''Private Investigator (P.I.)'' is an Indian

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television series that aired on

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on Sunday evening. It was produced by Fremantle Media India Productions. It starred Mrinal Dutt as Raffe Roy Choudhary in the main lead.

Overview

The main character, Raffe Roy Choudhary, is a 21-year old first-year

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student and was extremely enthusiastic towards the happenings and crimes around him and wanted to help solve these criminal cases. He helps the police inspector Tiwari in several crime cases. His natural instincts and sharp problem-solving skills help to solve crime cases.

Cast

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as Raffe Roy Choudhary/Satya *

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as Anita Roy Choudhary/Nivedita (Raffe's mother) *

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as Inspector A K Tiwari * Roshan Preet as Raghav *

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as Vijay Clamaine Pereira (aka VC) * Athar Siddiqui as Abhijeet *

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as Kamini Mehra (Episode 13) * Mayur More as Rickshaw Guy

Reception

Critical reviews

Letty Mariam Abraham of ''

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'' rated the series at a 2.5/5 and wrote "Private Investigator has the potential to be something really interesting. For now the series is just about average with really nothing too interesting or out of the world."

References

External links

P.I. Official
on

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