BP Singh, the filmmaker behind the long-running crime drama CID and the horror series Aahat, died on Tuesday at the age of 77, leaving behind two shows that shaped Indian television for a generation.
\n\nHis last rites are scheduled for Wednesday, October 28.
\n\nFilmmaker Ashoke Pandit announced the news on social media and paid an emotional tribute to the veteran producer. Singh died after suffering a massive heart attack.
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\n\nHis death leaves the television industry mourning a filmmaker who gave audiences crime stories that kept them guessing and horror tales that made them hide under their blankets. The journey behind those shows began long before he became a household name.
\n\nHow a cameraman became a storyteller
\n\nBrijendrapal Singh was born in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, and studied at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune. He joined Doordarshan in 1973 as a news cameraman and spent about 10 years behind the camera before moving to Mumbai.
\n\nThat experience soon led him towards storytelling. While researching Sirf Char Din, a murder mystery made for Doordarshan in 1985, he visited the police Crime Branch…
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