole (2005, 2012-2016). His first appearance was as DIG Shamsher Singh in the episode "Face Off-lll". After a long time he appears as DCP Shamsher Singh Chitrole, the senior of the CID team in "Kissa Daya Aur Lapata Bacche Ka" He is an egoistic man who is also quite funny sometimes. He was a friend of ACP Pradyuman in college. He was last seen in Karo Ya Maro series.
• Vivek Mashru as Sub-Inspector Vivek (2006–2012). His first episode was "The Case of the Killer Eyes". He was last seen in episode "Rahasyamay Bullet – III".
• Amar Upadhyay as Inspector Rishi (2006). He appeared as an inspector in episode "Murder in the Safety Vault". He joined the CID in that episode when he came to Mumbai for spend holidays. He was also seen as a supporting character named Harry in episode "Return of the Clown".
• Priya Wal as Dr. Nyla Rajadhyaksha (2006–2007). Her first episode was "The Case of the Killer Statues". Her last episode was "The Case of the Dangerous Lady".
• Alka Verma as Sub-Inspector Muskaan (2006–2007). Her first episode was episode "Red Rose Killer". "The Case of Inspector Daya's Abduction" was her last episode. She was transferred.
• Shraddha Musale as Dr. Tarika (2007–2018). Her debut episode was "The Don's Final Revenge".
• Megha Gupta as Sub-Inspector Devyana (2007–2008) Her first episode was "The Don's Final Revenge" and she played her character till episode 492 "Mystery Of A Train Passenger". But then she was not seen again for 11 consecutive episodes and officially her last episode was "Bhoot Bangala".
• Parinita Seth as Sub-Inspector Kaveri (2008). She first appeared as Shreya in episode "The Great Diamond Robbery" and as Rohini in episode "The "Curse of the Rose Queen", but as a cop her first appearance was in Episode "Khoon Bhari Holi", recruited by ACP Pradyuman through interview. In Episode 524 she was revealed to have gone for a Special Training in Delhi. But she made a comeback in episode "Triangular Bullet's Mystery". Her last episode was "Khooni Goli Ka Rahasya".
• Jimmy Nanda as Sub-Inspector Lavanya (2008–2009) She was first seen spying on the CID team in episode "Khoon Bhari Holi". She was revealed as the new CID officer in episode "Katil Kaun Dohri Uljhan". She was last seen in episode "Students Mass Murderer".
• Vaishnavi Dhanraj as Sub-Inspector Tasha Kumar (2009–2010). She first appeared as an episodic character named Nathalia in episode "Qaatil Dank". Her first episode as a CID copf was episode "Anjaan Laash". Her last episode was Episode "Khatre Mein Tasha" in which she dies.
• Hrishikesh Pandey as Sr. Inspector Sachin (2010–2016). He first appeared in episode "Khooni Deewar" as an undercover CID cop under the alias Siddharth, but in middle of the episode CID team finds out that he is an undercover. Later he is introduced by ACP as Inspector Sachin in episode "Maut ka Aashirwad". He was last seen in episode "Bank Robbery". Also in CID Special Bureau, he played the role of Inspector Abhimanyu.
• Jasveer Kaur as Sub-Inspector Kajal Kumar (2010–2012). She was first seen as a contract killer in episode "The Case of the Mysterious Gift" and a drug seller in episode "The Case of the Talking Parrot". Her first episode as a cop was episode "Maut Ka Aashirwad". Her last episode was "Khoon Ka Deewana".
• Manini Mishra as Dr. Sonali Barwe (2010–2011) She was first seen as an actress Kushi in episode "The Secret of the Deadly Chest" and fashion designer Menka in episode "Zehrily Dress". Her first episode as a forensic expert was "Rahasyamayi Darwaza".
• Abhay Shukla as Inspector Nikhil (2011–2016). His first appearance as a reporter "Traitors in CID". Next seen as security guard Ishaan in episode "Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai" and a shopkeeper in episode "Bhutiya Ladki Ka Raaz". He also played a negative role in his own name Abhay in the episode "AKAKR part-9". His first episode as a CID cop was episode "Qatl Ka Raaz Mare Hue Qatil Ke Paas". He was last seen in episode "Raaz Machli Ka".
• Ansha Sayed as Inspector Purvi (2006-2008; 2011–2018; 2024–present). She was first seen as episodic character named Chandha in episode "Case of the Double Identity", Khushi in episode "Case of the Bomb Robbery", Pallavi in episode "7 Days to Die" and Pamela in episode "The Gift". Her first episode as Sub-Inspector Purvi was episode "Kissa Paagal Ashiq Kaa".
• Janvi Chheda as Inspector Shreya (2012–2016, 2018). She made her debut in episode "Raaz Sar Aur Haath Ka" where she was introduced along with Sub-Inspector Vineet. She was last seen in episode "Maut Ka Hathoda". She returned as an Intelligence Bureau Inspector in episode "CID 20 Saal Baad".
• Vikas Kumar as Sr. Inspector Rajat (2012–2013). He joined in Episode "Khooni Paani". He was last seen in episode "Ped Ka Rahasya".
• Ajay Nagrath as Sub-Inspector Pankaj (2012–2018; 2024–present). He made his debut in the episode "CID Par Grahan – III".
• Vineet Kumar Chaudhary as Sub-Inspector Vineet (2012–2013). His first episode was "Raaz Sar Aur Haath Ka" where he was introduced along with Sub-Inspector Shreya. His last seen in episode "Raaz Teen Laashon Ka".
• Neha Gadoria as Trainee Officer Roma (2012) Her first episode was episode "Khoon Khabri Ka". She died in Episode "Khatre Mein CID Officer – II" due to being kidnapped and overflow of blood.
• Saanand Verma as Lab Assistant (2012)
• Maninder Singh as Sr. Inspector Dushyant Hemraj (2014). His first episode was episode "Bus Hijack – l". His last episode was episode "Kulhaadi Ka Raaz".
• Gaurav Khanna as Sr. Inspector Kavin (2014). His first episode was episode "Bus Hijack – ll". His last episode was episode "Band Kamre Mein Laash".
• Tanya Abrol as Sub-Inspector Jaywanti Shinde (2014–2016) Her first episode was episode "Action Jackson". She was last seen in episode "Bank Robbery".
• Tarun Khanna as Inspector Suraj (2012–2013). He was first appeared as supporting character named Rohan in episode "Gawah Bana Shikaar" and Rajveer in episode "Case of the Hotel Murder Mystery". His first episode as cop was "CID Par Grahan – III". He was last seen in episode "Raaz Haddiyo Ki Crockery Ka".
• Deepak Shirke as ACP Digvijay (2012–2013). He was brought in CID by DCP Chitrole as the new ACP in place of Pradyuman in episodes: "CID Par Grahan – ll, lll, lV". It was later revealed that he committed a crime long ago.
• Jagjit Athwal as Sub-Inspector Vansh (2014–2016). His first episode was "Mumbai Ki Chawl Ka Rahasya – l". He was last seen in "Ek Anokha Qatil"
• KK Goswami as Dhenchu (2013–2014, 2016–2018) He is an informer introduced by DCP Chitrole in episode "CID Ke Chhote Fans" of CID Chhote Heroes.
• Ankur Sharma Kabir as Sub-Inspector Karan (2014–2015). His first episode as a cop was "Mumbai Ki Chawl Ka Rahasya – l".
• Vikas Salgotra as Sub-Inspector Mayur (2014–2016). His first episode was "Mumbai Ki Chawl Ka Rahasya – l". He was last seen in "Gumshuda Bachchi ka Raaz".
• Pooja Khatri as Sub-Inspector Ishita (2014–2016). Her first episode was "Mumbai Ki Chawl Ka Rahasya – l". She was last seen in "Karo Ya Maro – III".
• Amaani Satrala as Sub-Inspector Divya (2014–2015). Her first episode was "Mumbai Ki Chawl Ka Rahasya – l". She was last seen in "Badle Ki Aag"
• Abid Shaikh as Sub-Inspector Vikram (2014). His first episode was "Mumbai Ki Chawl Ka Rahasya – l".
• Kuldeep Singh as Dr. Vaibhav (2014 - 2015). He appeared as junior forensic doctor. His first episode was "Mumbaicha Dabbawala".
• Vivana Singh as Cyber Inspector Ritu (2016–2017). She was initially seen in "Khooni Chupata Nahi". She was lastly seen in "Raaz Nakli Pistol Aur Asli Khooni Ka".
• Yagya Bhasin as Arjun (2018) Nakul's son, ACP Pradyuman's grandson
• Manoj Ramola as Ashok (2018)
• Shweta Salve as Supervisor Sheetal (2018). She appeared as a supervisor who monitors the CID team in episodes "Rahasyamai Gavah". She died in episode "Rahasyamayi Hathyar" to save lives of many people against a mysterious weapon.
• Saumya Saraswat as Sub Inspector Avni (2024–present)
• Parul Rai as Dr. Gargi (2024–present)
• as Sub Inspector Vraj (2024–present)

Guest

• Sahil Chadha as Ajay Sethia (1998)
• Milind Gawali as Sailesh (1998), Alok (1999), Devdhar (1999), Anupam (2002), Kuber (2003), Shyaman (2004)
• Girish Sonar as Tipnis (1998), Reporter Raghu (1999)
• Mohan Gokhale as Suvarna (1998), Kavi (1999)
• Achyut Potdar as Kundan Seth (1998)
• Anant Jog as Adv. Jagtap, Shashank (1998), Chandresh (2006)
• Madan Jain as Naveen Kumar (1999)
• Pavan Malhotra as Jeevan/kailash (1999), Ramesh (2001), Mahesh (2001), Satish (2002), Robin (2007)
• Rajesh Khera as Jagdish (1999), Mangal (2000), Dushyant (2000), Dr Alok (2001), Badshah (2001), Johnny (2002), Kedar (2002), Rajiv (2004), Film Director (2004), Dance Choreographer (2004), Jaan (2006), Vishwajeet (2006)
• Ravi Jhankal as Nagesh (1998), Kamalkant (1999), Kishorelal (1999), Kumar (1999), Dr. Brijendra (real) (2001), Moti (2002), ACP's friend (2004), Dr. Vikas (2006), Virendra (2010)
• Akshay Anand as Bharat Saxena (1999), Rajeev (2004)
• Manav Kaul as Neeraj (2000), Vikrant's brother (2000), Kantora (2003), Suraj (2006).
• Shrivallabh Vyas as CBI Officer Shamsher (2000), Baldev (2001), Dr. Sahil (2001), DIG Baldev Raj (2002), Retd. Judge Raja Rao (2005), Lalchand (2007), Mr.Trout (2007), Jeevan Das (2007)
• Manoj Joshi as Ranjan (2000), Drug lord (2000), Mahesh (2002), Dr Kanu (2002)
• Aasif Sheikh as Varun Episodes : "The Case of the Mysterious Truck PART I-II″ (2005 ), as Raghav Episode : "Paheli Laash Ke Tukdon Ki" (2009)
• Adi Irani as Deepak (2001), Radio Manager Raman (2006), Tejpal (2016)
• Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Alex (2001) (episode 157–158)
• Prem Chopra as Raj (2001)
• Om Puri as Sunder alias ACP Jose Santos in episode "The Case of the Counterfeit Cop".(2001)
• Sanjay Mishra as Rajesh (2001)
• Kashmera Shah as Kinneri (2001)
• Milind Gunaji as Johnny (2001)
• Sarita Joshi as Advocate Suhasini (2001)
• Sanjay Batra as Vinay (2001)
• Mushtaq Khan as Bacchu (2001)
• Madhukar Toradmal as Business man Gupta, victim's father
• Dinesh Hingoo as Builder Chunnilal (2001)
• Gufi Paintal as Chander (2001)
• Viju Khote as Judge (2002), Deaf man (2006)
• Bhagyashree as Nupur (2001)
• Shishir Sharma as Kumar, Arjun (1998), Shailesh (1998)
• Arif Zakaria as Chandan (2002)
• Deepak Qazir as Taxi Driver (2000)
• Kapil Dev as himself in episode "Howzzat?" (2003)
• Sudhir as Dr Kailash / Jinjaar/ Mr. Eliott (2003)
• Ananya Khare as Shilpa (2002), Sunita (2004)
• Rajesh Khattar as Pramod (2000), Rajesh (2006)
• Bhairavi Raichura as Reshma (2005)
• Abhijeet Sawant as himself (2005)
• Sadashiv Amrapurkar as Subbu (2005)
• Baba Sehgal as himself (2006)
• Mandira Bedi as Reshma (2001), Saagrika (2005)
• Bharat Kapoor as Sudhakar (1998) and Intelligence Officer Raman Kapoor (2002)
• Kunika as Rakhi (2001)
• Rajiv Paul as Jeevan (2000)
• Murli Sharma as Giri (2000), Govinda(2005), Contract killer(2006), Dr O (2007)
• Shahbaz Khan as Karan (2006), Don (2007)
• Paintal as mute man (2006)
• Lilliput as Blind Man (2006)
• Deepshika Nagpal as Lavanya Daneka a Tarot Card Reader Ep: Maut Ka Saudagar, Vyoma, Sudeep's Wife, Ep430:The Invisible Eye Witness (2006)
• Shilpa Shinde as Sheetal in "The Case of Mysterious Shadows" (2006)
• Vishal Kotian as RJ Sunny (2006)
• Melissa Pais as Alice in episode: Murder in FM 97.1 (2006)
• Mihir Mishra as KeniRaj in "Body in the Suitcase". (2006)
• Dalljeit Kaur as Reshma/Neha E in "Body in the Suitcase" (2006), Sreeja in "The Invisible Eye Witness". (2006)
• Narayani Shastri as Sunanda, Abhijeet's Friend Parthav's Wofer in "he Mysterious Gift". (2006)
• Salman Khan as himself (2009) Khooni Piracy Racket in (Episode 583) and (2014) Salman Ki Kick in (Episode 1107 and 1108)
• R. Madhavan as himself (2009) Mystery Code Murders in (Episode 556)
• Avantika Shetty as Mansi(2009) in Students Mass Murder, as Ruhi(2009) in Bhoola bhutka
• Sajid Khan as himself (2009)
• Mahek Chahal as herself (2009)
• Rituraj Singh as Deven, Hiten (2009)
• Inder Kumar as himself (2009)
• Sarfaraz Khan as himself (2009)
• Yami Gautam as Ananya (2010) (episode 642, "Girl in Coffin")
• Lavanya Tripathi as Sakshi in the case 'Maut ka Ashirvad' (Episode 619) (2010)
• Nikhil Guharoy as Vijay (2009), Aman (2009), Anuj (2010), Sid (2011), Nitin (2011), Kunal (2012), Rishi (2013), Dr. Harshit (2013), Arun (2013), Hardik (2014), Sarthak, Randhir, Sundar and Vikram. He also appeared in "Maut ka Ashirwad" (2010) and "Aakhri Chunauti" (2010) as Sub-Inspector Kajal's brother Rahul Kumar.
• Mahesh Manjrekar as H.D. (Harpez Dongara) (2010) He acted as a dangerous criminal who kidnapped all the CID officers and forensic experts and left India. Later in episode 664 Abhijeet shot him and he died.
• Dino Morea as Nitin (2010), himself (2011)
• Emraan Hashmi as himself (2010), Director Abraham (2011) and Raghuram "Raghu" Rathore aka Mr. X (2015).
• Sonalika Prasad as Sheela in "Jhagdalu Aurat" (2015).
• Prachi Desai as herself (2010).
• Ronit Roy as K.D Pathak from Adaalat (2010, 2012, 2014)
• Rani Mukerji as herself (2011)
• Shaji Choudhary as Gangster (2003), Trilok (2008), Heera (2009), Nibo, Goga (2011), Shera, Vikram, Mewaram (2012)
• Aamir Khan as Senior Inspector Surjan Singh Shekhawat (2012)
• Kareena Kapoor Khan as herself (2012)
• Akshay Kumar as Shiva (2012) and as Rowdy Rathore (2012).
• Sonakshi Sinha as Paro (2012), herself (2013)
• Imran Khan as himself (2013)
• Akanksha Puri as Nandita Menon (2015)
• Sunny Deol as Saranjeet Singh Talwar aka Singh Saab (2013) and Ajay Mehra (2016)
• Chandan Madan as Akhil/Tez/Sumeet/Samrat/Manav/Sameer (2011–2018)
• Dilip Joshi as Jethalal Champaklal Gada from Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2014)
• Disha Vakani as Daya Jethalal Gada from Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2014)
• Gurucharan Singh as Roshan Singh Harjeet Singh Sodhi from Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2014)
• Shyam Pathak as Patrakaar Popatlal from Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2014)
• Munmun Dutta as Babita Krishnan Iyer from Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2014)
• Mandar Chandwadkar as Aatmaram Tukaram Bhide from Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah (2014)
• Jimmy Sheirgill as Vishnu Sharma (2014)
• Anu Malik as himself (2014)
• Jas Arora as Sunny / Pathan
• Jackky Bhagnani as Abhimanyu Kaul (2014)
• Govinda as Armaan (2014)
• Saif Ali Khan as Yudi Jaitely (2014)
• Tusshar Kapoor as Vikash Singh (2014)
• Shraddha Kapoor as herself (Episode 1094) (2014)
• Sidharth Malhotra as himself (Episode 1094) (2014)
• Sunny Leone as Ragini (2014)
• Faizal Khan (2014)
• Thakur Anoop Singh as Daya (2014) in episode: Daya v/s Daya
• Varun Dhawan as himself (2015) in episode : Varun Dhawan Khatre Mein
• Shah Rukh Khan as himself (2015)
• Sushant Singh Rajput as Byomkesh Bakshi (2015)
• Anand Tiwari as Ajit Kumar Bandhopadhyay (2015)
• Diganth as himself (episode 1288) (2015)
• Karan Grover as himself (episode 1288) (2015)
• Anushka Ranjan as herself (episode 1288) (2015)
• Rahul Dev as Katori Damta. He played the negative role in Karo Ya Maro story arc. (2016)
• Gauri Tonk as Dolly Harpez Dongara, wife of Harpez Dongara taking revenge from Abhijeet for Harpez's death in the Karo Ya Maro story arc. (2016)
• John Abraham as Rocky Handsome (2016)
• Abbas–Mustan as themselves (2017)
• Kiara Advani as herself (2017)
• Tigmanshu Dhulia as Barbosa, Leader of The Eye Gang (2018)

CID: Special Bureau cast (2004–2006)

• Anup Soni as ACP Ajatshatru
• Salil Ankola as Sr. Inspector Akshay
• Nimai Bali as Sr. Inspector Pratap
• Hrishikesh Pandey as Inspector Abhimanyu
• Sushmita Daan as Inspector Jasmine Prakash
• Manasi Varma as Inspector Tejali Krutia
• Sharad Kelkar as Inspector Jehan
• Mahi as Inspector Gargi
• Mugdha Godbole as Inspector Akanksha
• Amita Chandekar as Inspector Ashwini
• Sachin Sharma as Inspector Samar
• Kushal Punjabi as Inspector Kushal
• Ravindra Mankani as Dr. Bharadwaj
• Shweta Kawatra as Dr. Niyati Pradhan
• Dilip Joshi as Bob
• unknown as Ishika, A.C.P. Ajatshatru's adopted daughter
• Yash Tonk as Billa, Ishika's biological father
• Manav Kaul as Yashwant

CID 111 – The Inheritance

• Kay Kay Menon as Vinod Sagar
• Rajendranath Zutshi as Johnson
• Avinash Wadhawan as Kishore
• Kruttika Desai as Ketki
• Mukesh Rawal as Vishwanath
• Kunal Tavri as Kapil
• Seema Pandey as Sharmila
• Swati Anand as Susheela
• Sharmilee Raj as Reena
• Swati Mitra as Loveleen
• Jaydutt Vyas as Bhargav
• Shahid Khan as Raghu
• Tirthesh Thakkar
• Mayur Bhavsar
• Akshay Dhond child artist
• Rohit tailor in various roles.

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

CID Special Bureau

CID Special Bureau is an Indian Hindi spinoff series of CID created by Fireworks Productions for Sony TV. The series premiered on Monday, 3 January 2005, and ended on Thursday, 2 March 2006, with 168 episodes. The series aired on Monday and Tuesday nights, split each case into two episodes. Two cases of the series "Mad Bomber" and "Anokha Intequam" (Strange Revenge) had crossover episodes with CID. On 29 August 2005, the series aired 4 days a week on Monday to Thursday nights with each case split across four episodes. The running time of the series was 20–22 minutes. A repeat telecast of the series aired on 6 March 2006 and ended on 27 April 2006.

Denotes crossover with CID

CID Chhote Heroes

CID Chhote Heroes was another Indian Hindi sub-series of CID created by Fireworks Productions for Sony TV. The series premiered on Friday, 1 February 2013 and ended on Friday, 24 May 2013, with a total of 17 episodes. The series was aired on every Friday nights, with each case being shown in a single episode. Two cases of the series "Daya in Danger" and "Little Comedian Kidnapped" had crossover episodes with CID. The running time of the series was 40-42 minutes.

Denotes crossover with CID

CID 111 – The Inheritance

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 (1 hour and 51 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".

Production

Development

CID was created by producer B. P. Singh, who co-produced it with Pradeep Uppoor under Fireworks Production. Singh in an interview, said, "The premise was simple: Seven cops and one dead body. All our episodes are based around this fact." The second season of the show is produced by Deepak Dhar and B. P. Singh under Banijay Asia.

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. Other locations include — Delhi, Ahmedabad, Agra, Mathura, Rishikesh, Haridwar, Kullu, Manali, Matheran, Satara, Kolkata and Mahabaleshwar among others. CID has also been shot in foreign countries. Some locations outside India include places like Uzbekistan, London, Paris and Switzerland, which included tourist attractions like Interlaken as well as cities such as Bern and Zürich. A major Paris–Switzerland shoot was done for a 2 hour special episode "Aakhri Chunauti", and a part of the production team's 13th anniversary celebration plan.

Broadcast

CID was broadcast on Sony Entertainment Television, through its run. The series is also aired on Sony Max, ever since it went off air. Currently, the series re-airs on Sony Pal, Sony Wah, Sony Max, Sony Aath and Sony Marathi.

Cancellation

The show was decided to end suddenly by the channel and on 27 October 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."

Revival

On 24 October 2024, a 10-second teaser was released showcasing the return of the show on Sony TV, with a second season. The teaser revealed Shivaji Satam, Dayanand Shetty and Aditya Srivastava reprising their roles as ACP Pradyuman, Senior Inspector Daya and Senior Inspector Abhijeet respectively.

Other intiatives

On July 7, 2006, a nationwide talent hunt by Sony India. called Operation Talaash was launched in search of a new officer to join the CID team. This concluded on September 1, 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 January 23, 2011. The third and fourth editions were aired on April 1, 2012 and April 14, 2013 respectively. On July 10, 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 July 26, 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

CID had three crossover episodes with the series Aahat, once on November 13-14, 2009, second time on February 12-13, 2010, and third time on June 25-26, 2010. It also had crossover episodes with Adaalat, once on December 3-4, 2010; second time on July 14-15, 2012 titled CID Viruddh Adaalat and third time on December 20, 2014 titled CID V/S Adaalat – Karmyudh. Also, it had a crossover with Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah titled Mahasangam, it started and ended in July 2014.

Reception

Critical response

Rediff.com 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". It 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." Rahul Hegde of Rediff giving the same ratings stated, "The crime detective series is still going strong". The 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." Kristina Das of India Today in a retrospective review in 2020, wrote, "The show had a cult following, even the non-viewers had shown interests. Except for logic, the show had everything, literally. The concept of the show was different, a tad bit too different, you may say. But at times, the makers dragged the episodes with unnecessarily lengthy dialogues when there was no content available."

Ratings

Throughout its run, CID was one of the most viewed series on Indian television. The series had an average TRP rating of 2.5 to 3 for several years.

Accolades

Other media

A spin-off CID – Special Bureau, a series about the special branch of CID which deals with cases that were left unsolved for many years aired from 2004-2006. Another spin-off, CID – Chhote Heroes in which kids solve crimes with the help of CID aired in 2013. A Bengali-language adaptation of CID known as C.I.D. Kolkata Bureau aired on Sony Aath from 2012-2014. CID - The Game, a mobile video game developed by Vroovy (a joint venture of Hungama and Gameshastra) was developed as a tie-in to the TV series. CID Heroes - Super Agent Run, a running mobile video game has been released by Zapak and features the characters of Abhijeet, Daya and Pradyuman.

Impact and legacy

CID has gained a cult status and following among the audience, owing to its episodes, cast, characters, comedy and story. CID entered in both Guinness World Records and Limca Book of Records, for shooting uncut for 111 minutes for the episode named "The Inheritance", in October 2004. Singer Lata Mangeshkar admitted to being a fan of the series.

Abhishek Raghunath of Forbes India noted: "Millions of Indians wait for CID to play out on their TV screens three nights a week on Sony. The characters—ACP Pradyuman, Sr. Inspectors Abhijeet and Daya, forensic expert Dr Salunkhe, and a host of others—have attained cult status. In an age obsessed with sex, the show is entirely devoid of it and there is no melodrama, a staple of successful Indian soaps since 1999." Rhea Candy from Film Companion stated the chemistry of the cast members and it being a family show, the main reason behind CID's success. She added, "Today, the show incites mixed reactions. There is an acknowledgement of the institution it is; of the actors, directors and writers it has nurtured, and the efforts it has poured into churning out consistent entertainment. There are also unabashed memes inspired by CID's peculiarities."

See also

• List of programs broadcast by Sony Entertainment Television
• Midsomer Murders– A British series featuring UK CID

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External links

• CID episodes on Sony LIV
• C.I.D. at IMDb

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