Colors replaces IGT with an investigative series

MUMBAI: Joining the brigade of channels which are airing crime shows, Colors is coming up with a new investigative series titled ?Shaitaan ? A Criminal Mind?.

Starting 1 December, the new show is replacing ?India?s Got talent? and will air every Saturday and Sunday at 10 pm.

Colors had earlier forayed into the crime genre with ?Wanted-High Alert? that aired in 2011.

The popular crime shows on Indian television are Sony Entertainment Television?s ?Crime Patrol? and ?C.I.D? which have been successfully running over years. Life OK has recently launched a crime thriller based on bomb blasts in the country titled ?2012?. Star Plus is also launching a new show ?Kaali-Ek Punar Avataar? based on crime while it already runs ?Arjun?.

Produced by Miditech, ?Shaitaan ? A Criminal Mind? is a fusion of documentary and drama of real life cases, the episodic series aim to understand the mindset, circumstances and the reasons which lead to the crime taking the psychologist route along with dramatisation to give a view of the mindset of the criminal.

Anchor Sharad Kelkar will take the audiences through the complex crime and the mind behind it.

Colors weekend programming head Manisha Sharma said, ?The series combines mystery, drama, thrill and horror while putting an emphasis on the emotional connect associated with every act of crime. There is always a sense of ?what happens next? and has a strong investigative thread.?

Miditech co-founder Nikhil J Alva said, ?Shaitaan - A Criminal Mind profiles the criminal and not just the crime; it undertakes a complete behavioural analysis that makes for good viewing. The show is backed by in-depth research and a support team of psychologists, psychiatrists, experts on forensics, criminology and law, before each story is etched out.?