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ID's UNIQUE ENGAGEMENT ATTRACTS AUDIENCE AT CRIME WRITERS FESTIVAL

ID - Investigation Discovery, India’s only Hindi investigation channel featuring true stories of investigation, suspense and crime, powered the very first Crime Writers Festival being held at the India Habitat Center, New Delhi.

ID created a unique engagement with thousands of visitors at the festival.Visitors donned their detective hats and were offered a chance to solve a case on the spot from clues available at the crime scene. The crime scene at the venue not only grabbed the interest of hundreds of people but even the crime writers could not hold themselves back. Acclaimed Hindi crime fiction writer, Surender Mohan Pathak was seen attempting to solve the ID murder case at the festival.

This initiative is an ideal platform to reiterate the channel’s on-air promise of presenting thrilling investigative programming through varied narratives. The platform offered ID a very interesting setting to showcase its creativity and knowledge of crime and investigation.

Crime Writers Festival 2015 offers two days of soaking in the world of crime, suspense and high thrills with sessions on plot styles, films and characters. The festival aims to bring together the finest crime writers and filmmakers from India and around the world for sessions on all aspects of crime writing. Some of the distinguished personalities participating in the sessions are ASHWIN SANGHI, SURENDER MOHAN PATHAK, DIBAKAR BANERJEE, NILS NORDBERG, S.HUSSAIN ZAIDI and JERRY PINTO amongst many others.

For further information, please contact:

Karuna Gulyani

Email: karuna_gulyani@discovery.com

Mobile: +919810701206

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