Cambala Investigation Agency

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Cambala Investigation Agency (or CIA for short), is a television series broadcast on Indian television station Pogo TV. The C.I.A. consists of five children who live in a fictitious town called Cambala and solve numerous crimes... in their sparetime! They're adventurous and naturally curious, unravelling mysteries, cracking secret codes and busting kidnappings and robberies. Armed with cool gizmos, trendy bikes, smart thinking and any amount of pluck, no mystery is too difficult for the C.I.A. Adding to that, each of the five kids also have their own special talent. They generally solve cases before the town's police inspector, D. L. 'The Speedbreaker' Kulkarni.

[edit] Characters

Rohit Ghosh, 16, is the MOD (Master Of Disguise) of the gang, and quite different from all others. Rohit is stylish, cool, sport loving and the greatest sportsman at school. Strong, plucky and quick, he is always ready to take on any goon the team encounters. He usually does most of the out-on-the-field jobs and comparatively less brainwork, but he can do great brainwork when needed. Normally dressed in sweatshirts and trendy clothes, he is also a fan of SRK. He is also the fastest on bike and constantly tries to break his own records. He is constantly teased by the others and has great acting skills. Rohit is always quarrelling with Farhan and its pretty funny, normally. He boasts a lot and is a great flirt, but in his case, you just can't dislike him for these traits!

Sucheta Duggar, 16, is a brainy, no-nonsense computer geek with lots of attitude. She is the research & analyst of the gang and can find anything with a few clicks on her trusty computer. A big crossword puzzle fanatic, she likes to solve mysteries in a research-based manner and always tries to make Ishaan be a little less hard on his sister, Nikki. She is called 'Suchi' by most, and uses the word 'Guys' a lot.

Nikki Mehra, 12, is the 'baby' of the gang. She is handled firmly by her elder brother, Ishaan, who tries to leave her out of adventures; however, she always tags along behing the others, despite being forbidden, and is often a help to others when they're trapped. This Bruce Lee fan knows karate and draws well. Her childlike ideas often help crack cases when other members get stuck. She is brilliant at distracting the comical policeman, D.L.K., so the others can slip past, unnoticed, to investigate.

Ishaan Mehra, 16, is the gadget guru of the gang, with a scientist father, from whom he can get any chemicals or gizmos. He uses cool logic and tries to think like criminals to crack cases, recreating the events in the sequence in which they must have happened. He carries lots of gizmos in his backpack which get the team out of trouble. He normally sports shirts and treats his sister, Nikki, like a baby. Among the various gizmos he has obtained from his father are tracking devices, powder acid and other different and useful chemicals.

Farhan Siddiqui, 17, comes next and he is almost the opposite of Rohit. He is the silent type and also a bookworm (no wonder his corner in the C.I.A. HQ is full of books). A bespectacled "walking-talking encyclopedia", he knows every chaiwala, paanwala, rickshaw-wala, kitaab-wala... and basically every 'wala' of Cambala and can get just about any info. out of them. He also knows the history, geography and topography of the city (and almost all other cities) inside out. He is great at making excuses to adults and allergic to garlic.

'Dum Lagake' Kulkarni (known officially as D. L. Kulkarni and as D.L.K./Dum Lagake by the gang-Farhan gave him the name Dum Lagake) calls himself Kulkarni and is not a part of the gang. He is the comical policeman of Cambala who dislikes all C.I.A. members except Nikki. He is always hoping for a promotion and tries to solve mysteries before C.I.A., but invariably fails.

Srinivas Nair, Editor of The Cambala Times, should also be mentioned, though he isn't present in most mysteries. He is a funny, forgetful man and a friend of the CIA, who always insists on being called Shrini (just Shrini, no MR. or Sir). He is always writing articles on them, though is very useful to the CIA, for he is related directly or indirectly to most people in the world and can help CIA with their spying by making just one phone call.