Crime Patrol (TV series)

Crime Patrol
Genre	Reality; Documentary
Format	Crime Prevention
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)	Neeraj Naik (Season 1)
Presented by	Diwakar Pundir & Shakti Anand (Season 1) Anoop Soni & Saakshi Tanwar (Season 2) Anoop Soni (Season 3, 4)
Country of origin	India
Language(s)	Hindi
No. of seasons	4
No. of episodes	2nd season- 81, 3rd season currently running
Production
Producer(s)	Opytimystix Entertainment Private Limited
Running time	Approx. 24 minutes
Production company(s)	Cinevistaas Limited (Season 1) Optimystix Entertainment (Season 2, 3, 4)
Broadcast
Original channel	Sony TV
Original run	May 9, 2003[1] – present
External links
Website

Crime Patrol is an Indian crime television series airs on Sony Entertainment Television which presents crime against Indian citizens along with capturing how the Indian police fight against these crimes. The series was first premiered on May 9, 2003 and aired every Friday at 10:30pm IST for 1 hour.^[1] It was hosted by Diwakar Pundir who later was replaced by Shakti Anand. The second season of the series broadcast on January 26, 2010, and was presented by known Indian television actors Anoop Soni & Saakshi Tanwar. Unlike the first season, the second season aired 4 days a week on every Monday - Thursday at 8:30pm IST.^[2]

Concept

The show brings to the audience stories of crime- where the Police have tackled the most difficult of cases and human stories where ordinary people have stood up against crimes. The show dramatizes real life crime events in a very gripping and edge of the seat form with a compelling story telling. Visually each of the stories travels to real locations. Each of the stories is threaded by a dynamic anchor presentation, again shot in real backdrop. Hosted by the popular television actor Anup Soni, Crime Patrol is the first of its kind show on Entertainment Network. Crime Patrol, a show conceived and created by Subramanian S. Iyer and developed along with Neeraj Naik is in its third season of telecast at the moment.

Crime Patrol began its first season in 2003. Conceived as a reality series, it was the first show on Indian Television where cameras traveled with the law enforcement authorities to capture crimes live. It was the predecessor to the several crime based shows on News channels. The first season was hosted by Diwakar Pundir. Later on the reality series was converted into a dramatized form of storytelling but still the base was real crime stories. Shakti Anand, then hosted the show.

Crime Patrol came back with the second season in January 2010. Once again as a reality series. Hosted by Anup Soni and Sakshi Tanwar, the show came with a renewed vigor, conceptually growing to understand the "why" behind the crime besides the "how" and "when". After a successful run for 30 episodes, the show progressed to a dramatized presentation format with a very unique style of shooting and story telling.

Original run

• Season 1: May 9, 2003 - March 3, 2006 (Friday at 10:30pm IST)
• Season 2: January 26, 2010 - June 24, 2010 (Monday - Thursday at 8:30pm IST)
• Season 3: September 18, 2010 - December 25, 2010 (Friday - Saturday at 11pm IST)
• Season 4: April 29, 2011 - Present (Friday - Saturday at 11pm IST)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Sony to bust crime on Fridays with reality show". Indiantelevision.com. May 9, 2003. http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k3/may/may77.htm. 
2. ^ "Sony Entertainment: Crime Patrol goes one step ahead". Buzz7.com. 2010. http://buzz7.com/entertainment/sony-entertainment-crime-patrol-goes-one-step-ahead.html. 

External links

• Watch All Episodes Online SerialsTime.com
• Crime Patrol Official Site on SET India
• News Article on Crime Patrol