B. P. Singh
Biography
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), one of the longest-running TV series in India, which started the CID Gallantry Awards in 2010. He has also played the occasional role of D.C.P. Shamsher Singh Chitrole in C.I.D.
He also produced Sony TV's horror series Aahat (1995–2015).
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". He has also served as the Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII).
