End Of An Era: Longest Running TV Show CID To Bid Goodbye After 21 Long Years!

Probably, one of the most popular and celebrated shows especially amongst the 90’s kids, CID is all set to say goodbye to the fans. It is the longest running television show in India with episodes count of 1546. The show was first aired in 1998 and since then it is successfully entertaining the audiences for over two decades.

CID will be aired for the last time on October 27, 2018. The show is based on the theme of crime investigation done by department of Crime Investigation. Over the years, show has given some memorable characters like ACP Pradyuman (played by Shivaji Satam), Senior Inspector Abhijeet (played by Aditya Shrivastav), Senior Inspector Daya (played by Dayanand Shetty) and Inspector Fredricks (played by Dinesh Phadnis). Apart from renowned characters, show had its popular one liners like ‘Kuch Toh Gadbad Hai’ and ‘Daya Darwaza Tod Do’ by ACP Pradyuman.

There were speculations of show going off-air since long time. While talking to Mumbai Mirror, Dayanand Shetty who plays Daya in the show, confirmed the news. He said, “Yes, it’s true. We were recently informed about this development and we stopped shooting for the show some 4/5 days back. This Saturday (October 27, 2018) telecast will be the last episode of CID.”