X Zoneis an Indian television series aired onZee TVfrom 8 June 1998 to 30 October 2000. It was the Indian version ofX-Files[1]Directors likeAnurag Basu,Tulsi Ramsay,Shyam Ramsay,Kushan Nandy,Vivek Agnihotri,Imtiaz Ali,Anil Sharma,Ketan Mehtadirected the episodes of X Zone. It used to air every Monday at night.
| X Zone | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No.of seasons | 1 |
| No.of episodes | 126 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Zee TV |
| Release | 8 June 1998– 30 October 2000 |
List of episodes
edit| No. | Name | Cast | Producers | Directors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaddaar | Deepak Tijori,Nivedita Bhattacharya,Manoj Joshi | Ashwin Dhirai, Shashikant Shah | Ricky Sandhu |
| 2-3 | Grahan | Anju Mahendru,Param Vir,Vaishnavi Mahant,Vaidehi Amrute, Narendra Gupta,Sanjay Batra,Mulraj Rajda | Alka Shamsi | Shahab Shamsi |
| 4-7 | Neha | Mohan Kapoor,Nivedita Bhattacharya,Smita Bansal,Shakti Singh,Savita Bajaj, Rakesh Thareja, Noopur as Neha | Pallavi Joshi[2] | Vivek Agnihotri |
| 8-12 | Sikander | Kumar Gauravas Sikander,Mohan Kapooras Rann Bahadur Thapa,Shruti Ulfatas Natasha,Rajesh Kheraas The Mean Chief,Shakti Singhas Navin Bawa, Brij Bhushan Sawhney as Ravi Mishra,Asif Basraas Pammi Teddy, Candice Gracy as Master Gandhar | Pallavi Joshi | Vivek Agnihotri |
| 13-14 | Ansh | Rakhee Malhotra,Niki Aneja Walia,Naresh Suri,Achyut Potdar,Dinesh Kaushik,Mahesh Thakur,Neena Gupta,Shiva Rindani,Ragesh Asthana | ||
| 15-16 | Sunanda | Harsha Mehra,Mehul Buch,Shashi Kumar,Paresh Panchmatia, Sujata Thakkar, Apurva Achharya, Kukul Tarmastar, Tulsi Rajda, Bharat Bhatt, Mahesh Vakil, Daivi, Devarshi, Homi Wadia | Nikita Shah | Homi Wadia |
| 17 | The Locked Room | Abhimanyu Singh,Sweta Keswani,Firdaus Dadi,Kajol Chakravorty, Abhay Mane | Kiran Shroff,Kushan Nandy | Kushan Nandy |
| 18 | Dark Memories | Rajeev Verma,Vishal Singh,Vaidehi Amrute, Minal Patel,Ravi Kale,Chaitrali Chirmule, Deepak Sharma, Dilip Darbar, Shahroz Khan | Rajeev Tandon | Swapna Waghmare Joshi |
| 19-20 | Raat aur Din | Raghubir Yadav,Pavan Malhotra,Shruti Ulfat,Ashish Duggal,Ragesh Asthana,Suhas Khandke,Pramod Moutho | Alka Shamsi | Shahab Shamsi |
| 21-22 | Dead Again | Iravati Harsheas Surabhi,Kay Kay Menonas Inspector Keval Mansingh, Sujata as Sister Christene, Ankush Mohla as Theodor Marx, Vicky Ahuja | Glen Barretto, Ankush Mohla | Glen Barretto, Ankush Mohla |
| 23-24 | Dahak | Arif Zakaria,Sukanya Kulkarni,Ravi Gossain,Vaibhavi Raut, Siraj Mustafa Khan, Manmeet Gulzar | Aneesh Dev | Rajesh Ransinghe |
| 25 | Ward No. 13 | Suresh Oberoi,Anju Mahendru,Deepak Deulkar,Dinesh Kaushik,Pankaj Kalra, Yogesh | Alka Shamsi | Shahab Shamsi |
| 26-27 | Cheherey | Sachin Khedekar,Iravati Harshe,Kay Kay Menon,Manoj Joshi,Saurabh Dubey | Rajeev Mehta | Deepak Malwankar |
| 28-31 | Kashish | Navin Nischol,Meenal Patel, Rajasi Behere,Shivani Gosain,Shirin Merchant, Mohankant,Abha Parmar,Vandana Sajnani, Ritvika Dey, Ashwin Kaushal | Nikita Shah | Deepak Bawaskar |
| 32-33 | Mrityu | Bhavana Balsaver,Rituraj,Achint Kaur,Lilaver Tendulkar,Hemant Pandey,Jogi, Avinash Kharshikar, Hamid Khan, Master Akash, Master Samrat, Ashalasa Shinde, Sujata, Nirmala, P.D. Awasare, Rajinder Mehra, Karan Shah, Jaya Mathur | Karan Shah | Karan Shah |
| 34-35 | Anjaan | Aparna Tilak,Beena,Darshan Jariwala,Manish Nagpal | Ashish Jalan | Ketan Mehta |
| 36-37 | Vashikaran | Parmeet Sethi,Papia Sengupta,Reena Kapoor,Pramathesh Mehta, Suresh Gor, Khushboo | Nikita Shah | Homi Wadia |
| 38-39 | Ghungroo! | Salim Ghouseas Krishna Amma,Mukesh Jadhavas Tara, Bunty Sharma as Chameli, Ashok Sharma as Iqbal Hakim, Laxminarayan Tripathi as Champa | Rajeev Mehta | David Atkins |
| 40-41 | Kudrat | Vishal Singh,R. Madhavan,Seema Shetty | Aneesh Dev | Rajesh Ranshinge |
| 42-43 | Talaash | Anil Dhawan,Nishigandha Wad,Dinesh Kaushik,Jaya Bhattacharya,Smita Bansal,Rushali Arora, Jaya Mathur,Kanika Shivpuri,Mehul Buch | Alka Shamsi | Shahab Shamsi |
| 44-45 | The Caves Of Rangiri | Pallavi Joshi,Manish Choudhari,Dilip Pawle | Preeti Bubna Ali, Arif Ali | Imtiaz Ali |
| 46-47 | Woh Kaun Tha | Ashutosh Rana,Papia Sengupta | Vinta Nanda | Gaurav Saxena |
| 48-49 | Ateet | Bhavna Balsavar,Mohan Kapoor,Achint Kaur,Pratima Kazmi | ||
| 50 | Baat Ek Raat Ki | Kay Kay,Mulraj Rajda,Ashok Lokhande, | ||
| 51 | Bhram? | Sukanya Mone,Sanjay Mone,Shyama Deshpande, Candida Fernandes, Yogesh Pagare | Two's Company | Glen Barretto, Ankush Mohla |
| 52 | Abhishaap | Nandita Puri,Bhaveen Gosain, Vinod Nagpal,Alefia Aftab Kapadia | Ray C | |
| 53-54 | Asthiyaan | Shaukat Baig, Arpana Sharma, Ashok Sharma,Zafar Karachiwala,Dilip Thadekeshwar, Juhu Sinha, Gagan Gupta, Deepak Chand | Rajeev Mehta | Pavan S. Kaul |
| 55-56 | Karma | Anita Kulkarni,Lalit Tiwari,Ashok Laath, Abhay Chopra, Sagar Arya,Sanjeev Seth,Sanjay Gandhi, Chunnu Mehra, Zubeda | Vinta Nanda | Vinta Nanda,Anil Sharma |
| 57-58 | Dafan | Nitesh Pandey,Ravi Gossain,Yash Tonk,Sushma,Kartika Rane | ||
| 59 | Woh Raat | Nawab Shah,Sangeeta Ghosh,Ritu Raj,Gajendra Chauhan,Kanika Shivpuri,Rajeeta Kochhar,Vilas Raaj,Poonam Das Gupta | Tulsi Ramsay,Shayam Ramsay | Deepak Ramsay |
| 60 | Gumrah | Divya Jagdale,Sudhanshu Pandey,Meenakshi Gupta, Rupesh Thapliyal, Jaspir Thandi | Two's Company | Glen Barretto, Ankush Mohla |
| 61-62 | Caretaker | Aly Khan,Shweta Keshwani,Malvika Singh | ||
| 63-64 | Khwaab | Aparna Tilak,Varun Badola,Nakul S Vaid,Madhu Malti, Rachna Goel, Mukesh Ahuja, Mohit K Jha | Deepa Sahi | Ketan Mehta |
| 65 | Hairat | Priyanka as Meenakshi,Anup Sonias Aniket,Mansi Salvias Kavita,Shakti Singhas Pande,Ashok Lokhandeas Jatashankar, Jyotsna, Sarvendar Singh | Ricky Sinha, Harsha Sinha | Deepak Bawaskar |
| 66-67 | Whitelight | Nikki Aneja,Naveen Bawa,Tanaz Currim,Kay Kay,Kamal Jain, Master Kinshuk | Pallavi Joshi | Vivek Agnihotri |
| 68-69 | Shareer | Kanwarjit Paintal,Navni Parihar,Murali Sharma,Ritu raj | ||
| 70-71 | Rakshak | Nasir Khan,Alifia Kapadia,Sagar Arya,Mukesh Jadhav | Two's Company | Glen Barretto, Ankush Mohla |
| 72 | Mangni | Beena, Arundhati Ganorkar, Pamela Mukherjee,Rajesh Sharma | Mallika Jalan | Rabiranjan Maitra |
| 73-74 | Zidd | Zarina Wahab,Gajraj Rao,Poonam Narula,Hussain Kuwajerwala,Jaya Bhattacharya,Amitanshu Jain | Preety Bubna Ali, Arif Ali | Imtiaz Ali |
| 75-76 | Fear | Shrivallabh Vyas,Anupam Shyam,Murli Sharma,Meenakshi Gupta | ||
| 77-78 | Vishesh | Deepa Parab,Nupur Alankar, Bakul Thakkar,Joy Sengupta,Shakti Joshi, Ramesh Rai,Kali Prasad Mukherjee,Rekha Rao | ||
| 79-80 | Coma | Joy Sengupta,Kamalika Guha Thakurta | ||
| 81 | 666 | Vrajesh Hirjee,Murli Sharma,Uttara Baokar,Ashwini Kalsekar,Shivani Gosain,Shilpa Saklani,Manav Kaul | ||
| 82-83 | Planchette | Poonam Narula,Aman Verma,Shital Thakkar,Vandana Sajnani,Prithvi Zutshi,Pratima Kazmi,Amla Rai, Rani Sharma | Deepak Bhalla | Anik Ghosh |
| 84 | Saath Phere | Raman Trikha,Yatin Karyekar,Arpita Pandey,Nausheen Ali Sardar,Sai Ballal | ||
| 85-86 | Madhyam | Juhi Parmar,Sandhya Mridul,Sujata, Sagar Arya | ||
| 87-88 | Drishti | Sameer Dharmadhikari,Anita Kulkarni, Arya Rawal, Vandana Marathe, Jaswinder Gardner | ||
| 89-90 | Shraap | Kanchan,Deepraj Rana,Khyaati Khandke Keswani, Vandana Sajnani,Mehul Buch, | ||
| 91 | Wild Rose | Ravee Gupta | ||
| 92 | 12 O'Clock | |||
| 93 | Shamshaan | Ayub Khan,Vaishnavi Mahant,Manjeet Kullar,Arun Bali,Nandita Thakur | ||
| 94 | Jwala | Bhairavi Raichura,Aamir Bashir,Suhita Thatte,Joy Sengupta | ||
| 95 | A True Story | Parag Deshpande,Shreyas Talpade,Kishori Shahane | ||
| 96 | Mukti | Suchitra Pillai,Gufi Paintal,Vrajesh Hirjee,Pratima Kazmi | ||
| 97 | Ashaant | Shama Deshpande,Gufi Paintal,Lata Haya, Nayan Bhatt, Suresh Gaur, Rakesh Vyas, Shridhar Parab, Siddharth Ravrani | Nikita Shah | Homi Wadia |
| 98 | Bhavishya | Hussain Kuwajerwala,Chitrapama Bannerjee,Mouli Ganguly | ||
| 99 | Sculptor | Atul Agnihotri,Ramesh Rai, Mandeep Bhandar, Bakul Thakkar, Gayatri Jariwala | ||
| 100 | Milan | Murli Sharma,Achint Kaur,Sucheta Khanna,Abhay Mane, | ||
| 101 | 13 Days | Meenakshi Gupta,Anup Soni,Vishnu Singh | ||
| 102 | Raniya | Chitrapama Bannerjee,Shishir Sharma,Nandita Puri,Virendra Saxena, | ||
| 103 | Woh 7 Din | Shonali Malhotra,Ragesh Asthana | ||
| 104 | Ilaaka | Kashish Kaul | ||
| 105 | The Return Of Woh | Aparna Tilak,Sweta Keswani,Lilliput | ||
| 106 | Sauda | Kali Prasad Mukherjee.Kay Kay Menon,Mandeep Bhandar, Meenal Patel,Ashwini Kalsekar,Murli Sharma | ||
| 107 | Aaina | Adi Irani,Neelima Azeem,Payal Nair,Anjali Mukhi | ||
| 108 | Angela | Sudhanshu Pandey,Ravee Gupta, Mangala Kenkre | ||
| 109 | Believe It Or Not | Harsh Chhaya,Shadaab Khan,Ravi Gossain,Jaya Bhattacharya,Kitu Gidwani,Anang Desai | ||
| 110 | Gunah | Ajay Mankotia, Usha Bachani, Indira Krishnan,Shiva Rindani,Ritwika Dey, Pooja Ghai Rawal | ||
| 111 | Author | Divya Jagdale, Deepan C. VartakAnanya Khare,Iqbal Azad,Ami Trivedi, | ||
| 112 | Janam | Sajni Hanspal,Dolly Sohi,Pramod Mouthu | ||
| 113 | Suhaag | Manoj Joshi,Vishwanath,Vaishali Thakkar,Vipra Rawal, Suhita Thatte | ||
| 114 | Apshagun | Anupam Bhattacharya, Seema Shetty,Prithvi Zutshi,Anju Mahendru,Gayatri Jariwala,Murli Sharma | ||
| 115 | Mad Man's Diary | Rajesh Khera,Mehul Buch,Sucheta Khanna,Pratima Kazmi, | ||
| 116 | Kasara Ghaat | Ravi Kishan,Prachi Shah,Meenakshi Gupta, Sahiba Khan | ||
| 117 | Bees Saal Baad | S.Madan,Purbi Joshi,Sadhana Singh | ||
| 118 | Nisachar | Ajinkya Deo,Murli Sharma | ||
| 119 | Haqeeqat | Sucheta Khanna,Poornima, Meenakshi Verma, Gunn,Raj Zutshi | ||
| 120 | Saheli | Shakti Anandas Rakesh Jindal,Kuljeet Randhawaas Karishma,Nilanjana Sharmaas Pooja,Murli Sharmaas Dr. Gomes | ||
| 121 | Kirdar | Achint Kaur,Irrfan Khan | Inhouse Productions | |
| 122 | 6½ | Aditya Srivastava,Murli Sharma,Anirudh Agarwal,Kali Prasad Mukherjee,Lata Sabharwal,Gayatri Jariwala | ||
| 123 | The Sweeper 🧹 | Vrajesh Hirjee,Sameer Khakkar,Suhasini Mulay,Meenakshi Verma, Candida Fernandes | ||
| 124-125 | Kabza | Salil Ankola,Durga Jasraj | ||
| 126 | Mangalsutra | Raj Zutshi,Sonia Kapoor,Uday Tikekar |
Production
editForWoh Kaun Thathis was the first time in 10 years that a TV serial crew had gone deep into the so-called affected areas - Srinagar, Gulmarg andPahalgamof Kashmir Valley.[3]
Talaash was the story of Kusum who hallucinates about a girl killed in her college and had recurrent nightmares.[4]
Casting
editTanaz CurriminWhitelightplayed the wife of a colonel who is possessed by an evil spirit.[5]
Kumar Gauravplayed the role of an amnesiac in story 'Sikandar,who pieces together his past to realize he is the world's most dreaded terrorist'. The story was based onCarlos.[6]
Brijesh Hirjeeplayed Dracula in an episode in 2001.[7]
References
edit- ^"Re telling X files in Hindi".tribuneindia.29 November 1998.
- ^"Big star of small screen".tribuneindia.4 October 1998.
- ^"After big screen, small screen returns to Kashmir Valley".India Today.
- ^Namrata Joshi (19 April 1999)."Go West, directed by Edward Buzzell at TNT".India Today.
- ^"The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television".tribuneindia.
- ^Namrata Joshi (19 October 1999)."Kumar Gaurav back in action, to play terrorist in TV serial Sikandar".India Today.
- ^"The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Glitz 'n' glamour".tribuneindia.