In Popular Culture
- The CBI franchise is a series of Malayalam films directed by K. Madhu, scripted by S. N. Swami, and starring Mammootty as Sethurama Iyer, a celebrated fictitious CBI officer. Till 2011, four films have been released in the series while a fifth one is in production. The films so far released are: Oru CBI Diary Kurippu (1988, A CBI diary note), Jagratha (1989, Caution), Sethurama Iyer CBI (2004) and Nerariyan CBI (2005, CBI In pursuit of truth).
- S.P. Balasubrahmanyam plays the role of CBI officer Laxminarayan in the 1993 Tamil Thiruda Thiruda where CBI chases a stolen RBI money vault.
- Zayed Khan plays the role of CBI officer Vishal Malhotra in the 2003 Hindi Chura Liyaa Hai Tumne.
- Arjun plays the role of CBI officer Vivek Varma in the Tamil Bommalattam.
- Vikram plays the role of Kanthasamy, a CBI officer in the 2009 Tamil Kanthaswamy.
- Sanjay Kapoor plays the role of Ali Khan in 2010 Prince movie.
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