CID

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CID (Hindi title: सीआईडी) is an Indian police procedural TV series that premiered on Sony Entertainment Television from 21 Jan 1998 to 14 Dec 2025, including two seasons. The series was created by B. P. Singh and produced by Singh and Pradeep Uppoor under the banner of Fireworks Productions.

Release Date, OTTs, Episodes, Languages, and Subtitles

Drama Name	CID
Show Type	Tv Series
Also Known As	CID or सीआईडी (Indian TV series)
Country of Origin	India	Original Language	Hindi
Subtitle(s)	Bengali, English, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu	No. of Episodes	1651 Episodes
Release Date	January 21, 1998	End Date	December 14, 2025
Broadcast Day	Saturday, Sunday
Watch On	SET	Episode Duration	40–46 minutes
Productions
Genres	Comedy, Crime, Suspense, Thriller

Full Cast List

Dayanand Shetty as Sr. Inspector Daya

Hrishikesh Pandey as Inspector Sachin (2010–16)

Gaurav Khanna as Inspector Kavin (2014)
Saanand Verma as Lab Assistant (2012)
Maninder Singh as Dushyant Hemraj (2014)
K. K. Goswami as Dhenchu (2013–14;16–18; 24)
Vivek V. Mashru as Inspector Vivek (2006–12)
Shweta Kawatra as Dr. Niyati (2003; 05–07)
Manav Gohil as Inspector Daksh (2004–05)
Dinesh Hingoo as Builder Chunnilal (2001)
Emraan Hashmi as Himself (2010), Abraham (11)
Gufi Paintal Walia as Chander (2001)
Govinda as Armaan (2014)
Dino Morea as Nitin (2010), Himself (2011)
Daya Shankar Pandey as Hariah Kidnaper
Manav Kaul as Neeraj/Kantora/Suraj
Dilip Joshi as Jethalal Champaklal Gada
Mukesh Rawal as Vishwanath
Anup Soni as ACP Ajatshatru
Abhijeet Sawant as Himself (2005)
Kay Kay Menon as Vinod Sagar
Inder Kumar as Himself (2009)
Jas Arora as Sunny / Pathan
Ronit Roy as K.D Pathak from Adaalat
Barkha Singh as Sona/Myra (2014)
Arif Zakaria as Chandan (2002)
Anushka Ranjan as Herself (2015)
Parth Samthaan as ACP Ayushmaan (2025)
Jackky Bhagnani as Abhimanyu Kaul (2014)
Sunny Deol as Saran Jeet Singh Talwar
R. Madhavan as Himself (2009)
Disha Vakani as Daya Jethalal Gada
Kiara Advani as Herself (2017)
Tusshar Kapoor as Sukhi (2013); Vikash Singh
Rajat Kapoor as Tanuj (2005)
Aasif Sheikh as Varun (2005)/Raghav (2009)
Manoj Joshi as Ranjan/Mahesh/Dr Kanu
Sanjay Mishra as Rajesh (2001)
Aamir Khan as Senior Inspector Surjan (2012)
Kareena Kapoor as Herself (2012)
Saif Ali Khan as Yudi Jaitely (2014)
Mahek Chahal as Herself (2009)
Akshay Kumar as Shiva (2012); Rowdy Rathore
Varun Dhawan as Himself (2015)
Shraddha Kapoor as Herself (2014)
Anand Tiwari as Ajit Kumar Bandhopadhyay
Sidharth Malhotra as Himself (2014)
Jaideep Ahlawat as Rajan Aulakh (2025)
Jimmy Sheirgill as Vishnu Sharma (2014)
Sonakshi Sinha as Paro (2012), Herself (2013)
Sushant Singh Rajput as Byomkesh Bakshi (2015)
Rani Mukerji as Herself (2011)
John Abraham as Rocky Handsome (2016)
Ajay Devgan as Singham in CID
Salman Khan as Himself (2009)
Sanjay Batra as Vinay (2001)
Ali Asgar as Himself in Ali Ki Khalbali
Shah Rukh Khan as Himself (2015)

TV Series Creators

Directors	Sachindra Vats Ishwar Singh Nandu Kaale Salil Singh Siba Misra Santosh Shetty	Producers	B.P. Singh Pradeep Uppoor (S1) Deepak Dhar (S2) Rajesh Chadha (S2) Renu bp Singh (S2)
Screenwriters	Chirag Salian Tanmay Singh Nitika Kanwar Shridhar Raghavan	Editors	B. P. Singh
Music & Theme	O. P. Nayyar