X Zone

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X Zone
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes126
Production
Running time45 minutes
Release
Original network Zee TV
Original releaseJune 8, 1998 (1998-06-08) –
October 30, 2000 (2000-10-30)

X Zone is an Indian television series aired on Zee TV from 8 June 1998 to 30 October 2000. It was the Indian version of X-Files [1] Directors like Anurag Basu, Tulsi Ramsay, Shyam Ramsay, Kushan Nandy, Vivek Agnihotri, Imtiaz Ali, Anil Sharma, Ketan Mehta directed the episodes of X Zone. It used to air every Monday at night.

Contents

List of episodes

No.NameCastProducersDirectors
1Gaddaar Deepak Tijori, Nivedita Bhattacharya, Manoj Joshi Ashwin Dhirai, Shashikant ShahRicky Sandhu
2-3Grahan Anju Mahendru, Param Vir, Vaishnavi Mahant, Vaidehi Amrute, Narendra Gupta, Sanjay Batra, Mulraj Rajda Alka ShamsiShahab Shamsi
4-7Neha Mohan Kapoor, Nivedita Bhattacharya, Smita Bansal, Shakti Singh, Savita Bajaj, Rakesh Thareja, Noopur as Neha Pallavi Joshi [2] Vivek Agnihotri
8-12Sikander Kumar Gaurav as Sikander, Mohan Kapoor as Rann Bahadur Thapa, Shruti Ulfat as Natasha, Rajesh Khera as The Mean Chief, Shakti Singh as Navin Bawa, Brij Bhushan Sawhney as Ravi Mishra, Asif Basra as Pammi Teddy, Candice Gracy as Master Gandhar Pallavi Joshi Vivek Agnihotri
13-14AnshRakhee Malhotra, Niki Aneja Walia, Naresh Suri, Achyut Potdar, Dinesh Kaushik, Mahesh Thakur, Neena Gupta, Shiva Rindani, Ragesh Asthana
15-16SunandaHarsha Mehra, Mehul Buch, Shashi Kumar, Paresh Panchmatia, Sujata Thakkar, Apurva Achharya, Kukul Tarmastar, Tulsi Rajda, Bharat Bhatt, Mahesh Vakil, Daivi, Devarshi, Homi WadiaNikita ShahHomi Wadia
17The Locked Room Abhimanyu Singh, Sweta Keswani, Firdaus Dadi, Kajol Chakravorty, Abhay Mane Kiran Shroff, Kushan Nandy Kushan Nandy
18Dark Memories Rajeev Verma, Vishal Singh, Vaidehi Amrute, Minal Patel, Ravi Kale, Chaitrali Chirmule, Deepak Sharma, Dilip Darbar, Shahroz KhanRajeev Tandon Swapna Waghmare Joshi
19-20Raat aur Din Raghubir Yadav, Pavan Malhotra, Shruti Ulfat, Ashish Duggal, Ragesh Asthana, Suhas Khandke, Pramod Moutho Alka ShamsiShahab Shamsi
21-22Dead Again Iravati Harshe as Surabhi, Kay Kay Menon as Inspector Keval Mansingh, Sujata as Sister Christene, Ankush Mohla as Theodor Marx, Vicky AhujaGlen Barretto, Ankush MohlaGlen Barretto, Ankush Mohla
23-24Dahak Arif Zakaria, Sukanya Kulkarni, Ravi Gossain, Vaibhavi Raut, Siraj Mustafa Khan, Manmeet GulzarAneesh DevRajesh Ransinghe
25Ward No. 13 Suresh Oberoi, Anju Mahendru, Deepak Deulkar, Dinesh Kaushik, Pankaj Kalra, YogeshAlka ShamsiShahab Shamsi
26-27Cheherey Sachin Khedekar, Iravati Harshe, Kay Kay Menon, Manoj Joshi, Saurabh Dubey Rajeev MehtaDeepak Malwankar
28-31Kashish Navin Nischol, Meenal Patel, Rajasi Behere, Shivani Gosain, Shirin Merchant, Mohankant, Abha Parmar, Vandana Sajnani, Ritvika Dey, Ashwin KaushalNikita ShahDeepak Bawaskar
32-33Mrityu 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 MathurKaran ShahKaran Shah
34-35AnjaanAparna Tilak, Beena, Darshan Jariwala, Manish NagpalAshish Jalan Ketan Mehta
36-37Vashikaran Parmeet Sethi, Papia Sengupta, Reena Kapoor, Pramathesh Mehta, Suresh Gor, KhushbooNikita Shah Homi Wadia
38-39Ghungroo ! Salim Ghouse as Krishna Amma, Mukesh Jadhav as Tara, Bunty Sharma as Chameli, Ashok Sharma as Iqbal Hakim, Laxminarayan Tripathi as ChampaRajeev MehtaDavid Atkins
40-41KudratVishal Singh, R. Madhavan, Seema ShettyAneesh DevRajesh Ranshinge
42-43Talaash Anil Dhawan, Nishigandha Wad, Dinesh Kaushik, Jaya Bhattacharya, Smita Bansal, Rushali Arora, Jaya Mathur, Kanika Shivpuri, Mehul Buch Alka ShamsiShahab Shamsi
44-45The Caves Of Rangiri Pallavi Joshi, Manish Choudhari, Dilip PawlePreeti Bubna Ali, Arif Ali Imtiaz Ali
46-47Woh Kaun Tha Ashutosh Rana, Papia Sengupta Vinta NandaGaurav Saxena
48-49Ateet Bhavna Balsavar, Mohan Kapoor, Achint Kaur, Pratima Kazmi
50Baat Ek Raat Ki Kay Kay, Mulraj Rajda, Ashok Lokhande,
51Bhram ?Sukanya Mone, Sanjay Mone, Shyama Deshpande, Candida Fernandes, Yogesh PagareTwo's CompanyGlen Barretto, Ankush Mohla
52Abhishaap Nandita Puri, Bhaveen Gosain, Vinod Nagpal, Alefia Aftab Kapadia Ray C
53-54AsthiyaanShaukat Baig, Arpana Sharma, Ashok Sharma, Zafar Karachiwala, Dilip Thadekeshwar, Juhu Sinha, Gagan Gupta, Deepak ChandRajeev MehtaPavan S. Kaul
55-56Karma Anita Kulkarni, Lalit Tiwari, Ashok Laath, Abhay Chopra, Sagar Arya, Sanjeev Seth, Sanjay Gandhi, Chunnu Mehra, ZubedaVinta NandaVinta Nanda, Anil Sharma
57-58Dafan Nitesh Pandey, Ravi Gossain, Yash Tonk, Sushma, Kartika Rane
59Woh Raat Nawab Shah, Sangeeta Ghosh, Ritu Raj, Gajendra Chauhan, Kanika Shivpuri, Rajeeta Kochhar, Vilas Raaj, Poonam Das Gupta Tulsi Ramsay, Shayam Ramsay Deepak Ramsay
60GumrahDivya Jagdale, Sudhanshu Pandey, Meenakshi Gupta, Rupesh Thapliyal, Jaspir ThandiTwo's CompanyGlen Barretto, Ankush Mohla
61-62Caretaker Aly Khan, Shweta Keshwani, Malvika Singh
63-64KhwaabAparna Tilak, Varun Badola, Nakul S Vaid, Madhu Malti, Rachna Goel, Mukesh Ahuja, Mohit K JhaDeepa Sahi Ketan Mehta
65HairatPriyanka as Meenakshi, Anup Soni as Aniket, Mansi Salvi as Kavita, Shakti Singh as Pande, Ashok Lokhande as Jatashankar, Jyotsna, Sarvendar SinghRicky Sinha, Harsha SinhaDeepak Bawaskar
66-67Whitelight Nikki Aneja, Naveen Bawa, Tanaz Currim, Kay Kay, Kamal Jain, Master Kinshuk Pallavi Joshi Vivek Agnihotri
68-69Shareer Kanwarjit Paintal, Navni Parihar, Murali Sharma, Ritu raj
70-71RakshakNasir Khan, Alifia Kapadia, Sagar Arya, Mukesh Jadhav Two's CompanyGlen Barretto, Ankush Mohla
72MangniBeena, Arundhati Ganorkar, Pamela Mukherjee, Rajesh Sharma Mallika JalanRabiranjan Maitra
73-74Zidd Zarina Wahab, Gajraj Rao, Poonam Narula, Hussain Kuwajerwala, Jaya Bhattacharya, Amitanshu JainPreety Bubna Ali, Arif Ali Imtiaz Ali
75-76Fear Shrivallabh Vyas, Anupam Shyam, Murli Sharma, Meenakshi Gupta
77-78Vishesh Deepa Parab, Nupur Alankar, Bakul Thakkar, Joy Sengupta, Shakti Joshi, Ramesh Rai, Kali Prasad Mukherjee, Rekha Rao
79-80Coma Joy Sengupta, Kamalika Guha Thakurta
81666 Vrajesh Hirjee, Murli Sharma, Uttara Baokar, Ashwini Kalsekar, Shivani Gosain, Shilpa Saklani, Manav Kaul
82-83Planchette Poonam Narula, Aman Verma, Shital Thakkar, Vandana Sajnani, Prithvi Zutshi, Pratima Kazmi, Amla Rai, Rani SharmaDeepak BhallaAnik Ghosh
84Saath PhereRaman Trikha, Yatin Karyekar, Arpita Pandey, Nausheen Ali Sardar, Sai Ballal
85-86Madhyam Juhi Parmar, Sandhya Mridul, Sujata, Sagar Arya
87-88Drishti Sameer Dharmadhikari, Anita Kulkarni, Arya Rawal, Vandana Marathe, Jaswinder Gardner
89-90ShraapKanchan, Deepraj Rana, Khyaati Khandke Keswani, Vandana Sajnani, Mehul Buch,
91Wild RoseRavee Gupta
9212 O'Clock
93Shamshaan Ayub Khan, Vaishnavi Mahant, Manjeet Kullar, Arun Bali, Nandita Thakur
94Jwala Bhairavi Raichura, Aamir Bashir, Suhita Thatte, Joy Sengupta
95A True StoryParag Deshpande, Shreyas Talpade, Kishori Shahane
96Mukti Suchitra Pillai, Gufi Paintal, Vrajesh Hirjee, Pratima Kazmi
97AshaantShama Deshpande, Gufi Paintal, Lata Haya, Nayan Bhatt, Suresh Gaur, Rakesh Vyas, Shridhar Parab, Siddharth RavraniNikita Shah Homi Wadia
98Bhavishya Hussain Kuwajerwala, Chitrapama Bannerjee, Mouli Ganguly
99Sculptor Atul Agnihotri, Ramesh Rai, Mandeep Bhandar, Bakul Thakkar, Gayatri Jariwala
100Milan Murli Sharma, Achint Kaur, Sucheta Khanna, Abhay Mane,
10113 DaysMeenakshi Gupta, Anup Soni, Vishnu Singh
102RaniyaChitrapama Bannerjee, Shishir Sharma, Nandita Puri, Virendra Saxena,
103Woh 7 DinShonali Malhotra, Ragesh Asthana
104IlaakaKashish Kaul
105The Return Of WohAparna Tilak, Sweta Keswani, Lilliput
106Sauda Kali Prasad Mukherjee.Kay Kay Menon, Mandeep Bhandar, Meenal Patel, Ashwini Kalsekar, Murli Sharma
107Aaina Adi Irani, Neelima Azeem, Payal Nair, Anjali Mukhi
108Angela Sudhanshu Pandey, Ravee Gupta, Mangala Kenkre
109Believe It Or Not Harsh Chhaya, Shadaab Khan, Ravi Gossain, Jaya Bhattacharya, Kitu Gidwani, Anang Desai
110GunahAjay Mankotia, Usha Bachani, Indira Krishnan, Shiva Rindani, Ritwika Dey, Pooja Ghai Rawal
111AuthorDivya Jagdale, Deepan C. Vartak Ananya Khare, Iqbal Azad, Ami Trivedi,
112JanamSajni Hanspal, Dolly Sohi, Pramod Mouthu
113Suhaag Manoj Joshi, Vishwanath, Vaishali Thakkar, Vipra Rawal, Suhita Thatte
114ApshagunAnupam Bhattacharya, Seema Shetty, Prithvi Zutshi, Anju Mahendru, Gayatri Jariwala, Murli Sharma
115Mad Man's Diary Rajesh Khera, Mehul Buch, Sucheta Khanna, Pratima Kazmi,
116Kasara Ghaat Ravi Kishan, Prachi Shah, Meenakshi Gupta, Sahiba Khan
117Bees Saal BaadS.Madan, Purbi Joshi, Sadhana Singh
118Nisachar Ajinkya Deo, Murli Sharma
119Haqeeqat Sucheta Khanna, Poornima, Meenakshi Verma, Gunn, Raj Zutshi
120Saheli Shakti Anand as Rakesh Jindal, Kuljeet Randhawa as Karishma, Nilanjana Sharma as Pooja, Murli Sharma as Dr. Gomes
121Kirdar Achint Kaur, Irrfan Khan Inhouse Productions
1226½ Aditya Srivastava, Murli Sharma, Anirudh Agarwal, Kali Prasad Mukherjee, Lata Sabharwal, Gayatri Jariwala
123The Sweeper 🧹 Vrajesh Hirjee, Sameer Khakkar, Suhasini Mulay, Meenakshi Verma, Candida Fernandes
124-125Kabza Salil Ankola, Durga Jasraj
126Mangalsutra Raj Zutshi, Sonia Kapoor, Uday Tikekar

Production

For Woh Kaun Tha this was the first time in 10 years that a TV serial crew had gone deep into the so-called affected areas - Srinagar, Gulmarg and Pahalgam of Kashmir Valley. [3]

Talaash was the story of Kusum who hallucinates about a girl killed in her college and had recurrent nightmares. [4]

Casting

Tanaz Currim in Whitelight played the wife of a colonel who is possessed by an evil spirit. [5]

Kumar Gaurav played 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 on Carlos. [6]

Brijesh Hirjee played Dracula in an episode in 2001. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Re telling X files in Hindi". www.tribuneindia.com. 29 November 1998.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Big star of small screen". www.tribuneindia.com. 4 October 1998.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  4. ↑ Namrata Joshi (19 April 1999). "Go West, directed by Edward Buzzell at TNT". India Today.
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  6. ↑ Namrata Joshi (19 October 1999). "Kumar Gaurav back in action, to play terrorist in TV serial Sikandar". India Today.
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