| Jasoos Vijay | |
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 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 |
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| 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 | |
| Original release | |
| Network | DD National |
| Release | June 2002 – September 2006 |
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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.[1] It premiered on DD National in June 2002.[2] A total of three seasons were aired till its end in September 2006.[3]
The series was centered on Vijay, a private detective and Gauri, his assistant who later went on to become his wife.[4] 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.[2]
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.[5] The weekly viewership of the series reached the level of 15 million during the third season.[4] The series was awarded Thriller of the Year at the 2003 Indian Telly Awards.[6]
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- ^ a b Arvind Singhal & Everett M. Rogers (2003). Combating AIDS: Communication Strategies in Action. Ohio: SAGE Publications. p. 328. ISBN 0761997288. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "Jasoos Vijay back on DD1 from Sept 4". Bhash Media Private Limited Company. Archived from the original on 16 September 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Investigating Jasoos Vijay". The Hindu Business Line. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ Hong Cheng, Philip Kotler & Nancy Lee (2011). Social Marketing for Public Health: Global Trends and Success Stories. Jones & Bartlett Publishers. p. 350. ISBN 978-1449610081. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ^ "Brand new Jasoos gets prime time slot on DD". The Hindu. 10 September 2005. Archived from the original on 9 March 2007. Retrieved 18 June 2012.