Veteran television producer and director BP Singh, best known for creating popular shows CID and Aahat, passed away on October 27 at the age of 77 following a massive heart attack.

“He was an important person in our lives. He is the creator of CID. He always took the team along whenever he moved ahead. We are about team of 200 members who worked with him for over 21 years. He was like the big umbrella. He made actors feel safe. We only had to focus on acting because he was the director, writer, and cameraman. He always portrayed us in the [best of light]. He was family. We’ve spent our prime years with him, and we are known because of him and CID. We were lucky that BP Singh happened in our life,” shares Aditya Srivastava who played Abhijeet in CID.