‘Saturday Suspense’ — Zee TV

‘Saturday Suspense’

Year: 1998 to 2000.

Total Episodes: 109.

Runtime: Around 45–50 minutes (60 minutes with ads).

Abhimanyu Singh and Chitrapama Banarjee from Episode 50.
© Zee Entertainment.

Saturday Suspense was a collection of suspense, thriller and crime stories telecast every Saturday on Zee TV. Each episode was a new story (except for “Dhund” that was shown in two episodes 107 and 108). Episode 86, “Daav” was adapted from James Hadley Chase’s novel There’s Always A Price Tag; an improvised version of the story was also adapted into a movie Maharathi in 2008 (Paresh Rawal, Neha Dhupia, Boman Irani). Episode 20, “Zakham” was later adapted into a full feature film Right Ya Wrong (2010) with Sunny Deol and Irrfan Khan in lead roles. 

Before they were famous, they were also here: Irrfan Khan, K. K. Menon, Abhimanyu Singh, Atul Kulkarni, Boman Irani etc. were amongst actors who were a part of this show. Although most episodes were mediocre, they were well-acted and encompassed several television actors of the 1990s; there were, however, some good episodes as well.

The background score was inferior—loud, dissonant and unrelated to the show. The show’s opening theme music was quite good but it’s not available anywhere on the internet, nor is the logo.

Following is the list of episodes and cast. Anything written in brackets is for reference whenever the actual name is not available. If anybody knows the missing titles or cast, please feel free to mention in the comments section. Special thanks to Swapnil Raj for his contribution to the list.