There has been talk of reunions for TV series from the 90's.
This TV series is now discontinued, but the nightingale of Bollywood wants a reunion.
A thread about the origin of the TV Series CID.
The man behind the TV series is BP Singh who had a successful Marathi series called Ek Shunya Shunya on DD.
See if you can spot some familiar faces from that show?
While working on that series, he met a doctor who told him - "People lie, but the dead always tell the truth."
That got him interested in cases where forensics were involved. He did all the research and spent more than 4.5 lacs of his personal money and shot 6 episodes of CID in 1992.
The first of these was called Kissa Zahar Ka.
He tried to sell the series to DD first and then Zee. But they did not agree.
In 1995, he got an offer from Sony for a Horror TV series. He produced another iconic series Aahat.
Sony was looking for a police story and BP Singh pitched CID.
Then in 1998, the first 6 episodes shot way back in 1992, were shown on Sony TV.
The public liked what they saw.
This is the first shot of Shivaji Satam from the show.
Shivaji Satam was very good friends with BP Singh. Satam, in 1992, was a central bank employee who did theater and TV series on the side.
But by 1998 he had become a much sought after actor in films.
So in episode 7, the first shot in 1998 - we see a slightly older Shivaji Satam, being promoted to ACP.
Shivaji Satam had to miss shoots for his film commitments - so a new lead character was introduced.
Inspector Viren was portrayed by Ashutosh Gowariker.
Inspector Viren was quite popular with the audience, but by 1999 - Ashutosh Gowariker had bigger things to do.. Like directing an Oscar nominated classic Lagaan.
So his character was written out.
Kissa Faraar Mujrim Ka was Gowariker's final appearance.
Aditya Srivastava had played a fugitive in the episode 'Kissa Pistol Ki Chora Ka'. In this episode, he played Paresh, who had been kicked out from his job. He chances upon the gun left by ACP and decides to use that to kill his boss. Strange I know.
But after the exit of Ashutosh Gowariker, Aditya Srivastava was reintroduced as Inspector Abhijeet in the episode 'Kissa Churaye Hue Dynamite Ka'
Abhijeet was someone who lost his memory after being attacked on the job.
This is the first shot of Inspector Abhijeet.
Interesting bit - the name Abhijeet was given because Shivaji's son in real life is Abhijeet Satam.
BP Singh wanted to show a father-son relationship between ACP Pradyuman and Abhijeet.
Dayanand Shetty was a shot put and discuss thrower and Maharashtra state champion in 1996. But an injury turned him to acting.
BP Singh, impressed by his build and personality, made him a permanent character - Daya.
First appearance in the episode The Stalker.
Dayanand Shetty kicking doors open didn't happen instantly. It took over 50 episodes for that to happen.
In our opinion, this is the first time ACP utters the words "Daya Darwaza Thod Do" in the episode Kissa Bandh Darwaze Ka.
Check out Shivaji Satam's beard here.
The dialogue has become so iconic - it has been referenced in Singham returns.
When Amol Gupte locks up the door, Bajirao Singham says the line "Daya Darwaza Tod" and Senior Inspector Daya duly obliges.
The show had a long list of writers.
Shridhar Raghavan, who wrote Khakee, Dum Maaro Dum wrote some of the early episodes.
Shridhar's brother Sriram Raghavan, started writing CID episodes before moving on to write and make films like Badlapur, Jhonny Gaddar and Andhadhun.
Other writers, characters, actors were all involved in more than 20 years run of the show.
What if Sony never agreed to BP Singh in the first place...
What are your favorite characters from CID?
Also share your most favorite CID Memes.
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Back in 1971 when the nation was formed, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, considered the leader of the freedom movement, was not in the country - he was in jail in Pakistan.
And it was a former lover of Bhutto who was able to secure his release.
A love story 🧵
In 1971 Pakistan's armed forces laid down their arms at a ceremony in Dhaka before the joint command of the Indian armed forces and Bangladesh's Mukti Bahini.
As the two armed forces were celebrating their victory, Mrs Indira Gandhi had other things to worry about.
1. The enormous cost of the war 2. The cost of dealing with over 10M refugees 3. The un-budgeted responsibility of having to look after the 93,000 Pakistani soldiers taken as POWs.
India wanted to keep the POW's in conditions that went above and beyond Geneva norms.
A school-going kid once visited the Congress party office, where Tamil lyricist Kavirajar Kannadasan asked, "Would you like to work in films, child?" The kid said, "Ask my father."
This child was destined to become one of India's greatest superstars!
A thread on Sridevi! 🧵
It is said that when Sridevi was born, there was a bright red mark on her forehead, and hence people started that a devi had born in the house.
Thus she was named Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan.
Before ruling the box office as a leading star, Sridevi was a phenomenally accomplished child artist.
Here she is, sharing the screen with MG Ramachandran, playing his nephew in a film that also starred J. Jayalalitha!
This film, starring Supriya Pathak & Hugh Grant, is based on a novel by Mircea Eliade.
Its the story of a 23-year-old Mircea who came to Calcutta to study under philosopher Surendranath Dasgupta.
There, he fell in love with Maitreyi - teacher's daughter.
Sounds familiar? A 🧵
In this novel, Mircea fictionalizes how his love story was cut short because Surendranath Dasgupta was unhappy about the relationship. The relationship was "exposed" by Maitreyi Devi's sister.
The novel was published in 1933, a couple of years after Mircea's time in Calcutta.
For some additional context, Maitreyi was a savant! Maitreyi was mentored by Rabindranath Tagore, and she even wrote a book Mongpute Rabindranath (Tagore by The Fire Side) about the time spent with the great poet.
20 years ago, we were reminded that good films need not make money, & films that make good money need not be great!
On June 18, 2004, Lakshya was released, telling the story of an aimless rich youngster who joins the Indian Army & discovers his true goal.
A thread🧵
Lakshya was written by @Javedakhtarjadu: He was told by senior army officers about the declining enrollments to the Indian army each year, prompting him to promise to write a film addressing the issue!
The script marked Akthar's comeback as a scriptwriter after ages!
Lakshya was a departure from the kinds of war movies made at the time like Border, LOC Kargil etc.
In fact, director @FarOutAkhtar's goal was to tell a story about a boy who finds himself in the backdrop of Kargil War.
On June 15, 2001, the world saw the release of a monumental film in scale & vision, with its main plot revolving around a cricket match between India & the British Empire!
A thread 🧵on Lagaan, the film that convinced Aamir Khan to pursue the kind of films he believed in.
After two failed attempts at films, @AshGowariker's confidence was low.
He then conceived a story where a key battle is resolved by a cricket match. He pitched this to Aamir in 4 lines, who told him not to waste time on this.
Lagaan was @AshGowariker’s third foray into direction after his earlier two movies – Pehla Nasha and Baazi.
Baazi is famous for the “Item number” by Aamir Khan. Pehla Nasha had Aamir and SRK in the same movie with some cringe worthy puns
This is freedom fighter Raj Narain, who achieved the greatest electoral upset in India's history.
In the 1977 elections held after the lifting of the Emergency, Raj Narain defeated Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
A thread 🧵
The story begins with the 1971 election.
Originally scheduled for 1972, Indira Gandhi called for early elections, catching opposition by surprise.
The opposition quickly recovered and nominated Raj Narain to contest against Mrs. Gandhi in Rae Bareli.
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Indira Gandhi was probably displeased with the nomination.
At a campaign rally she said, "Mr. Narain had been chosen by the opposition parties to contest from Rae Bareli because he was a well-known Nehru hater and baiter."