India, Aug. 24 -- Very few television shows manage to strike a lasting chord with audiences and eventually become timeless classics. One such show is CID, which first premiered in 1998 and went on to entertain viewers for nearly two decades before going off air in 2018. The popular crime series returned with a new season in 2024, bringing its iconic characters back to the screen. Now, in a conversation with Siddharth Kannan on his podcast, Dayanand Shetty, who played the beloved Daya, has opened up about why the show was originally pulled off air. He also recalled how legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar intervened and fought with the makers when the decision to end the show was announced.

Dayanand revealed that the CID actors were very fond...