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| birth_name = Brijendra Pal Singh<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|04|27|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Dehradun]], [[United Provinces (1937-50)|United Provinces]], [[India]]<br />
| occupation = [[Film Director|Director]], [[Film Producer|Producer]], [[Actor]]<br />
| years_active = 1973–present<br />
| title = Chairman of the [[Film and Television Institute of India]]<br />
| term = 13 December 2018 – 29 September 2020<br />
| predecessor = [[Anupam Kher]]<br />
| successor = [[Shekhar Kapur]]<br />
| known_for = ''[[CID (Indian TV series)|C.I.D.]]'', ''[[Aahat]]''<br />
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'''Brijendra Pal Singh''' (born 27 April 1949) or 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 (Indian TV series)|C.I.D.]]'' (21 January 1998 to 27 October 2018), and also the longest running TV series in [[India]].,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/jul/27/tv-cid-a-hit-with-viewers.htm|date=27 July 2010|title=What makes this TV show such a hit with Indians?}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BUSTING CRIME: Of iconic status |url= http://www.deccanherald.com/content/121686/of-iconic-status.html|publisher=Deccan Herald |date= 2 March 2011 }}</ref> which started CID Gallantry Awards in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |title=Honour to ordinary |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/honour-to-ordinary/681974/0 |publisher=Indian Express |date= 17 Sep 2010 }}</ref> He has also played an occasional role of DCP Chitrole in CID.<br />
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He also produced Sony TV's hit horror series ''[[Aahat]]'', 1995 to 2015.<ref name="tt">{{cite news |title= C. I. D. heads for big screen |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-01-18/tv/28376362_1_crime-investigation-department-big-screen-bollywood-film |work= [[The Times of India]] |date=18 Jan 2011 }}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><br />
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On 8 October 2004, a special episode, [[List of C.I.D. episodes#2004|"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 Records|Guinness World Record]] as ‘TV show - longest continual shot’.<ref>{{cite news |title=A long shot at a record |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=105941 |publisher=Indian Express |date=6 November 2004 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He has also served as the Chairman of [[Film and Television Institute of India]] (FTII).<br />
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==Career==<br />
Singh originally belongs to [[Dehradun]] and studied at [[Film and Television Institute of India]], Pune.<ref name=exp>{{cite news |title=I have made mistakes|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19981218/35350544.html |publisher=Indian Express |date=18 December 1998 }}</ref> He started his career working with state TV-channel [[Doordarshan]] in 1973 as a news cameraman and went on to handle the camera for another 10 years, before relocating to Mumbai. He made murder mystery TV film for Doordarshan, ''Sirf Char Din'', while preparing for that film, he started visiting the Crime Branch of police, and befriended Inspector Jayant Wagle, and in the process developed a lifelong interest in detective work. He subsequently produced the TV series, ''Ek Shunya Shunya'' for Doordarshan in 1980's, before relocating to Mumbai where he made a few Marathi serials for Doordarshan.<ref>{{cite news |title= Behind the chills |url=http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article777126.ece |work=The Hindu |date=22 September 2010 }}</ref><br />
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The horror series ''[[Aahat]]'' was first shot in 1994 as a suspense thriller, and it started being aired in 1995, but after about 40 episodes with the same theme, one episode on supernatural theme was made and when TRPs of the series rose sharply, it made the switch.<ref name=exp/><br />
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Turning point in career came with beginning of [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|Sony TV]] channel, and started shooting ''C.I.D.'', started on Sony TV in 1997, about a team of detectives working for the Crime Investigation Department (CID) in Mumbai and is still on. He even introduced India's first silent comedy ''[[Gutur Gu]]'' in 2010.<ref name=toi>{{cite news |title=Gutur Gu: India's first silent comedy |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-05/tv/28131610_1_silent-comedy-balu-sab-tv |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104222719/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-03-05/tv/28131610_1_silent-comedy-balu-sab-tv |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 November 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=5 March 2010 }}</ref><br />
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He also started crime show on [[Life OK]] named [[Hum Ne Li Hai - Shapath]] which is about police inspectors and a social worker. This show was gaining good TRPs and is BP Singh's second crime show .<br />
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He has worked with many known artists and is famous for giving breaks to new artists. He was the first to give a break to [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[actor]] [[Remi Clair]] during his struggling days in [[Mumbai]] as main lead in ''C.I.D.'' and police inspector in ''Aahat''.<br />
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== Filmography ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Title<br />
!Film/Web series<br />
!Producer<br />
!Notes<br />
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|2012<br />
|[[Agent Vinod (2012 film)|''Agent Vinod '']]<br />
|Film<br />
|?<br />
|-<br />
|2019<br />
|[[Abhay (TV series)|''Abhay'']]<br />
|Web series<br />
|{{Yes C}}<br />
| Season 1<br />
|-<br />
|2020<br />
|''Abhay''<br />
|Web series<br />
|{{Yes C}}<br />
| Season 2<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{cite news |title=Interview with Fireworks Productions' BP Singh |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/interviews/y2k4/producer/bpsingh.htm |publisher=Indiantelevision |date=9 January 2004 }}<br />
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