X Zone

X Zone is an Indian television series aired on Zee TV from 8 June 1998 to 30 October 2000. It was the Indian version of X-Files[1] Directors like Anurag Basu, Tulsi Ramsay, Shyam Ramsay, Kushan Nandy, Vivek Agnihotri, Imtiaz Ali, Anil Sharma, Ketan Mehta directed the episodes of X Zone. It used to air every Monday at night.

This article is about the TV series. For the video game, see X-Zone.

X Zone
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes126
Production
Running time45 minutes
Release
Original networkZee TV
Original releaseJune 8, 1998 (1998-06-08) –
October 30, 2000 (2000-10-30)

List of episodes
No. Name Cast Producers Directors
1 Gaddaar Deepak Tijori, Nivedita Bhattacharya, Manoj Joshi Ashwin Dhirai, Shashikant Shah Ricky Sandhu
2-3 Grahan Anju Mahendru, Param Vir, Vaishnavi Mahant, Vaidehi Amrute, Narendra Gupta, Sanjay Batra, Mulraj Rajda Alka Shamsi Shahab Shamsi
4-7 Neha Mohan Kapoor, Nivedita Bhattacharya, Smita Bansal, Shakti Singh, Savita Bajaj, Rakesh Thareja, Noopur as Neha Pallavi Joshi[2] Vivek Agnihotri
8-12 Sikander Kumar Gaurav as Sikander, Mohan Kapoor as Rann Bahadur Thapa, Shruti Ulfat as Natasha, Rajesh Khera as The Mean Chief, Shakti Singh as Navin Bawa, Brij Bhushan Sawhney as Ravi Mishra, Asif Basra as Pammi Teddy, Candice Gracy as Master Gandhar Pallavi Joshi Vivek Agnihotri
13-14 Ansh Rakhee Malhotra, Niki Aneja Walia, Naresh Suri, Achyut Potdar, Dinesh Kaushik, Mahesh Thakur, Neena Gupta, Shiva Rindani, Ragesh Asthana
15-16 Sunanda Harsha Mehra, Mehul Buch, Shashi Kumar, Paresh Panchmatia, Sujata Thakkar, Apurva Achharya, Kukul Tarmastar, Tulsi Rajda, Bharat Bhatt, Mahesh Vakil, Daivi, Devarshi, Homi Wadia Nikita Shah Homi Wadia
17 The Locked Room Abhimanyu Singh, Sweta Keswani, Firdaus Dadi, Kajol Chakravorty, Abhay Mane Kiran Shroff, Kushan Nandy Kushan Nandy
18 Dark Memories Rajeev Verma, Vishal Singh, Vaidehi Amrute, Minal Patel, Ravi Kale, Chaitrali Chirmule, Deepak Sharma, Dilip Darbar, Shahroz Khan Rajeev Tandon Swapna Waghmare Joshi
19-20 Raat aur Din Raghubir Yadav, Pavan Malhotra, Shruti Ulfat, Ashish Duggal, Ragesh Asthana, Suhas Khandke, Pramod Moutho Alka Shamsi Shahab Shamsi
21-22 Dead Again Iravati Harshe as Surabhi, Kay Kay Menon as Inspector Keval Mansingh, Sujata as Sister Christene, Ankush Mohla as Theodor Marx, Vicky Ahuja Glen Barretto, Ankush Mohla Glen Barretto, Ankush Mohla
23-24 Dahak Arif Zakaria, Sukanya Kulkarni, Ravi Gossain, Vaibhavi Raut, Siraj Mustafa Khan, Manmeet Gulzar Aneesh Dev Rajesh Ransinghe
25 Ward No. 13 Suresh Oberoi, Anju Mahendru, Deepak Deulkar, Dinesh Kaushik, Pankaj Kalra, Yogesh Alka Shamsi Shahab Shamsi
26-27 Cheherey Sachin Khedekar, Iravati Harshe, Kay Kay Menon, Manoj Joshi, Saurabh Dubey Rajeev Mehta Deepak Malwankar
28-31 Kashish Navin Nischol, Meenal Patel, Rajasi Behere, Shivani Gosain, Shirin Merchant, Mohankant, Abha Parmar, Vandana Sajnani, Ritvika Dey, Ashwin Kaushal Nikita Shah Deepak Bawaskar
32-33 Mrityu Bhavana Balsaver, Rituraj, Achint Kaur, Lilaver Tendulkar, Hemant Pandey, Jogi, Avinash Kharshikar, Hamid Khan, Master Akash, Master Samrat, Ashalasa Shinde, Sujata, Nirmala, P.D. Awasare, Rajinder Mehra, Karan Shah, Jaya Mathur Karan Shah Karan Shah
34-35 Anjaan Aparna Tilak, Beena, Darshan Jariwala, Manish Nagpal Ashish Jalan Ketan Mehta
36-37 Vashikaran Parmeet Sethi, Papia Sengupta, Reena Kapoor, Pramathesh Mehta, Suresh Gor, Khushboo Nikita Shah Homi Wadia
38-39 Ghungroo ! Salim Ghouse as Krishna Amma, Mukesh Jadhav as Tara, Bunty Sharma as Chameli, Ashok Sharma as Iqbal Hakim, Laxminarayan Tripathi as Champa Rajeev Mehta David Atkins
40-41 Kudrat Vishal Singh, R. Madhavan, Seema Shetty Aneesh Dev Rajesh Ranshinge
42-43 Talaash Anil Dhawan, Nishigandha Wad, Dinesh Kaushik, Jaya Bhattacharya, Smita Bansal, Rushali Arora, Jaya Mathur, Kanika Shivpuri, Mehul Buch Alka Shamsi Shahab Shamsi
44-45 The Caves Of Rangiri Pallavi Joshi, Manish Choudhari, Dilip Pawle Preeti Bubna Ali, Arif Ali Imtiaz Ali
46-47 Woh Kaun Tha Ashutosh Rana, Papia Sengupta Vinta Nanda Gaurav Saxena
48-49 Ateet Bhavna Balsavar, Mohan Kapoor, Achint Kaur, Pratima Kazmi
50 Baat Ek Raat Ki Kay Kay, Mulraj Rajda, Ashok Lokhande,
51 Bhram ? Sukanya Mone, Sanjay Mone, Shyama Deshpande, Candida Fernandes, Yogesh Pagare Two's Company Glen Barretto, Ankush Mohla
52 Abhishaap Nandita Puri, Bhaveen Gosain, Vinod Nagpal, Alefia Aftab Kapadia Ray C
53-54 Asthiyaan Shaukat Baig, Arpana Sharma, Ashok Sharma, Zafar Karachiwala, Dilip Thadekeshwar, Juhu Sinha, Gagan Gupta, Deepak Chand Rajeev Mehta Pavan S. Kaul
55-56 Karma Anita Kulkarni, Lalit Tiwari, Ashok Laath, Abhay Chopra, Sagar Arya, Sanjeev Seth, Sanjay Gandhi, Chunnu Mehra, Zubeda Vinta Nanda Vinta Nanda, Anil Sharma
57-58 Dafan Nitesh Pandey, Ravi Gossain, Yash Tonk, Sushma, Kartika Rane
59 Woh Raat Nawab Shah, Sangeeta Ghosh, Ritu Raj, Gajendra Chauhan, Kanika Shivpuri, Rajeeta Kochhar, Vilas Raaj, Poonam Das Gupta Tulsi Ramsay, Shayam Ramsay Deepak Ramsay
60 Gumrah Divya Jagdale, Sudhanshu Pandey, Meenakshi Gupta, Rupesh Thapliyal, Jaspir Thandi Two's Company Glen Barretto, Ankush Mohla
61-62 Caretaker Aly Khan, Shweta Keshwani, Malvika Singh
63-64 Khwaab Aparna Tilak, Varun Badola, Nakul S Vaid, Madhu Malti, Rachna Goel, Mukesh Ahuja, Mohit K Jha Deepa Sahi Ketan Mehta
65 Hairat Priyanka as Meenakshi, Anup Soni as Aniket, Mansi Salvi as Kavita, Shakti Singh as Pande, Ashok Lokhande as Jatashankar, Jyotsna, Sarvendar Singh Ricky Sinha, Harsha Sinha Deepak Bawaskar
66-67 Whitelight Nikki Aneja, Naveen Bawa, Tanaz Currim, Kay Kay, Kamal Jain, Master Kinshuk Pallavi Joshi Vivek Agnihotri
68-69 Shareer Kanwarjit Paintal, Navni Parihar, Murali Sharma, Ritu raj
70-71 Rakshak Nasir Khan, Alifia Kapadia, Sagar Arya, Mukesh Jadhav Two's Company Glen Barretto, Ankush Mohla
72 Mangni Beena, Arundhati Ganorkar, Pamela Mukherjee, Rajesh Sharma Mallika Jalan Rabiranjan Maitra
73-74 Zidd Zarina Wahab, Gajraj Rao, Poonam Narula, Hussain Kuwajerwala, Jaya Bhattacharya, Amitanshu Jain Preety Bubna Ali, Arif Ali Imtiaz Ali
75-76 Fear Shrivallabh Vyas, Anupam Shyam, Murli Sharma, Meenakshi Gupta
77-78 Vishesh Deepa Parab, Nupur Alankar, Bakul Thakkar, Joy Sengupta, Shakti Joshi, Ramesh Rai, Kali Prasad Mukherjee, Rekha Rao
79-80 Coma Joy Sengupta, Kamalika Guha Thakurta
81 666 Vrajesh Hirjee, Murli Sharma, Uttara Baokar, Ashwini Kalsekar, Shivani Gosain, Shilpa Saklani, Manav Kaul
82-83 Planchette Poonam Narula, Aman Verma, Shital Thakkar, Vandana Sajnani, Prithvi Zutshi, Pratima Kazmi, Amla Rai, Rani Sharma Deepak Bhalla Anik Ghosh
84 Saath Phere Raman Trikha, Yatin Karyekar, Arpita Pandey, Nausheen Ali Sardar, Sai Ballal
85-86 Madhyam Juhi Parmar, Sandhya Mridul, Sujata, Sagar Arya
87-88 Drishti Sameer Dharmadhikari, Anita Kulkarni, Arya Rawal, Vandana Marathe, Jaswinder Gardner
89-90 Shraap Kanchan, Deepraj Rana, Khyaati Khandke Keswani, Vandana Sajnani, Mehul Buch,
91 Wild Rose Ravee Gupta
92 12 O'Clock
93 Shamshaan Ayub Khan, Vaishnavi Mahant, Manjeet Kullar, Arun Bali, Nandita Thakur
94 Jwala Bhairavi Raichura, Aamir Bashir, Suhita Thatte, Joy Sengupta
95 A True Story Parag Deshpande, Shreyas Talpade, Kishori Shahane
96 Mukti Suchitra Pillai, Gufi Paintal, Vrajesh Hirjee, Pratima Kazmi
97 Ashaant Shama Deshpande, Gufi Paintal, Lata Haya, Nayan Bhatt, Suresh Gaur, Rakesh Vyas, Shridhar Parab, Siddharth Ravrani Nikita Shah Homi Wadia
98 Bhavishya Hussain Kuwajerwala, Chitrapama Bannerjee, Mouli Ganguly
99 Sculptor Atul Agnihotri, Ramesh Rai, Mandeep Bhandar, Bakul Thakkar, Gayatri Jariwala
100 Milan Murli Sharma, Achint Kaur, Sucheta Khanna, Abhay Mane,
101 13 Days Meenakshi Gupta, Anup Soni, Vishnu Singh
102 Raniya Chitrapama Bannerjee, Shishir Sharma, Nandita Puri, Virendra Saxena,
103 Woh 7 Din Shonali Malhotra, Ragesh Asthana
104 Ilaaka Kashish Kaul
105 The Return Of Woh Aparna Tilak, Sweta Keswani, Lilliput
106 Sauda Kali Prasad Mukherjee.Kay Kay Menon, Mandeep Bhandar, Meenal Patel, Ashwini Kalsekar, Murli Sharma
107 Aaina Adi Irani, Neelima Azeem, Payal Nair, Anjali Mukhi
108 Angela Sudhanshu Pandey, Ravee Gupta, Mangala Kenkre
109 Believe It Or Not Harsh Chhaya, Shadaab Khan, Ravi Gossain, Jaya Bhattacharya, Kitu Gidwani, Anang Desai
110 Gunah Ajay Mankotia, Usha Bachani, Indira Krishnan, Shiva Rindani, Ritwika Dey, Pooja Ghai Rawal
111 Author Divya Jagdale, Deepan C. Vartak Ananya Khare, Iqbal Azad, Ami Trivedi,
112 Janam Sajni Hanspal, Dolly Sohi, Pramod Mouthu
113 Suhaag Manoj Joshi, Vishwanath, Vaishali Thakkar, Vipra Rawal, Suhita Thatte
114 Apshagun Anupam Bhattacharya, Seema Shetty, Prithvi Zutshi, Anju Mahendru, Gayatri Jariwala, Murli Sharma
115 Mad Man's Diary Rajesh Khera, Mehul Buch, Sucheta Khanna, Pratima Kazmi,
116 Kasara Ghaat Ravi Kishan, Prachi Shah, Meenakshi Gupta, Sahiba Khan
117 Bees Saal Baad S.Madan, Purbi Joshi, Sadhana Singh
118 Nisachar Ajinkya Deo, Murli Sharma
119 Haqeeqat Sucheta Khanna, Poornima, Meenakshi Verma, Gunn, Raj Zutshi
120 Saheli Shakti Anand as Rakesh Jindal, Kuljeet Randhawa as Karishma, Nilanjana Sharma as Pooja, Murli Sharma as Dr. Gomes
121 Kirdar Achint Kaur, Irrfan Khan Inhouse Productions
122 6½ Aditya Srivastava, Murli Sharma, Anirudh Agarwal, Kali Prasad Mukherjee, Lata Sabharwal, Gayatri Jariwala
123 The Sweeper 🧹 Vrajesh Hirjee, Sameer Khakkar, Suhasini Mulay, Meenakshi Verma, Candida Fernandes
124-125 Kabza Salil Ankola, Durga Jasraj
126 Mangalsutra Raj Zutshi, Sonia Kapoor, Uday Tikekar

Production

For Woh Kaun Tha this was the first time in 10 years that a TV serial crew had gone deep into the so-called affected areas - Srinagar, Gulmarg and Pahalgam of Kashmir Valley.[3]

Talaash was the story of Kusum who hallucinates about a girl killed in her college and had recurrent nightmares.[4]

Casting

Tanaz Currim in Whitelight played the wife of a colonel who is possessed by an evil spirit.[5]

Kumar Gaurav played the role of an amnesiac in story 'Sikandar, who pieces together his past to realize he is the world's most dreaded terrorist'. The story was based on Carlos.[6]

Brijesh Hirjee played Dracula in an episode in 2001.[7]

References
  1. "Re telling X files in Hindi". www.tribuneindia.com. 29 November 1998.
  2. "Big star of small screen". www.tribuneindia.com. 4 October 1998.
  3. "After big screen, small screen returns to Kashmir Valley". India Today.
  4. Namrata Joshi (19 April 1999). "Go West, directed by Edward Buzzell at TNT". India Today.
  5. "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television". www.tribuneindia.com.
  6. Namrata Joshi (19 October 1999). "Kumar Gaurav back in action, to play terrorist in TV serial Sikandar". India Today.
  7. "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Glitz 'n' glamour". www.tribuneindia.com.
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