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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian crime fiction-detective TV series}}<br />
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{{Infobox television<br />
| alt_name = P.I Private Investigator<br />
| image =<br />
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| genre = {{unbulleted list|[[Crime fiction]]|[[Drama]]|[[Police procedural]]|[[Comedy]]}}<br />
| starring = [[#Cast|For entire cast see below]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| num_seasons = 1<br />
| num_episodes = 17<br />
| runtime = Around 45 Minutes<br />
| company = [[FremantleMedia|Fremantle Media India]]<br />
| channel = [[Star Plus]]<br />
| first_aired = {{Start date|df=yes|2014|12|07|}}<br />
| last_aired = {{End date|df=yes|2015|04|12|}}<br />
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'''''Private Investigator (P.I.)''''' is an Indian [[crime drama]] television series that aired on [[Star Plus]] on Sunday evening. It was produced by [[FremantleMedia|Fremantle Media India]] Productions. It starred Mrinal Dutt as Raffe Roy Choudhary in the main lead.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Star Plus launches new age detective drama series Private Investigator - Exchange4media |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/star-plus-launches-new-age-detective-drama-series-private-investigator-58350.html |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=exchange4media |date=December 2014 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Overview==<br />
The main character, Raffe Roy Choudhary, is a 21-year old first-year [[Criminology]] student and was extremely enthusiastic towards the happenings and crimes around him and wanted to help solve these criminal cases. He helps the police inspector Tiwari in several crime cases. His natural instincts and sharp problem-solving skills help to solve crime cases.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Mrinal Dutt]] as Raffe Roy Choudhary/Satya<br />
* [[Sandhya Mridul]] as Anita Roy Choudhary/Nivedita (Raffe's mother)<br />
* [[Vrajesh Hirjee]] as Inspector A K Tiwari<br />
* Roshan Preet as Raghav<br />
* [[Priya Chauhan]] as Dhanalakshmi Rajalakshmi Shrijaya Venkataraman (aka Lucky)<br />
* [[Aamir Bashir]] as Vijay Clamaine Pereira (aka VC)<br />
* Athar Siddiqui as Abhijeet<br />
* [[Manasi Varma]] as Kamini Mehra (Episode 13)<br />
* Mayur More as Rickshaw Guy<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
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=== Critical reviews ===<br />
Letty Mariam Abraham of ''[[Penske Media Corporation|Bollywood Life]]'' rated the series at a 2.5/5 and wrote "Private Investigator has the potential to be something really interesting. For now the series is just about average with really nothing too interesting or out of the world."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-12-21 |title=Private Investigator TV Review: Mrinal Dutt aka Raffe is no Sherlock |url=https://www.bollywoodlife.com/news-gossip/private-investigator-tv-review-mrinal-dutt-aka-raffe-is-no-sherlock-427082/ |access-date=2022-09-16 |website=Bollywood Life |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://www.hotstar.com/tv/private-investigator/2030 P.I. Official] on [[Hotstar]]<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=4362346}}<br />
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{{Star Plus Shows}}<br />
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[[Category:2014 Indian television series debuts]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language television shows]]<br />
[[Category:Television shows set in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Indian crime television series]]<br />
[[Category:Detective television series]]<br />
[[Category:StarPlus original programming]]</div>EkaSaffronGaruda