Some of the episodes were also shot in foreign locations including Uzbekistan, Paris and Switzerland.

Although principally filmed in Mumbai, the show has also been shot in various locations all over the country.

Sony Entertainment Television announced the special CID: Gallantry Awards on Januto honour acts of bravery in the society.

It is one of the longest-running shows of the country and it completed 21 years in April 2018.

After completing 1000 episodes, the makers made a special episode which was close to 4 hours in duration.

The show's 111th episode was a 111-minute long episode titled CID 111, which was shot continuously and later registered in the Guinness Book of Records.Īlso Read: What Time Does 'The Legend Of El Cid' Release On Amazon Prime? Details Here.

They had three crossover episodes each with Aahat and Ronit Roy starrer Adaalat.

The series throughout its run of over 20 years had several crossover episodes with other shows.

Theatre actor Aditya Shrivastava who played Senior Inspector Abhijeet was actually introduced in the show as a criminal, but later became a part of the team.

As per IMDb trivia, Dayanand Shetty who played the popular role of Daya performed all his stunts on his own.

The show premiered in January 1998, however, its first episode was shot in the year 1992 itself.

As per a report on, The show had its pilot episode shot 6 years before it finally aired.

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One of the most fascinating trivia is that its first episode was shot 6 years prior to its year of airing, that is 1998. There are several lesser-known facts about the series which went on to be added to the list of the Guinness Book of Records.

CID was one of the longest-running Indian Television shows with its premiere episode airing in 1998 to its last one airing in October 2018.

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