1.CID started in 1998, and it has been running successfully for 19 years.
2.The first episode of CID was shot in 1992, but aired five years later in 1998.
3.CID got into both the Limca Book of Records and the Guinness Book of World Records on November 7, 2004 for its record-breaking single shot episode of 111 minutes, titled "CID 111 / The Inheritance".
4.Satam was a cashier in the Central Bank of India for 23 years before he started his career in acting.
5.Many celebs like Shah Rukh Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Aamir Khan, and Salman Khan have appeared on the show to promote their movies.
6.Abhijeet was introduced in the show as a criminal but was later added into the C.I.D. team.
7.The actor who played the role of Abhijeet had agreed to do only 26 episodes but he enjoyed playing his role and, hence, decided to stay.
8.The show has been dubbed in various Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, and Bengali.
9.CID also airs in Pakistan on Apna Channel, A-Plus Entertainment, and on Geo Kahani.
10.The CID team has been using only one Toyota Qualis since the start.
11.The creator of CID, B.P. Singh, plays an occasional role of DCP Chitrole in the show.
12.The CID officers Daya, Abhijeet, and ACP Pradyuman can sing pretty well, and they recorded a song for an episode in their original voices.
13.Yami Gautam appeared on CID before getting into Bollywood.
14.Dinesh Phadnis, who plays the role of Fredericks, has written quite a few episodes for the show.
15.Senior Inspector Daya's name was inspired by his real life name, Dayanand Shetty.
16.Dayanand Shetty was a shot put and discus throw champion, but had to withdraw from these sports due to a leg injury. He became an actor much later.
17.Daya always performs his stunts on his own.
18.AND he got his leg fractured while performing one such stunt.
19.Daya and Abhijeet are close friends in real life as well.
20.Shivaji Satam a.k.a ACP Pradyuman is known to make very good lassi on the sets of CID.
21.Satam sank into the snow while shooting for an episode in the snow covered Indo-Tibetan border, and was pulled just in time by the crew members.
22.It has had many crossover episodes with other shows like Aahat, Tarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chasmah, and Adaalat.
23.CID is primarily shot in India, but the series has also been shot in France, Switzerland, and Uzbekistan.
24.And, Shivaji Satam gets paid rupees one lakh per episode, while Dayanand Shetty and Aditya Srivastava get paid around ₹80,000-1 lakh per episode.
