B. P. Singh

For the Indian judge, see B. P. Singh (judge).

Brijendrapal Singh, better known as B. P. Singh is an Indian television producer born in Dehradun, India. He is the creator and director-producer of the Indian TV series CID (1998-2018; 2024 – present), one of the longest-running TV series in India,^[1][2] which started the CID Gallantry Awards in 2010.^[3] He has also played an occasional role of D.C.P. Shamsher Singh Chitrole in C.I.D..

Brijendrapal Singh
Singh in 2018
Born	(1949-04-27) 27 April 1949 (age 76) or (1952-04-27) 27 April 1952 (age 73) Dehradun, United Provinces, India
Occupation(s)	Director, producer, actor
Years active	1973–present
Known for	C.I.D. Aahat SuperCops Vs Super Villains
Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India
In office 13 December 2018 – 29 September 2020
Preceded by	Anupam Kher
Succeeded by	Shekhar Kapur

He also produced Sony TV's horror series Aahat (1995–2015).^[4]

On 8 October 2004, a special episode, "The Inheritance" / C.I.D. 111, to mark the completion of six years of CID, was shot in a single continuous shot for 111 minutes (one hour and 51 minutes), which landed the show in the Limca Book of Records and Guinness World Record for "TV show - longest continual shot".^[5] He has also served as the Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).

Career

Singh originally belongs to Dehradun and studied at Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.^[6] He started his career working with state TV-channel Doordarshan in 1973 as a news cameraman and went on to handle the camera for another 10 years, before relocating to Mumbai. He made murder mystery TV film for Doordarshan, Sirf Char Din, while preparing for that film, he started visiting the Crime Branch of police, and befriended Inspector Jayant Wagle, and in the process developed a lifelong interest in detective work. He subsequently produced the TV series, Ek Shunya Shunya for Doordarshan in 1980's, before relocating to Mumbai where he made a few Marathi serials for Doordarshan.^[7]

The horror series Aahat was first shot in 1994 as a suspense thriller, and it started being aired in 1995, but after about 40 episodes with the same theme, one episode on supernatural theme was made and when TRPs of the series rose sharply, it made the switch.^[6]

Turning point in career came with beginning of Sony TV channel, and started shooting of C.I.D., in 1998, about a team of detectives working for the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Mumbai and is still on. He even introduced India's first silent comedy Gutur Gu in 2010.^[8]

He also started crime show on Life OK named Hum Ne Li Hai - Shapath which is about police inspectors and a social worker. This show was gaining good TRPs and is BP Singh's second crime show.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role
2012	Agent Vinod	RAW Chief Hasan Nawaz
N/A	Sirf Char Din	Director

Web series

Year	Title	Notes
2019–2022	Abhay	Producer

Television

Year	Show	Role
1988	Ek Shunya Shunya	Producer
1998–2018; 2024-Present	C.I.D.	D.I.G. / D.C.P. Shamsher Singh Chitrole/Director/Producer
1995–2015	Aahat	Director/Producer
2004-2006	CID: Special Bureau	Producer
2002	Achanak 37 Saal Baad	Director/Producer
2004	Raat Hone Ko Hai	Director/Producer
2008	Zindagi Badal Sakta Hai Haadsa	Director
2010–2014	Gutur Gu	Producer
2011	Surya The Super Cop	Producer
2012	Adaalat	D.C.P. Shamsher Singh (Chitrole) in C.I.D
2012–2017	SuperCops Vs Super Villains	Director/Producer/Creator
2019–2020	Divya Drishti	Producer

See also

• CID (Indian TV series)
• Fireworks Production