One crucial aspect which sets Sony TV’s C.I.D (Fireworks Productions) apart from any other crime show on TV is its extensive focus on forensics. Soon you will be seeing a forensic special on the show. One of the episodes is on plasmotomy (a form of mitosis in multinuclear protozoan cells in which the cytoplasm divides into two or more masses, later reproducing, in some cases by sporulation). This in turn will be linked to embalming (the art and science of temporarily preserving human remains) on the show.

TV shows usually have a short shelf life or disappear into oblivion after a season or two. In this rat race, some shows, nevertheless, go on to be treasured properties of the channel which a channel head won’t even imagine of taking off air as they are so dependent on them to add valuable GRP. Here we present eight contemporary shows that will go down in the history of Indian television as most memorable ones.

All those who were waiting to catch a glimpse of Rajeev Khandelwal who stole their hearts; this is one piece of news that would make them do a double flip. The hunk is back on television with an episodic on <em> C.I.D.</em> with Sachin Chhabra who he fondly calls Ranbir. Rajeev says, “I think Sachin resembles Ranbir Kapoor that is why I call him Ranbir.”