X Zone Explained

Runtime:45 minutes
Country:India
Network:Zee TV
Language:Hindi
Num Episodes:126
Num Seasons:1

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.

List of episodes

No.NameCastProducersDirectors
1GaddaarDeepak Tijori, Nivedita Bhattacharya, Manoj JoshiAshwin Dhirai, Shashikant ShahRicky Sandhu
2-3GrahanAnju Mahendru, Param Vir, Vaishnavi Mahant, Vaidehi Amrute, Narendra Gupta, Sanjay Batra, Mulraj RajdaAlka ShamsiShahab Shamsi
4-7NehaMohan Kapoor, Nivedita Bhattacharya, Smita Bansal, Shakti Singh, Savita Bajaj, Rakesh Thareja, Noopur as NehaPallavi Joshi[2] Vivek Agnihotri
8-12SikanderKumar 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 GandharPallavi JoshiVivek 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 RoomAbhimanyu Singh, Sweta Keswani, Firdaus Dadi, Kajol Chakravorty, Abhay ManeKiran Shroff, Kushan NandyKushan Nandy
18Dark MemoriesRajeev Verma, Vishal Singh, Vaidehi Amrute, Minal Patel, Ravi Kale, Chaitrali Chirmule, Deepak Sharma, Dilip Darbar, Shahroz KhanRajeev TandonSwapna Waghmare Joshi
19-20Raat aur DinRaghubir Yadav, Pavan Malhotra, Shruti Ulfat, Ashish Duggal, Ragesh Asthana, Suhas Khandke, Pramod MouthoAlka ShamsiShahab Shamsi
21-22Dead AgainIravati 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
23-24DahakArif Zakaria, Sukanya Kulkarni, Ravi Gossain, Vaibhavi Raut, Siraj Mustafa Khan, Manmeet GulzarAneesh DevRajesh Ransinghe
25Ward No. 13Suresh Oberoi, Anju Mahendru, Deepak Deulkar, Dinesh Kaushik, Pankaj Kalra, YogeshAlka ShamsiShahab Shamsi
26-27ChehereySachin Khedekar, Iravati Harshe, Kay Kay Menon, Manoj Joshi, Saurabh DubeyRajeev MehtaDeepak Malwankar
28-31KashishNavin Nischol, Meenal Patel, Rajasi Behere, Shivani Gosain, Shirin Merchant, Mohankant, Abha Parmar, Vandana Sajnani, Ritvika Dey, Ashwin KaushalNikita ShahDeepak Bawaskar
32-33MrityuBhavana 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 JalanKetan Mehta
36-37VashikaranParmeet Sethi, Papia Sengupta, Reena Kapoor, Pramathesh Mehta, Suresh Gor, KhushbooNikita ShahHomi 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
42-43TalaashAnil Dhawan, Nishigandha Wad, Dinesh Kaushik, Jaya Bhattacharya, Smita Bansal, Rushali Arora, Jaya Mathur, Kanika Shivpuri, Mehul BuchAlka ShamsiShahab Shamsi
44-45The Caves Of RangiriPallavi Joshi, Manish Choudhari, Dilip PawlePreeti Bubna Ali, Arif AliImtiaz Ali
46-47Woh Kaun ThaAshutosh Rana, Papia SenguptaVinta NandaGaurav Saxena
48-49AteetBhavna Balsavar, Mohan Kapoor, Achint Kaur, Pratima Kazmi
50Baat Ek Raat KiKay Kay, Mulraj Rajda, Ashok Lokhande,
51Bhram ?Sukanya Mone, Sanjay Mone, Shyama Deshpande, Candida Fernandes, Yogesh PagareTwo's CompanyGlen Barretto, Ankush Mohla
52AbhishaapNandita Puri, Bhaveen Gosain, Vinod Nagpal, Alefia Aftab KapadiaRay C
53-54AsthiyaanShaukat Baig, Arpana Sharma, Ashok Sharma, Zafar Karachiwala, Dilip Thadekeshwar, Juhu Sinha, Gagan Gupta, Deepak ChandRajeev MehtaPavan S. Kaul
55-56KarmaAnita Kulkarni, Lalit Tiwari, Ashok Laath, Abhay Chopra, Sagar Arya, Sanjeev Seth, Sanjay Gandhi, Chunnu Mehra, ZubedaVinta NandaVinta Nanda, Anil Sharma
57-58DafanNitesh Pandey, Ravi Gossain, Yash Tonk, Sushma, Kartika Rane
59Woh RaatNawab Shah, Sangeeta Ghosh, Ritu Raj, Gajendra Chauhan, Kanika Shivpuri, Rajeeta Kochhar, Vilas Raaj, Poonam Das GuptaTulsi Ramsay, Shayam RamsayDeepak Ramsay
60GumrahDivya Jagdale, Sudhanshu Pandey, Meenakshi Gupta, Rupesh Thapliyal, Jaspir ThandiTwo's CompanyGlen Barretto, Ankush Mohla
61-62CaretakerAly Khan, Shweta Keshwani, Malvika Singh
63-64KhwaabAparna Tilak, Varun Badola, Nakul S Vaid, Madhu Malti, Rachna Goel, Mukesh Ahuja, Mohit K JhaDeepa SahiKetan 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
66-67WhitelightNikki Aneja, Naveen Bawa, Tanaz Currim, Kay Kay, Kamal Jain, Master KinshukPallavi JoshiVivek Agnihotri
68-69ShareerKanwarjit Paintal, Navni Parihar, Murali Sharma, Ritu raj
70-71RakshakNasir Khan, Alifia Kapadia, Sagar Arya, Mukesh JadhavTwo's CompanyGlen Barretto, Ankush Mohla
72MangniBeena, Arundhati Ganorkar, Pamela Mukherjee, Rajesh SharmaMallika JalanRabiranjan Maitra
73-74ZiddZarina Wahab, Gajraj Rao, Poonam Narula, Hussain Kuwajerwala, Jaya Bhattacharya, Amitanshu JainPreety Bubna Ali, Arif AliImtiaz Ali
75-76FearShrivallabh Vyas, Anupam Shyam, Murli Sharma, Meenakshi Gupta
77-78VisheshDeepa Parab, Nupur Alankar, Bakul Thakkar, Joy Sengupta, Shakti Joshi, Ramesh Rai, Kali Prasad Mukherjee, Rekha Rao
79-80ComaJoy Sengupta, Kamalika Guha Thakurta
81666Vrajesh Hirjee, Murli Sharma, Uttara Baokar, Ashwini Kalsekar, Shivani Gosain, Shilpa Saklani, Manav Kaul
82-83PlanchettePoonam 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
85-86MadhyamJuhi Parmar, Sandhya Mridul, Sujata, Sagar Arya
87-88DrishtiSameer 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
93ShamshaanAyub Khan, Vaishnavi Mahant, Manjeet Kullar, Arun Bali, Nandita Thakur
94JwalaBhairavi Raichura, Aamir Bashir, Suhita Thatte, Joy Sengupta
95A True StoryParag Deshpande, Shreyas Talpade, Kishori Shahane
96MuktiSuchitra Pillai, Gufi Paintal, Vrajesh Hirjee, Pratima Kazmi
97AshaantShama Deshpande, Gufi Paintal, Lata Haya, Nayan Bhatt, Suresh Gaur, Rakesh Vyas, Shridhar Parab, Siddharth RavraniNikita ShahHomi Wadia
98BhavishyaHussain Kuwajerwala, Chitrapama Bannerjee, Mouli Ganguly
99SculptorAtul Agnihotri, Ramesh Rai, Mandeep Bhandar, Bakul Thakkar, Gayatri Jariwala
100MilanMurli 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
106SaudaKali Prasad Mukherjee.Kay Kay Menon, Mandeep Bhandar, Meenal Patel, Ashwini Kalsekar, Murli Sharma
107AainaAdi Irani, Neelima Azeem, Payal Nair, Anjali Mukhi
108AngelaSudhanshu Pandey, Ravee Gupta, Mangala Kenkre
109Believe It Or NotHarsh 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
113SuhaagManoj Joshi, Vishwanath, Vaishali Thakkar, Vipra Rawal, Suhita Thatte
114ApshagunAnupam Bhattacharya, Seema Shetty, Prithvi Zutshi, Anju Mahendru, Gayatri Jariwala, Murli Sharma
115Mad Man's DiaryRajesh Khera, Mehul Buch, Sucheta Khanna, Pratima Kazmi,
116Kasara GhaatRavi Kishan, Prachi Shah, Meenakshi Gupta, Sahiba Khan
117Bees Saal BaadS.Madan, Purbi Joshi, Sadhana Singh
118NisacharAjinkya Deo, Murli Sharma
119HaqeeqatSucheta Khanna, Poornima, Meenakshi Verma, Gunn, Raj Zutshi
120SaheliShakti Anand as Rakesh Jindal, Kuljeet Randhawa as Karishma, Nilanjana Sharma as Pooja, Murli Sharma as Dr. Gomes
121KirdarAchint Kaur, Irrfan KhanInhouse Productions
122Aditya Srivastava, Murli Sharma, Anirudh Agarwal, Kali Prasad Mukherjee, Lata Sabharwal, Gayatri Jariwala
123The Sweeper Vrajesh Hirjee, Sameer Khakkar, Suhasini Mulay, Meenakshi Verma, Candida Fernandes
124-125KabzaSalil Ankola, Durga Jasraj
126MangalsutraRaj 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Re telling X files in Hindi. 1998-11-29. www.tribuneindia.com.
  2. Web site: Big star of small screen. 1998-10-04. www.tribuneindia.com.
  3. Web site: After big screen, small screen returns to Kashmir Valley. India Today.
  4. Go West, directed by Edward Buzzell at TNT. Namrata Joshi . April 19, 1999 . India Today.
  5. Web site: The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Television. www.tribuneindia.com.
  6. Kumar Gaurav back in action, to play terrorist in TV serial Sikandar. Namrata Joshi . October 19, 1999 . India Today.
  7. Web site: The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Glitz 'n' glamour. www.tribuneindia.com.