Cambala Investigation Agency
| Cambala Investigation Agency | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Arshad Syed |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi/Urdu |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Pogo TV |
| Original release | 2008 – 2010. |
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| Website | |
Cambala Investigation Agency (or CIA for short, Cambala Files in Pakistan and Bangladesh) is a television series broadcast on Indian television station Pogo TV. The C.I.A. consists of five children who live in a fictitious town called Cambala and solve numerous crimes. Each of the five kids also has his or her own special talent. They generally solve cases before the town's police inspector, D. L. K.
The first season had half-hour episodes, with each mystery spanning three episodes. While some of the cases involved had them tracking the suspect whose identity was kept secret, they had often been attacked outright by criminals in some others. Their base of operations was a warehouse in Cambala, which was largely kept a secret, though clients once found their way to the headquarters. Bicycles are featured prominently in this show, and are the youngsters' primary means of transport, a cycle. Some episodes were linked by a mysterious symbol, noticed by the CIA only in one episode. In the second season, the format of the show changed with each mystery getting a single, forty-minute episode.
Ishaan Mehra (Aditya Kapadia) is the main protagonist of the show and gadget guru of the gang, with a scientist father, from whom he can get any chemicals or gizmos. He uses cool logic and tries to think like criminals to crack cases, recreating the events in the sequence in which they must have happened. He carries lots of gizmos in his backpack which get the team out of trouble. He normally wears sports shirts and treats his sister, Nikki, like a baby. Among the various gizmos he has obtained from his father are tracking devices, powder acid and other different and useful chemicals. In certain cases, he tries to stealthily infiltrate the criminal hideout or base of operations. He is also the first member and founder of CIA. He leads the team.
Sucheta Duggar (Freishia Bomanbehram) is the female protagonist of the show, a brainy, no-nonsense computer geek with lots of attitude. She is the research and analyst of the gang and can find anything with a few clicks on her trusty computer. A big crossword puzzle fanatic, she likes to solve mysteries in a research-based manner. She has a love feeling towards Ishaan and always tries to make him be a little less hard on his sister, Nikki. She is called 'Suchee' by most, and uses the word 'Guys' a lot.
Nikki Mehra (Sheena bajaj (Season 1), Jasmine Alaap Singh (Season 2)), 12, is the 'baby' of the gang. She is handled firmly by her elder brother, Ishaan, who tries to leave her out of adventures; however, she always tags along behind the others, despite being forbidden, and is often a help to others when they're trapped. Often shown as a karate student, she may have some knowledge of martial arts, and is also very good at drawing and sketching- her drawing skills have helped the CIA on some cases. Her childlike ideas often help crack cases when other members get stuck. She is brilliant at distracting the comical policeman, D.L.K., so the others can slip past, unnoticed, to investigate, but is not particularly good at keeping secrets- often calling the police inspector by his nickname.
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