C.A.T.S. (TV series)
C.A.T.S. was an Indian Television series that aired on Sony Entertainment Television in 2000–2001. The series was an unofficial remake of American TV Series Charlie's Angels.[1] The main cast features Nafisa Joseph, Kuljeet Randhawa, Malini Sharma and Karminder Kaur.[2] The Show was produced by UTV that is now owned by Disney India. As of May 2020, the show is going to have a revival of the show on SET starting this summer. Fans are trying to petition for Sony to upload the episodes on YouTube.
C.A.T.S. (TV Series) | |
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Genre | Thriller |
Written by | Ranbir Pushp |
Country of origin | India |
Original language | Hindi |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 32 |
Production | |
Producer | UTV |
Release | |
Original network | Sony Entertainment Television |
Original release | 2000 – 2001 |
Plot
C.A.T.S. The Indian Television series, like its American counterpart, features three beautiful young women who work as detectives for a mysterious figure named 'Charlie'. C.A.T.S. stands for Careena (Nafisa Joseph), Amrita/Ash (Karminder Kaur/Kuljeet Randhawa) and Tanya (Malini Sharma). The girls are assisted by Charlie's close associate and spy 'Bhonsle' (played by TV actor/comedian Kunal Vijayakar). Charlie is a multi-millionaire who assigns C.A.T.S. a new case every week on the show. Most of the cases were direct re-makes of the American TV show while some of them were originally made. Many popular TV actors made guest appearances on the show.
Main Cast
- Nafisa Joseph as Careena [3]
- Kuljeet Randhawa as Ash
- Malini Sharma as Tanya
- Karminder Kaur as Amrita (The first CAT later replaced by Kuljeet)
- Kunal Vijayakar as Bhonsle
- Ninad Kamat as Voice of "Charlie"
Guest Appearances
The TV show had notable guest appearances from popular Television Actors.
- Aman Verma
- Shruti Seth
- Vijay Aidsani
- Amrita Prakash (Episode Eye Witness)
- Deepak Parashar (Episode 'Blue Topaz')
- Aarav Chowdhary
- Manav Gohil (Episode 1)
- Kishori Shahane (Episode 1 and Episode 28)
- Jaya Bhattacharya
- Rajeev Verma
- Abhay Bhargava
- Vrajesh Hirjee (later replaced Kunal as new Bhonsle for few episodes)
- Beena Banerjee
- Vaishnavi Mahant (Last Episode)
- Prithvi Zutshi
ReRuns
The show had a re-run in 2002 on Sony TV Channel at the evening slot of 4:00 pm. The show is currently not available on any streaming platform but will on this summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown period around India.
References
- "The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television". www.tribuneindia.com.
- "What gives?". @businessline.
- July 12, Anna M. M. Vetticad; July 12, 1999 ISSUE DATE; February 7, 1999UPDATED; Ist, 2013 19:32. "Nafisa Joseph to act in desi remake of Charlie's Angels, Cats". India Today.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)