Agent Raghav – Crime Branch

Agent Raghav – Crime Branch
GenreCrime fiction
Created byAbhimanyu Singh
Directed byRajesh Ranshinghe
Govind Agrawal
Arif Ali Ansari
Creative directorsuryansh dwivedi
StarringSee below
ComposerDony Hazarika
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes60
Production
ProducerSaba Mumtaz
Production locationsMumbai, Maharashtra, India
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running timeApprox 45 minutes
Production companyContiloe Entertainment
Original release
Network&TV
Release5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) –
10 April 2016 (2016-04-10)

Agent Raghav – Crime Branch is an Indian crime fiction anthology television series, which premiered on &TV from 5 September 2015 to 10 April 2016 for one hour at Saturday and Sunday nights. The series was produced by Contiloe Entertainment of Abhimanyu Singh and starred Sharad Kelkar in the eponymous role of Agent Raghav Sinha, along with Aahana Kumra, Deepali Pansare, Danish Pandor, Jason Tham and Mahesh Manjrekar, the latter appeared in a recurring role. The serial received the Indian Telly Awards in the category of Best Thriller and Horror Show and was also nominated for Best Weekend Show. The show is said to be inspired from the American police drama/mystery television series, The Mentalist.[1]

Plot

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Agent Raghav Sinha (Sharad Kelkar) is a handsome guy with a charismatic personality and exceptional skills of observation and deduction. He has a very high IQ and is an expert at reading a person's mind and body language. Raghav picked up these unique skills from his father, who was a renowned psychiatrist. However, at the age of 10, Raghav witnessed his father's murder at the hands of one of his own clients. The killer was untraceable, and even the police had to give up after some time. Ever since then, it has become Raghav's mission to find the killer and avenge his father's death. Raghav was initiated into Crime Branch Special Unit because of his special skills, and he has time and again proved his worth by cracking the most challenging cases and bringing the criminals to justice.

Agent Trisha Deewan (Aahana Kumra) is the leader of the Crime Branch Special Unit. Her goal is to build up her career as a cop but her parents want her to settle down in life by marrying a nice guy. Agent Trisha & Agent Raghav, despite their opposite personalities, fell in love with each other but never voiced this out. Agent Rajbir (Danish Pandor) and Agent Bikram (Jason Tham) are his friends. They share a special bond as well as solving cases. Their goal is to help the team as much as possible using their skills. Dr. Aarti is the forensic scientist working under the CBI. With her forensic skills, she discovers the things may happen on the crime spots.[2] The show also deals about the dynamics shared by Raghav and Trisha, where they both are strongly attracted to each other & share an amazing bond of trust.[3]

In the last episode, it reveals Agent Raghav's father's killer. It is the CBI Crime Branch Chief, Dilip Chauhan. He tries to kill Raghav, but Bikram jumps in front of the bullet and dies. Then the chief escapes and leaves a tired Raghav promising to get him one day.

Cast

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Episodic appearances

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References

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  1. ^ "Is Agent Raghav India's answer to The Mentalist? We don't think so". India Today. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. ^ "Know the characters of 'Agent Raghav'". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Two of a kind: On screen love-hate relationship of Sharad Kelkar and Aahana Kumra". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
  4. ^ "How Sharad Kelkar became Agent Raghav". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Aahana Kumra to play crime branch officer in Agent Raghav". India Today. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Mahesh Manjrekar in Agent Raghav". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Jason Tham undergoes rigorous training for 'Agent Raghav'". The Times of India. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Reena Agarwal excited for 'Agent Raghav...'". The Times of India. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Ye Hain Mohabbatein's Gautam Ahuja in 'Agent Raghav'". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  10. ^ "Sonali Nikam and Rushad Rana in 'Agent Raghav'". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
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