Crime Patrol (TV series)

Crime Patrol (TV series)

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Crime Patrol

Crime Patrol.jpg

Logo of Crime Patrol Dastak

Genre

Reality

Documentary

Created by Subramanian S. Iyer

Developed by Subramanian S. Iyer & Neeraj Naik

Written by Subramanian S. Iyer

Directed by Subramanian S. Iyer

Creative director(s) Ankur Nayak

Presented by Diwakar Pundir & Shakti Anand (Season 1)

Anoop Soni & Saakshi Tanwar (Season 2)

Anoop Soni (Season 2–4)

Country of origin India

Original language(s) Hindi

No. of seasons 4

No. of episodes 471 (as of 15 February 2015) (Season 4)

Production

Executive producer(s)

Tushar B. Pakhare

Vikas A. Kumar

Producer(s) Prem Krishen Malhotra & Sunil Mehta (Season 1)

Sanjeev Sharma & Vipul D. Shah (Season 2–4)

Editor(s) Dharmendra Gupta

Jevan Jena

Subrata Guha

Location(s) Mumbai, India

Cinematography

Prabhat Tiwari

Arun Tiwari

Vishal Rathore

Vijendra Raju Surve

Running time 42 minutes approx.

Production company(s) Cinevistaas Limited (Season 1)

Optimystix Entertainment (Season 2–4)

Broadcast

Original channel Sony Entertainment Television India

Sony Entertainment Television Asia

Picture format 480i (SDTV),

1080i (HDTV)

Original run 9 May 2003 – Present

Chronology

Related shows Savdhaan India

External links

Website

Crime Patrol is an Indian crime reality television anthology series created by Subramanian S. lyer for Sony Entertainment Television India and Sony Entertainment Television Asia. The first season was created by Cinevistaas Limited, while later seasons are created by Optimystix Entertainment. The location of the series is set in Mumbai, India. The first two seasons were half–hourly seasons, while later seasons were one hourly seasons. The series which premiered on 9 May 2003, is the longest running reality crime television series in India. The series is currently running for its fourth season. The fourth season is titled as Crime Patrol Satark and is hosted by Anoop Soni.[1] Fourth season has aired the cases about Baby Falak, 2012 Delhi gang rape case and 2013 Mumbai gang rape.[2]

Plot

Two cases are shown in a week and each episode airs for one hour. One case in a single episode is shown on Friday and one case is split across two episodes, being shown on Saturday and Sunday. The series, whose motto is “Crime never pays” presents dramatized version of crime cases that occurred in India. Series anchor, Anup Soni suggests the right measures to avert crimes, narrating real-life stories revolving around harassment, kidnapping and murders. The series open the audiences’ minds with these cases making them aware of the dreadful incidences around them.

Production[edit]

Series creator and director, Subramanian Iyer was born and brought up in Ahmadabad. Later, he went to Pune to pursue a course in direction. From there, he got an opportunity to assist ace director Kundan Shah. He continued working with him for years till he did some shows for Sony TV. In the year 2002, he decided to do something of own but at the same time, didn’t want to do dailies. He always wanted to do a different kind of reality show and finally in 2003, he decided to come up with Crime Patrol that happened to be his brain child since 2003. Initially, he started by directing the show but later switched over to write the script for the show as well.[3]

Series overview[edit]

Season No. of

episodes Originally aired

Season premiere Season finale

1 211 9 May 2003[4] 3 March 2006

2 88 26 January 2010[5] 24 June 2010

3 28 24 September 2010[6] 25 December 2010

4 TBA 29 April 2011[7] TBA

Seasons[edit]

Season 1[edit]

It was a weekly season and aired on every Friday at 10:30 PM IST.[4] It was hosted by Diwakar Pundir who later was replaced by Shakti Anand.

Season 2[edit]

The second season was aired four days a week on every Monday–Thursday at 8:30 PM IST. Juhi Chawla appeared in the first episode of the show to make her debut on television.[8] The season was presented by Indian television actors Anoop Soni and Saakshi Tanwar.[5] The season later shifted to 9:30 PM IST slot on 29 March 2010.[9] The channel than again shifted the time slot of the series to 10:30 PM IST from 9:30 PM IST on 3 May 2010. The name of the series was also changed to Crime Patrol: Sansani on the same date.[10]

Season 3: September 2010 - December 2010[edit]

The third season was telecast on every Friday and Saturday at 11 PM IST. This season was hosted by Anoop Soni.[6]

Season 4: 2011 - Present[edit]

The fourth season airs three days a week on every Friday–Sunday at 11 PM IST and is again hosted by Anoop Soni.[11] The season has been titled as Crime Patrol Satark on 11 July 2014. Initially, the series was aired on every Friday and Saturday and was named Crime Patrol Dastak.[12]

Impact of ongoing cases[edit]

2012 Delhi gang-rape case[edit]

Bhartiya Stree Shakti(Nagpur Wing), a non-governmental organisation, Information and Broadcasting Ministry of India intervened and asked Sony Entertainment Television not to telecast a program about the Delhi gang-rape case.[13][14][15][16] But on 10 September 2013, the show was given permission to present the 2012 Delhi gang rape case on their show, and subsequently the promos of the episode were also aired.[17] The episode was aired in a two-episode part on 21 September 2013 and 22 September 2013.[18][19][20][21]

Om Prakash Chautala case[edit]

Sony TV was to air episodes based on Om Prakash Chautala teacher recruitment scam in the show. On 22 February 2013 Delhi High Court restrained Sony TV from telecasting the related episodes till 4 April 2013, upon the appeal by Chautala and others as the case was still in court and there was a possibility of a bias of the show on case.[22] On 2 March 2013, show was given clearance by High court.[23] However, clearance was challenged in Supreme Court and on 6 March 2013, the episodes of this case were again put on hold.[24] On 3 May 2013, the Supreme Court allowed Sony TV to telecast episodes as the trial was complete and judgment of conviction and sentence are in public domain.[25] and the related episodes were telecast on 31 May 2013 and 1 June 2013.

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

Throughout the globe, Crime Patrol has been receiving mostly positive response. Initially, (before season 4) the series wasn’t receiving good response. "Well, initially the show wasn’t doing well because not many people used to watch it because it is a fiction-based reality show. Now many people like and watch Crime Patrol and it’s because of the response that the channel revived the show in 2010 after pulling it off for almost a year." said series director, Subramanian Iyer.[3] The series entered in the list of top 10 most watched Hindi entertainment shows of 2013.[26]

Ratings[edit]

All the seasons of the series generally garnered equal ratings. The audiences are really appreciating the series. Currently, the series is gaining a TRP of nearly 3.0, which make it as the second most watched show after C.I.D. (Indian TV series) of Sony TV.[27]

Accolades[edit]

The series has won Star Guild Awards for Best Non-Fiction Series in 2013.

The series has also won Indian Telly Awards for Best Thriller Programme in 2012[28] and 2013. Subramanian S Iyer and Amit Jha (directors) won Indian Telly Jury Award for Best Director (thriller/crime/horror) in 2012, while Durgesh Pesharwar and Shailendra were nominated. Shreya Dudheria and Subramanian S Iyer were also nominated for the same category of the same award in 2013. Subramanian S Iyer was nominated for Best Screenplay Writer (drama series & soap) of Indian Telly Jury Awards in 2012, while won in 2013. Charudutt Acharya won Indian Telly Jury Award for Best Dialogue Writer (drama series & soap) in 2013.[29] The series was nominated for Best Weekly Serial of Indian Telly Awards in 2012 and 2013 and for Best Thriller / Horror Serial of Indian Television Academy Awards in 2014.

International broadcast[edit]

Crime Patrol Dastak has been dubbed in other Indian languages. In Pakistan, the show airs on Geo Tez and Geo Kahani. A Bengali adapted version of Crime Patrol Dastak airs on SET India's sister channel, Sony Aath, done by Filmtech, Kolkata.