C.I.D. (1998)
Original title: सीआईडी
C.I.D. is a 1998 Hindi-language action & adventure series created by Brijendra Pal Singh and Nitika Kanwar. It stars Shivaji Satham, Narendra Gupta and Aditya Srivastava.
For more than two decades, the officers of Mumbai's Crime Investigation Department have chased the city's hardest cases. ACP Pradyuman leads the unit; Senior Inspectors Abhijeet and Daya work the streets, while Dr. Salunkhe reads the evidence back in the lab. Created by B. P. Singh for Sony Entertainment Television, this long-running Indian procedural moves case by case through kidnappings, murders, and elaborate criminal schemes. The formula is steady and the team is the draw: methodical detective work, forensic detail, and a group of investigators who treat every crime as solvable.
Quick answers
What is C.I.D. about?
For more than two decades, the officers of Mumbai's Crime Investigation Department have chased the city's hardest cases. ACP Pradyuman leads the unit; Senior Inspectors Abhijeet and Daya work the streets, while Dr. Salunkhe reads the evidence back in the lab. Created by B. P. Singh for Sony Entertainment Television, this long-running Indian procedural moves case by case through kidnappings, murders, and elaborate criminal schemes. The formula is steady and the team is the draw: methodical detective work, forensic detail, and a group of investigators who treat every crime as solvable.
When was C.I.D. released?
C.I.D. was released on 21 January 1998.
How many episodes does C.I.D. have?
C.I.D. has 1651 episodes across 2 seasons.
Who made C.I.D.?
C.I.D. was created by Brijendra Pal Singh, Nitika Kanwar and Salil Singh.
Where can I watch C.I.D.?
C.I.D. is available on Netflix.
Where to watch C.I.D.
Stream: Netflix
Cast
- Shivaji Satham as ACP Pradyuman
- Narendra Gupta as Dr. R. P. Salunkhe
- Aditya Srivastava as Sr. Inspector Abhijeet
- Dayanand Shetty as Sr. Inspector Daya
- Dinesh Phadnis as Inspector Fredricks
- Shraddha Musale as Dr. Tarika
- Hrishikesh Pandey as Inspector Sachin
- Ansha Sayed as Inspector Purvi
- Ajay Nagrath as Sub-Inspector Pankaj
- Abhay Shukla as Inspector Nikhil
- Janvi Chheda as Inspector Shreya
- Vivek V. Mashru as Inspector Vivek
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A few thoughts on C.I.D.
The pleasures here are classic detective ones. The Complete Sherlock Holmes offers the same faith that any puzzle yields to observation. Death Note turns the cat-and-mouse chase into a battle of intellects. And Agatha Christie's The Big Four sends a famous detective after a sprawling criminal conspiracy, one clue at a time.
Procedural crime units that crack a fresh case every episode
C.I.D. runs on the same case-of-the-week rhythm: a fresh crime each episode, a fixed squad, and a solution by the closing scene. These procedurals share that steady format, following detective teams who treat every kidnapping and murder as a puzzle with an answer.
Classic detective novels that reason the truth from the clues
Before ACP Pradyuman's squad worked Mumbai, print detectives built the template. These novels hand you the clues, the red herrings and a sleuth who reasons the truth out of the evidence, the same logical unraveling C.I.D. stages across its forensic and street-level investigations.
Forensic investigations where the evidence solves the crime
Dr. Salunkhe reading the lab evidence is half of what makes C.I.D. tick. These shows put forensic science at the center too, letting autopsies, cold files and physical traces do the talking while investigators chase what the body and the scene quietly reveal.