B P Singh tries another first with 'CID'!

This is a crossover with a difference. Producer - director B P Singh has come up with an innovation that has never been attempted before on Indian television --- the same plot being entwined in episodes to be aired on different serials, on the same channel, Sony.

Manav Gohil - framed!

In the coming week, beginning 4 March, the CID track will be picked up by CID Special Bureau, in a bid to win over the audiences of the more popular serial. The plot will be intertwined in both and it will move forward as a single track. This is a format that seems to be a well planned move on the part of both the producers and the channel. Singh had last year, attempted another successful first by shooting a 110 minute long episode of CID in a single take and gaining an entry into the Guiness Book of Records.

In the last two months, both Indian Idol and CID were the channel drivers for Sony, but with the former coming to an end this week, the channel will need to keep the momentum going.

The twist in CID seems to have been initiated to keep the TRPs in place. It is also to be noted that in the past few

Mandira Bedi - special act!

weeks, the ratings of even Jassi Jaisi Koi Nahi have suffered, and the only show that has kept a steady pace is CID.

Both forms of CID --- CID and CID Special Bureau will see Sudhanshu Pandey (Of Band of Boys) as Arjun, a cop who will be murdered, and Manav Govil, familiar as Daksh in CID, will be framed for it.

"With our TRP ranging from six to seven, we don't need to worry about competition. This is an endeavour to give that much needed extra kick to CID Special Bureau," says Yash Patnaik, Supervising Producer, CID and CID Special Bureau.

According to info available, the story revolves around two bodies found with numbers 2 and 3 inscribed on them. The CID team traces back the crimes to another committed in 1997 with a similar bullet and Daksh enters Special Bureau on 7 and 8 March to investigate. Matters get complicated with Sudhanshu taking over the case and Daksh getting implicated after Sudhanshu's murder. The case will be solved in the CID episode on 11 March. For Mandira fans, there is also a surprise element with Mandira Bedi in a never before role in the case!