Brijendra Pal Singh, popularly known as B.P. Singh, who shot into fame with his longest run popular TV Serial CID, is no more. He passed away today morning after suffering a massive heart attack. He was 77.
B.P. Singh
A brilliant and creative film maker that he was, B.P. Singh made popular Crime based and horror TV series like ‘CID’ and ‘Aahat’ besides other TV serials. He also performed the character of DCP Shamsher Singh Chitrole in CID.
B.P. Singh started his career with Doordarshan Mumbai, as a news cameraman and later went on to make some films for Doordarshan. In late eighties, he made a popular Marathi Police investigative serial ‘Ek Shoonya Shoonya’ for Doordarshan, Mumbai. In this serial, he opted for his favourite actor Shivaji Satam as Sr. Police Officer , with Ajay Phansekar and Deepak Shirke to play his assistants. B.P. Singh himself handled the camera besides directing this serial.