FIR is an Indian Hindi-language sitcom that aired on SAB TV (now Sony SAB). The show is set in the fictional Imli Police Thana and follows the comic misadventures of Sub-Inspector Chandramukhi Chautala, a tall, hot-headed female officer from Haryana, and her subordinate constables. The series became one of the longest-running comedy programmes on Indian television and helped establish SAB TV's identity as a dedicated comedy channel.
| Title | FIR |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sitcom, Police comedy |
| Language | Hindi |
| Original network | SAB TV |
| Original run | 2006–2015 |
| Production | Edit II (Sunjoy Waddhwa) |
| Lead role | Chandramukhi Chautala |
| Lead actress | Kavita Kaushik |
| Setting | Imli Police Thana (fictional) |
The series is set inside a small-town police station where Inspector Chandramukhi Chautala, a Jat officer with a strong Haryanvi dialect and an exaggerated sense of duty, handles a stream of unusual complaints and petty cases. The station's staff—including Constable Gulgule, Head Constable Mulayam Singh Gulgul, and others—form an ensemble whose bumbling investigations drive the comedy. Each episode typically presents a self-contained case alongside running gags about the precinct's internal dynamics.
The cast underwent multiple changes during the show's run, with Kavita Kaushik briefly leaving and later returning to the role that became closely identified with her.
FIR was produced by Sunjoy Waddhwa under the banner Sphere Origins/Edit II. The show was developed for SAB TV during a period when the channel was repositioning itself around situational comedy. Its mix of slapstick, regional caricature and serialised case-of-the-week storytelling fit the channel's evolving brand alongside titles such as Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah.
FIR was among the earliest mainstream Hindi sitcoms to be built around a female lead playing a uniformed police officer in a comedic register, and the character of Chandramukhi Chautala became a popular cultural reference. The show's catchphrases, particularly Chandramukhi's Haryanvi-inflected dialogue, contributed to its recall value. It is widely cited alongside Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah and Lapataganj as part of SAB TV's first wave of long-running family comedies that defined the channel's identity in the late 2000s and early 2010s.