CID Movie with original cast-B.P.Singh's interview

I started my career in 1973 with Doordarshan as the news cameraman. I worked there for 10 years. Thereafter, I started getting an urge to break free. I thought I could see the scenes from a different and maybe better perspective. I asked Doordarshan if they were interested in serialising some detective stories but didn't get the nod. I made a film called Sirf Char Din, a murder mystery and that is when I developed a fetish for thrillers. While preparing for that film, I used to visit the Crime Branch. I had a friend, Inspector Jayant Wagle. During those visits, I interacted with many officials there. Plus, I was intrigued by the investigation process, the style of the detectives, their modus operandi. I also started reading some detective novels written by Shrikant Sinkar. His writing was very lively. I would feel that the case was happening before me. I started toying with the idea that I would make a detective TV serial one day.

Moving on to CID, was it hard to get fresh whodunit plots on regular basis?

It's a very difficult and mindboggling to churn out eight stories a month and we certainly cannot rely on real life inspired incidents for that. The plots are such that if someone reads them before they are shot, he would call it madness. If someone's dead, the secret lies in how it is shot. The interrogation process has to be very intriguing, the chases have to be very realistic, above all there have to be three or four distinct and strong suspects so that the audience keeps debating, guessing or laying bets on.

What are your future plans?

We are planning a movie on CID for which the shooting would begin in February next year. All the lead characters of CID would comprise the cast of the movie.