F.I.R. (TV series)

F.I.R. is an Indian cop-based television sitcom that aired from 31 July 2006 to 23 January 2015, on SAB TV. The show was produced by Edit 2 Productions.[1] It was nominated for the Best Sitcom category at the Indian Telly Awards in 2009.[2]

F.I.R.
GenreSitcom
Written byAmit Aaryan
Directed byShashank Bali
StarringKavita Kaushik
Gopi Bhalla
Kiku Sharda
Sandeep Anand
Shiv Panditt
Aamir Ali
Ali Asgar
Vipul Roy
Theme music composerGaurav Vaswani
Country of originIndia
No. of episodes1,323
Production
Executive producerSayed Khan Ahemad
ProducersBenaifer Kohli
Sanjay Kohli
CinematographyRaja Satankar
EditorRahat Solanki
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time22 minutes
Production companyEdit 2 Productions
Release
Original networkSAB TV
Original release31 July 2006 (2006-07-31) –
23 January 2015 (2015-01-23)

Plot

F.I.R. is an acronym for First information report that the Indian police prepares for each case to be investigated.[3]

F.I.R. is a situational comedy serial centered on a Haryanvi female police officer named Chandramukhi Chautala and her three subordinates, Head Constable Gopinath Gandothra, Constable Mulayam Singh Gulgule and Constable Billu, who later joined the Chowki. The show depicted their lives as they try to solve every case which comes to their police station Imaan Chowki, Ravanpur. New cases come to the police station in every episode. An individual or a group comes with a complaint or a problem. Chandramukhi Chautala and her constables solve their case successfully.[4]

The show also had some love angles of Chandramukhi Chautala with the Chief Inspectors (with one at a time) of Imaan Chowki. First was Hanuman Prasad Pandey which was one-sided by Chandramukhi, second was Raj Aaryan which was one-sided by Raj, and the third was Bajrang Pandey, both he and Chandramukhi love each other but Bajrang fears to admit his love.[5]

Cast

Main
  • Kavita Kaushik as Inspector Chandramukhi Chautala. She is the head of Imaan Police Station. Initially referred to as Sub Inspector, she was promoted to Inspector rank in 2014.[6] Kavita left the show in March 2013 when she signed another show Tota Weds Maina.[7] She returned to the show in July when 20 years leap storyline was canceled.[8] Kaushik also played the role of Chautalaa′s lookalike Zeenat Bobby in 2012.[9] (2006–2015)
  • Gopi Bhalla as Head Constable Gopinath Gandotra, he is the head constable who always gets into trouble by Chandramukhi. He is married but flirts with other women including Lappi Luthra. Bhalla also played the role of Gandotra′s lookalike Balu in 2012.[9] (2006–2015)
  • Kiku Sharda as Constable Mulayam Singh Gulgule. He is the second head constable. He often talks about food and gets into trouble with Chandramukhi after getting carried away with talking too much.[10] (2006–2014)
  • Shiv Panditt as Senior Head Officer Hanuman Prasad Pandey aka Makkhan Singh. He is the senior head of the police station but later it was revealed that he is actually a con-man in disguise. He is the love interest of Chandramukhi but gets irritated by her flirting. (2006–2008)[11]
  • Ali Asgar as Senior Head Officer Raj Aaryan. He is the senior head officer before he left his job where Bajrang Pandey had replaced him. (2009–2011)[12]
  • Aamir Ali as Senior Head Officer Bajrang Pandey. He is the senior head replacing Raj. He is in love with Chandramukhi but can't tell his feelings as his guru have told him not to. (2011–2013, 2014–2015)[13]
  • Sandeep Anand as Constable Billu. He is the brother in law of commissioner Suraj. Billu is often up to mischief with Gopi which Chandramukhi doesn't like. He has always have wanted to get married which makes him a bit emotional as well. Anand played various characters before he started playing the role of Billu in 2012. (2010–2015)[14]
  • Chitrashi Rawat as Inspector Jwalamukhi Chautala. Chandramukhi's daughter. She entered after Chandramukhi left her job. However, later it was revealed that it was just Gopi's dream. (2013)[15]
  • Vipul Roy as Senior Head Officer Bhola Pandit. After the exit of Bajrang Pandey, Bhola came on board as the new senior head officer. He first met Chandramukhi after a misunderstanding as the former thought he was a goon which made him very scared of her. (2013–2014)[16]

Recurring
  • Suresh Chatwal as Commissioner Suraj Agnihotri (2006–2015)[17]
  • Garima Ajmani as Kokila "Koki" Shah (2006–2008)
  • Daya Shankar Pandey as TV reporter (2006)
  • Shekhar Shukla as various characters (2006–2015)
  • Sapna Sikarwar as various characters; She also played the character of Billauti in 2013.(2006–2015)[18]
  • Manju Brijnandan Sharma as various characters; She also played the character of Billu’s Mother In-law in 2013. (2006–2015)[19][18]
  • Naveen Bawa as various characters (2006–2015)
  • Manish Mishraa as various characters (2006)
  • Yogesh Tripathi as various characters (2006–2015)
  • Deepesh Bhan as various Characters; He also played the character of Constable Pappu in 2013. (2006–2015)[18]
  • Umesh Bajpai as various characters (2006–2015)
  • Anup Upadhyay as various characters (2006–2011)
  • Amit Bhatt as various characters (2006–2007)
  • Kanika Maheshwari as Various characters (2007)[20]
  • Dilip Joshi as various characters (2007–2008)
  • Rakesh Bedi as various characters (2007)
  • Divyaalakshmi as Sub inspector Jokila Shah (2008–2011)
  • Tanmay Vekaria as various characters (2008)
  • Vihaan Kohli as Khanna ka Baccha (2009–2012)[21]
  • Vaibhav Mathur as various characters (2010–2015)
  • Bharti Singh as Superintendent Kamsin Aaha (2012)[22]
  • Elena Lukienko as various characters (2012–2013)
  • Saanand Verma as various characters (2013–2015)
  • Prana Mishra as Well Gandotra (2013)[18]
  • Mohit Mattu as Constable Carryon Gandotra (2013)[18]
  • Nirmal Soni as Constable Malpua Gulgule (2013)[18]
  • Falguni Rajani as various characters (2013–2014)
  • Kamya Panjabi as Bhanu Mitra (2014)[23]
  • Zarina Wahab as Bajrang Pandey's mother (2014)[24]
  • Ketkie Jayashree as Meena Ganpatrao Godbole (2014)[25]
  • Syed Salim Zaidi as various characters (2014)
  • Rajeev Mehra as various characters (2014–2015)

Guest

Crossover and spin-off

Characters from the show Gopinath Gandotra and Mulayam Singh Gulgule guest starred in another SAB TV sitcom Chidiya Ghar in 2012.[35]

Gopinath Gandotra was also part of a spin-off show Gopi Gadha Aur Gupshup which aired in 2012.[36]

In March 2022, Kaushik appeared as a guest in Maddam Sir, reprising the role of Chandramukhi Chautala.[37]

Production

The show took a 20-year leap on 16 March 2013 when Kavita Kaushik who played the lead role of Chandramukhi Chautala, departed from the show and Chitrashi Rawat was introduced as Jwalamukhi Chautala, Chandramukhi's daughter, who reveals that Chandramukhi married Bajrang Pandey. This 20-year-leap story wasn't much praised so the changes of 20-year leap were reverted on 8 July 2013 and the incidents which occurred in the 20-year leap were converted into constable Gopi's dream and the show then continued along with Chandramukhi Chautala's return.[8][38]

In 2014 a live audience format was introduced for few episodes where the actors would perform on stage in front of live audience.[39]

See also

References
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  2. "Popular Actor in a Comic Role (Female)". indiantelevision.com. Archived from the original on 15 January 2016.
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  4. "FIR: Chandramukhi Chautala turns traffic cop - Times of India". The Times of India. 6 June 2014.
  5. "F.I.R: Wedding bells for Chandramukhi? - Times of India". The Times of India. 9 October 2014.
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  7. Awaasthi, Kavita (8 February 2013). "Kavita Kaushik quits FIR". Hindustan Times. Mumbai. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
  8. "Kavita Kaushik back on F.I.R." NDTV.com.
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  11. "'I share good rapport with Kavita': Shiv Pandit". filmibeat.com. 27 July 2007.
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  15. "Chak De! India girl Chitrashi Rawat FIR's new face - Indian Express". The Indian Express.
  16. "Vipul Roy is the Fourth FIR male lead to quit show - Times of India". The Times of India.
  17. "FIR's Commisioner, actor Suresh Chatwal dies after prolonged illness". Hindustan Times. 30 May 2016.
  18. "SAB TV announces 20 year leap on FIR". Hindustan Times. 5 March 2013.
  19. "'Chak De' girl Chitrashi to play Jwalamukhi Chautala in 'FIR'". News18. 6 March 2013.
  20. Venkatesh, Jyothi (5 April 2009). "Tele Buzz: Being fair". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
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  22. "Bharti turns 'Kamseen' for FIR - Times of India". The Times of India.
  23. "Kamya Punjabi to enter FIR - Times of India". The Times of India.
  24. "Zarina Wahab to enter FIR as Aamir's mother - Times of India". The Times of India.
  25. "Ketki, Parul, Sachin Verma and Mandar Jadhav to feature in Laut Aao Trisha". 17 February 2015 – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
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  31. "Mika Singh debuts on TV with F.I.R - Times of India". The Times of India.
  32. "F.I.R.: Shaan and Mika to promote their film" – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  33. "FIR - Episode 1138 - 19th March 2014". Archived from the original on 15 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  34. "FIR - Episode 1206" – via www.youtube.com.
  35. "Wedding bells for Gadhaprasad in Chidiyaghar - Times of India". The Times of India.
  36. "Gopi, Gadha Aur Gupshup on SAB TV - Times of India". The Times of India.
  37. "Kavita Kaushik is back as Chandramukhi Chautala on 'Maddam Sir'". Tribune India. Tribune News Service. 11 March 2022.
  38. "चंद्रमुखी चौटाला करेंगी 'FIR' में वापसी!". Amar Ujala (in Hindi).
  39. "'F.I.R.' in new avatar – with live audience". 18 July 2014.
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