Karamchand

For the major political leader of India, see Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi.

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 Pankaj Kapur while the role of his assistant Kitty was played by Sushmita Mukherjee. Music director duo Anand–Milind composed the theme music and title track for the series.

Karamchand
Written by	Anil Chaudhary
Directed by	Pankaj Parashar
Starring	See below
Composer	Anand–Milind
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	72
Production
Running time	Season 1: 25 min (approx) Season 2: 45 min (approx)
Original release
Network	DD National (season 1) Sony Entertainment Television (season 2)
Release	June 1985-87 (1985-87-06) – 21 April 2006-07 (2006-07-04-21)

Plot

Karamchand is a detective who helps the local police solve murders in his inimitable style. He's always seen munching on carrots and often playing chess with Inspector 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

• Pankaj Kapur — Karamchand
• Sushmita Mukherjee / Archana Puran Singh — Kitty

Season 2

• Pankaj Kapur — Karamchand
• Sucheta Khanna — Kitty
• Atul Parchure — Inspector Khan
• Rakesh Shrivastav — constable Shrivastav

Revival

Sony Entertainment Television revived this serial in 2006. Pankaj Kapur reprised his role as the carrot chewing Karamchand while Kitty was played by Sucheta Khanna. The second version of the program aired on Saturdays at 9:00 PM.

In other media

In response to Leonard's detective novel, Rajesh Koothrapali mentioned Karamchand in Season 11, Episode 15 of The Big Bang Theory episode "The Novelization Correlation."

External links

• Karamchand at IMDb