By Hindustan Times
Indian television's longest running detective show CID might soon be a film, says producer B.P. Singh, promising more action, a novel storyline and different styling with the similar cast. "THERE'LL BE a movie on CID with the similar cast, but one main villian could be from outside," Singh
told IANS, adding that he was unsure in regards to the time frame.
Launched Jan 21, 1998, on Sony, CID has to this point aired greater than 615 cases in over 824 episodes.
Shivaji Satam plays ACP Pradyuman, while Aditya Shrivastav, Dayanand Shetty, Dinesh Phadnis, Vivek V. Mashru, Hrishikesh Pandey, Narendra Gupta and Shraddha Musale are the $64000 members of his team.
"The cast would be the same, but there'll be additional cast for villains. We have to see who we will afford. There'll be outstanding action scenes to make it different. The story, treatment action should look different from our regular episodes. We have to present a narrative that may be remarkable and unique and different from the regular CID," he said.
"Theoretically, it is going to start by the tip of this year. The channel owns the rights...Even if the channel says yes today, we'd be able to start early next year," Singh added.
It would be the third TV show after Office Office and Khichdi to be converted right into a movie.
According to Singh, showing relevant content was a challenge.
"The most difficult part is the best way to keep pace with changing scenarios. In 15 years, the television viewership has changed completely, people have grown up but they're still watching our show. After we are writing, we attempt to include modern ideas and situations that folks can connect with easily.
"But the elemental has not changed. We're still making mystery. We now have reduced violence because we wish to hook up with the family audience. It's not gory or shocking."
The main attraction of CID is the way it deals with the forensic management of evidence.
"I desired to make it different. Forensic science is what persons are not conscious about and we thought we must always introduce that. From day one, an actual forensic doctor was acting in our show. Once I used to listen to forensic stories, they used to amaze me. Everyone desires to know what goes on throughout the body. We've developed and made our forensic lab more attractive over the years," he said.
"We cannot show dissection of a body on screen, and here we use lighting tricks. We use our lab as an entertainment centre. We do not give lectures. It could become very boring to provide people scientific facts. We purposely use language that may be easy to grasp. In 'CID', it's hard to search out any English word... There are individuals who feel that CID isn't intellectual enough, but we're not ashamed of it."
After directing thrillers like CID and Aahat, Singh also directed the comedy show Gutur Go on SAB TV however the focus is on crime.
"Once you get successful in something, the industry is such that you simply get that work only."
