Jasoos Vijay

*Jasoos Vijay*
Jasoos Vijay
	Title card of the 1st season of Jasoos Vijay featuring Adil Hussain and Om Puri
Genre	Action, Thriller, Crime
Created by	BBC World Service Trust. Executive Producer Drama: Rumu Sen-Gupta
Written by	Aparajita Saha, Sanjeev Sharma
Creative director	Devika Bahl
Presented by	Om Puri
Starring	Adil Hussain (Season 1-2); Minha Zamir (Season 1-2); Farhan Khan (Season 3); Purva Parag (Season 3); Vaibhav Talwar (Season 3); Nupur Joshi (Season 3);
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	195
Production
Executive producer	Rumu Sen-Gupta
Running time	22-26 minutes
Production companies	BBC World Service Trust; Doordarshan; National AIDS Control Organisation;
Original release
Network	DD National
Release	June 2002 –; September 2006

Jasoos Vijay is an Indian detective mystery TV series produced by BBC World Service Trust in collaboration with Doordarshan and National AIDS Control Organisation to spread awareness about HIV/AIDS among the masses in India. It premiered on DD National in June 2002. A total of three seasons were aired till its end in September 2006.

The series was centered on Vijay, a private detective and Gauri, his assistant who later went on to become his wife. The series was divided into a number of mini-series with each mini-series usually extending to one month and in each mini-series, Vijay solved one case.

The show became a huge success and is among the top ten rated television series in India and was one of the three most watched television series during its run. The weekly viewership of the series reached the level of 15 million during the third season. The series was awarded Thriller of the Year at the 2003 Indian Telly Awards.

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