''Karamchand'' is an Indian detective TV series telecast in June 1985. It was broadcast on India's national television channel DD1, and was one of India's first detective series. The title character was played by noted actor

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. The role of his assistant Kitty was played by

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. Famous music director duo

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composed the theme music and title track for the series.

Plot

Karamchand is a detective who helps the local police solve murders in his inimitable style, always munching on carrots and often playing chess with the Police inspector A Khan. He has a funny assistant, Kitty. And whenever she asks a silly question, or almost reveals the secret, Karamchand says, ''"Shut up, Kitty"''.

Cast

;Season 1 *

- Karamchand *

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- Kitty ;Season 2 *

- Karamchand *

Sucheta Khanna Sucheta Khanna is an Indian TV and film actress. She has worked in detective serial 'Karamchand'(2007) and then ''Hari Mirchi Lal Mirchi'', a comedy serial telecast by DD National. She played the role of Indumati in the SAB TV comedy series ...

- Kitty *

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- Inspector Khan * Rakesh Shrivastav - constable Shrivastav

Revival

Sony Entertainment Television Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel, that was launched on 30 September 1995, and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese Sony. SET India's You ...

revived this serial in 2006.

reprised his role as the carrot chewing Karamchand while Kitty was played by

. The second version of the program aired on Saturdays at 9:00 PM.

In other media

In response to Leonard's detective novel, Raj Kuthrapali mentioned Karamchand in Season 11, Episode 15 of

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episode "The Novelization Correlation."

References

External links

* Sony Entertainment Television original programming Indian crime television series Detective television series DD National original programming 1980s Indian television series 1985 Indian television series debuts 2007 Indian television series endings Television series revived after cancellation {{India-tv-prog-stub