Veteran Television Producer-Director Brijendra Pal Singh Dies at 75

Brijendra Pal Singh, the veteran television producer-director who created 'CID' and 'Aahat', died early on Tuesday following a massive heart attack at the age of 75.

His iconic crime investigation series 'CID' premiered in 1998 and set records, including a 2004 single continuous take episode lasting 111 minutes.

Singh graduated from FTII Pune in 1973, started as a Doordarshan news cameraman, and later served as chairman of FTII from 2018 to 2020.