Hi! New here.
I am an ardent fan of CID. But I think reasons for low trps are:
- CID re-runs being shown every day!
Earlier Sony guys kept showing CID episodes one after the other other for the WHOLE day! Though they don't show CID as frequently now, but still we do see CID episodes in afternoon and evening daily. Even on weekends, they keep showing old CID episodes for whole afternoon! So people assume that they'll get to see the episode since CID is repeated umpteen times!
I think Sony should show CID episodes only on Friday and Saturday, the original time slots and repeat only the weekend's episode once in the coming week.
Why show old episodes so frequently for hours at a stretch when the show is still running? Let them wait for the next weekend to see their favorite characters.
- We don't get to see enough of senior actors - original CID team
Since the last few months, I have noticed that they don't show the entire core CID team together. For the first half an hour we see Abhijit, for 5 mins in between we get a glimpse of ACP and for the last 30 mins we see Daya! Freddie and Vivek or Kajal are shown tagging along. A customary nok-jhok between Salunkhe and ACP is also mixed in it.
It has become monotonous! I don't know what the reasons are, but actors look like they're going through the motions. We want to see the core team together! ACP, Abhijeet and Daya together!
Not separately for 5-10 mins allocated to each!😲
- Same old stories
I agree stories are not as good as they used to be. I feel they should investigate other crimes too, instead of just murder. White collar crimes, scams, frauds etc., robbery, rape - I mean there are thousands of different types of crimes! But CID shows only khoon!
I also think they should stop showing repetitive things like those stories of criminals posing as aatma or bhoot or someone having superstitious magical hallucinations!
We want more suspense, more logical stuff and not just entertainment. We as viewers, want them to compel us into exercising our own minds and trying to guess what would happen!
We've also had enough of CID guys having misunderstanding with each other or turning into criminals themselves! [Like they showed Daya being a criminal, but then revealed that it was not Daya but someone who had plastic surgery to look like him!]
I also think they either overdo the stunts or action when they get into the Dhoom mode, or they very easily get all clues by merely doing a search on the internet through ''Koogle''!😉
There should be a balance. Neither all maar-dhaad, nor all solutions through computer and gadgets!
- Compromising on seriousness to make it entertaining
I think there should be certain seriousness in CID. It's laughable how someone like Freddie can be a CID officer! Little lightness is okay, but nowadays it's getting a bit too unrealistic to digest.
Freddie behaving like Shaggy of Scooby Doo is too cartoonish and unrealistic, almost an insult to CID! They could show him as nervous or easily prone to worry, but showing like a bheegi billi in every episode makes a mockery of CID.
There was one episode in which they had hinted at love between Vivek and Tasha and Vivek telling her he'd get her icecream. Or Abhijeet constantly flirting with Tarika.
You want viewers to believe that solving cases is all fun and games? That these officers flirt and squabble with equal ease while looking for clues at their headquarters?
I feel a little bit of light hearted stuff shown occasionally is okay. But they should not overdo it or make it a routine to have Abhijeet flirt with Tarika in every episode or Salunkhe and ACP pull each other's leg every time they gather over a dead body in the forensic lab!
I think it would be better if overdose of comical elements is reduced.
Other reasons:
Pathetic background music...very irritating! They should either change it or get rid of any background music altogether. Older episodes of CID are much better in this respect.
New faces being brought in all the time! - We had grown used to Vivek...but why was Vivek replaced? Also, frankly speaking the new boy is so-so and, he doesn't seem like a CID officer. Looks more like a 12 std passout. Even if they have to bring in new faces, then at least bring in genuinely talented ones like the guy who plays Sachin!
I feel they should upgrade and maintain the high standards of CID. Just hope viewers don't get fatigued and fed up of CID! :(
Nevertheless, CID is my favourite show and me and my brother are crazy about it since childhood!😃
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