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Shaktimaan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search This article is about Shaktimaan (TV series). For the 1993 film, see Shaktiman (1993 film). For the 2005 film, see Shaktimaan (2005 film). Shaktimaan SHAKTIMAAN.gif Genre Action Superhero Created by Mukesh Khanna Dinker Jani Written by Ghalib Asad Bhopali Brijmohan Pandey Directed by Dinker Jani Starring Mukesh Khanna Vaishnavi Mahant Kitu Gidwani Surendra Pal Tom Alter Lalit Parimoo Kishwer Merchant Zahida Parveen Opening theme "Shaktimaan" Country of origin India Original language Hindi No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 520[1][2] Production Producers Mukesh Khanna and Sony Pictures India Production location Mumbai Cinematography Manoj Soni Editor Nasir Hakim Ansari Running time 45-60 minutes Production companies Bheeshm International and Sony Pictures Release Original network DD National Original release 13 September 1997[1] – 27 March 2005[1] Shaktimaan is an Indian Hindi-language superhero television show that aired on DD National from 13 September 1997 to 27 March 2005.[3] Producer Mukesh Khanna played the role of Shaktimaan and his alter ego "Pandit Gangadhar Vidhyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastriji", a photographer for the newspaper Aaj Ki Aawaz. Shaktimaan was depicted as a human who has attained superhuman powers through meditation and five elements of nature: Space, Earth, Air, Fire, Water. Kitu Gidwani (later replaced by Vaishnavi Mahant) played the role of Geeta Vishwas, a reporter who loves Shaktimaan. Surendra Pal played the role of Tamraj Kilvish. The show was followed by Shaktimaan: The Animated Series in 2011, and a television film titled Hamara Hero Shaktimaan in 2013. Shaktimaan will soon be adapted for the big screen as film studio Sony Pictures has acquired the film adaptation rights for the character. On February 10, 2022, 

Sony Pictures India made the announcement on Twitter with a short concept video showing the rise of Shaktimaan. The video shows a flying camera and glasses, which were signature accessories of Shaktimaan's alter ego journalist Gangadhar Shastri, followed by the emblem on the superhero's chest. The text in the video reads, "As darkness and evil prevail upon humanity, it's time for him to return." The video then goes on to give a better look at Shaktimaan's costume. [4] Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Broadcast 4.1 Home media and streaming services 5 Fictional biography 5.1 Origin 5.2 Powers 5.3 Personal life 6 Characters 6.1 Main characters 6.1.1 Shaktimaan / Gangadhar 6.1.2 Geeta Vishwas 6.1.3 Gyanesh Vishwas 6.2 Enemies 6.2.1 Main enemies 6.2.2 Other enemies 6.3 Other characters 7 Reception 8 Other media 8.1 Comic books 8.2 Shaktimaan: The Animated Series (2011–12) 8.3 Hamara Hero Shaktimaan (2013) 8.4 Sorry Shaktimaan (2019–present) 8.5 Dhamaka (2020) 9 See also 10 References 11 External links Plot 

Since the dawn of mankind, humanity was at peace until the arrival of the Kali Yuga. Since then, greed and hatred have taken over humanity and have been deteriorating it for the past 6000 years. To end this, a mystical sect of saints known as "Suryanshis" chose a man to rise up against all odds and defeat the evil prevailing within the society. He was taught the way to energise the 7 chakras of the body through Kundalini Yoga that helped him get mystical and supernatural powers. During his training, he also conducted the ritual of death in order to get total control over his powers by entering the holy fire and immersing his physical body in it. When the five natural elements of life, fire, earth, water, wind, and sky invigorated his body, he gains superpowers and becomes a Superhuman. At last, he takes a pledge to finish corruption and injustice in society and fight the evil prevailing in the world. Due to his heroic initial works, he is named Shaktimaan by a reporter, Geeta Vishwas. Later, it is revealed that Shaktimaan was the rebirth of Shri Satya who was part of the Suryanshi Sect during the Mahabharata era 5,000 years ago. His alter-ego is a funny geek named Pandit Gangadhar Vidyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastri, who works as a photographer in a daily newspaper office to maintain his secret identity as Shaktimaan and speaks pure Hindi. Shaktimaan's nemesis is Tamraj Kilvish, who is the living embodiment of the evil and dark forces of the world. Cast Mukesh Khanna as Pandit Gangadhar Vidyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastri / Shaktimaan, Major Ranjeet Singh, Shree Satya, Evil Clone Shaktimaan Kitu Gidwani as Geeta Vishwas (Episode 1–8) Vaishnavi as Geeta Vishwas (Episode 9–450) Surendra Pal as Tamraj Kilvish / Guru Sarvagya Tom Alter as 1st Mahaguru Arun Mathur as 2nd Mahaguru Salil Sudhakar as 3rd Mahaguru Gajendra Chauhan as 4th Mahaguru/Shuv Lalit Parimoo as Dr. Jaikaal (Jackal) Arun Bakshi as Dr. Jaikaal (in last few episodes) Amit Mishra as Dr. Jaikaal (in last few episodes) Raman Khatri as Sahab / Kumar Ranjan Sharad Smart as Satyaprakash Nirala, the 1st editor of Aaj Ki Awaaz Raju Shrivastav as Durandhar Singh, the 2nd editor of Aaj Ki Awaaz Manjeet Kullar as Kaushalya, Shaktimaan's biological mother/ Maharani Shavalika Ashwini Kalsekar as Shalaaka / Kaali Billi Dolly Minhas as Shaliyaa / Safed Billi, elder sister, and guardian of Shalaaka Kishore Bhanushali as Naurangee the thief Rajendra Gupta as Prof. Gyanesh Vishwas, paranormal scientist, Geeta Vishwas's father. Jay Mishra as Ghosh Babu Nawab Shah as Mayor JJ "Jai Kumar Janardhan" / Kakodar Deepshikha Nagpal as Paroma and Sheraali (dual roles) Sunila Karambelkar as Queen Mayaadri and Natasha in starting episodes Brijmohan Pandey as Bankelal / Toyman Sanjeev Chaddha as Shudhanshu Ji Ajit Mehra as Swami Ji Arun Bali as Dayal Chopra, Businessman, and owner of Aaj Ki Awaz Govind Khatri as Mahashay Shubhangi Latkar as Arundhati Devi Zahida Parveen as Nisha Saluja, a reporter who replaced Geeta at Aaj Ki Awaz Hemal Dharia as Hemal Urmila Amar as Leela Lautekar Nupur Alankar as Kamini, Film gossip writer at Aaj Ki Awaaz Raj Premi as Johaharu Shikha Swaroop as Alien (special appearance) Goga Kapoor as Bilas Rao Zeena Bhatia as Matandeeka Witch Deepraj Rana as Inspector Jai Singh, a Corrupt Police officer. Urvashi Dholakia as Maansi Sharma Annu Kashyap as Teemira / Behroopia Swati Anand as Sunanda Neelam Mehra as Maansi Shravani Goswami as Shalini (Bengali Bahu) Durgesh Nandini as Rachna (Punjabi Bahu) Manav Sohal as Shalini's husband Faqir Nabi as Kapala Preeti Puri as Inspector Amrita Arora Production Shaktimaan was conceptualised by Khanna in 1981 when he was working on a film with Rajshri Productions. He narrated the idea to producer Rajkumar Barjatya, who liked it, and the two adapted it into a film titled Akash. In November 1997, Screen reported quoted him: "I would watch my nephew sitting glued to the TV whenever Power Zone came on, shooting with imaginary fire guns, or operating some imaginary hi-fi gadget in his own little world. That's when it struck me that if I made Shaktimaan I would have a readymade audience of kids who are always most impressed with SFX tricks." Over the development of the titular character, Khanna said, "In Indian mythology, there are a lot of strong characters but no super-heroes. All we get to see our Superman or Spiderman, who are alien concepts. That's why I decided to create an Indian superhero, Shaktimaan, who is born out of a yagna, and a result of all the creative energies of the universe. A superhero who can fly...disappear. And when he is not in his super-hero avataar, he's a bumbling photographer who always misses scooping much to the chagrin of his boss Kitu Gidwani." He added that the attire of Shaktimaan's alter ego, "complete with buck teeth and floppy hair", was inspired by American comedian Jerry Lewis.[5] Having wanted the "best ever" special effects seen on Indian television, following the series' airing, Khanna felt that it "[fell] is short of [his] expectations". He added, "When I had planned the serial I wanted the kind of special effects seen in Superman, Spiderman and Terminator. Maybe I was too ambitious. Computer graphics has just arrived in India and there is lack of trained professionals here." He further said, the special effects for each episode cost him ₹2 lakh, and ₹10 lakh overall.[5] In 2004 Sign language interpretation was launched for the social message given at the end of the episodes.[6] The series was sponsored by Parle-G from its first episode.[5] In 2019, Khanna revealed through his YouTube channel that the show had to be cancelled because the high broadcasting charges were bringing him losses, and not due to complaints of children imitating stunts from the show as popularly believed.[7] Broadcast The series ran for 450 episodes from 13 September 1997 to 27 March 2005 on DD National.[1] Reruns of the series also aired on STAR Utsav and Dangal TV.[8] The re-edited version of the series premiered on Pogo TV in 2006, The series was also dubbed in English language for the network.[9][10] The show was later aired on several other Indian TV channels in various languages, like Odia on Tarang and Tamil on Chutti TV.[citation needed] The show was re-telecast from 1 April 2020 on DD National when the production of the ongoing series had to be stopped by the channel due to COVID-19 pandemic.[11] The series was also aired on DD Retro starting from 13 April 2020.[12] Home media and streaming services The series was released on DVD by Ultra India.[2] The series was also launched on their YouTube channel on 17 February 2011.[13] A Bhojpuri language version was also launched on Ultra Kids Zone's YouTube channel in 2014.[14] The series was made available to stream on Amazon Prime Video in 2019.

Origin Shaktimaan received powers from seven gurus who trained and blessed him with "yogic shakti which was natural power." He was the chosen warrior against evil by Siddha gurus of a cult named Suryanshi. They are followers of the star Sun. As part of the training, he trained with Kundalini Yoga to awake the 7 chakras of the body and gain 'supernatural' powers from them. To gain complete control over his powers, he performed the ritual of death. However, this did not cause death but made him more alive than when he was a normal man. He also performed Yajna in which he entered the fire himself and dissolved his body in the fire. Then, the five elements of life, i.e. fire, wind, water, earth, sky revived his body giving him special powers from them. Thus, after leaving his mortal body, he was given a superhuman form to fight against the evil in the world as Shaktimaan.[16] After Shaktimaan was created, he set out to destroy his archenemy Kilvish. But, as the Mahaguru (Tom Alter) explained, Kilvish can only be defeated after evil is destroyed. Shaktimaan's mission is to destroy the sin within people, not the sinned people. Shaktimaan's adventures show him pursuing justice and saving his friends while Kilvish and his minions plot to defeat him. Powers Shaktimaan has superhuman powers that lie inside his body in his seven chakras of Kundalini attained through meditation. Shaktimaan worships God through the symbol Om. Truthfulness is his motto. He can even separate his body into five different bodies of fire, wind, water, earth, and sky.[17] He is an expert, skilled and intelligent fighter and has fought with super-skilled enemies. He possesses physical powers like unlimited speed (up to the speed of light), strength, durability as well as psychic powers like telepathy, teleportation, telekinesis, etc. Although he possesses godlike powers, his only weakness is a crystal (Papmani) possessed by Tamraj Kilvish which can be used to defeat and even kill him. This makes him powerless because it is filled with the evil of the world and is the source of the black powers. But he regains his strength after the crystal is taken away from him. He can be killed if the crystal is placed in front of him and he is treated violently to the verge of death. Shaktimaan also gets brief premonitions about the incidents that are going to happen to him in the future. This can be observed in Kashtak's episode, Geeta going to jail, and in Kapala's reappearance episodes.[18] Shaktimaan's powers are virtually limitless. He can do practically anything he imagines. The only limit to his powers is his own belief in himself and his knowledge of how to manifest his powers. His powers come from his chakras. (Note: Although we'll call them chakras in the Vedas, in the series dialogue they will also be called energy centers.) The seven chakras in his body which give him powers are: Energy Chakra (1): This chakra gives Shaktimaan super strength, enabling him to fly, shoot fire from his hands, emit rays from his fingertips, blow a stream of freezing air, or send out protective force fields which nothing can penetrate (provided he can maintain his willpower and not give in). Shaktimaan's strength allows him to physically penetrate anything and lift any object. Creative Chakra (2): This chakra gives Shaktimaan the power to manifest things out of thin air. Astral Chakra (3): This chakra gives Shaktimaan the power to control his astral body (a semi-transparent, ethereal duplicate of himself) which can fly, walk through walls, see inside objects, etc. Heart Chakra (4): This chakra gives Shaktimaan the power to control the will of others, but only for good. He can will people to do the right thing, see the error in their ways. This power is most useful when Shaktimaan needs to stop someone who is under the control of Kilvish from doing evil. Vibration Chakra (5): This chakra gives Shaktimaan the power to control all types of vibrations, including sound waves, light waves, healing warmth, etc. He can also use it to hear ultrasonic sounds and can speed up the vibrations of his own atoms, allowing him to transport himself in space or time. This can be very useful for getting out of dangerous situations. Psychic Chakra : This chakra gives Shaktimaan the power of the "third eye", which enables him to read minds and see anywhere in the world at any distance. He can sense impending danger and see things at any corner of the world. Personal life To avoid being an easy prey of Tamraj Kilvish, Shaktimaan adopted an alter ego of Pandit Gangadhar Vidyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastri in the society. The character Gangadhar is completely opposite to that of Shaktimaan in all aspects, e.g. appearance, intelligence while he speaks pure Hindi. Whenever he gets an important job to do, he says that he has written a book on it which had never been published. Staying in society as a common person helped him to get knowledge about the crime. He got a job as a photographer for the newspaper Aaj Ki Awaaz after being interviewed by Geeta Vishwas. After a few weeks, he became a co-reporter working with Geeta. Through a series of incidents and the fact that he could never capture a photo of Shaktimaan, Geeta came to know about the dual identity of Shaktimaan, which was previously known only to Suryanshis. After Aaj Ki Awaaz was shut down, Gangadhar became a Hindi professor at a Tarun college. Later, he left the college to work for a news channel KR TV with Geeta. Characters 

 Main characters Shaktimaan / Gangadhar Actor Mukesh Khanna portrays the main character of the show Shaktimaan and his alter ego Gangadhar. In the show, Shaktimaan was depicted as a character who had attained superhuman powers through meditation and five elements of nature. He is trained by a mystical sect of saints to fight against all odds and defeat the evil prevailing within the society. Shaktimaan's alter ego is Gangadhar, who is a funny geek. He works as a photographer in a daily newspaper office to maintain his secret identity. He is portrayed as the complete opposite of Shaktimaan. Geeta Vishwas Geeta Vishwas (Vaishnavi Mahant, previously Kitu Gidwani), the female lead in the serial, used to work as a brave news reporter in Aaj Ki Awaaz. She was the first to report about Shaktimaan in a newspaper and named the superhero Shaktimaan. Incidentally, she was the only reporter to get interviews with Shaktimaan as Gangadhar used to accompany her as a photographer on missions. She died in a crash planned by Dr. Jackal.

 As Shaktimaan loved her, he brought her back to life again using his power, which resulted in losing his powers temporarily due to his against the nature actions. Geeta came to know about this after Shaktimaan regained power with the vow that he will never repeat the same mistake again. To ensure this, she planned to leave the country. In the lead up to that situation, she got to know about Shaktimaan's dual character for the third time. But unlike the first two occasions, Shaktimaan didn't erase it from Geeta's memory this time as she promised to keep it secret forever. One year later‡, after Aaj Ki Awaaz was shut down, its staff members persuaded Geeta in returning to India to join them to release Shaktimaan comics. Later, she teamed up with Gangadhar again and joined KR TV as a television reporter while working for the comics simultaneously. ‡ – When the journalist character Geeta Vishwas was written out of the series, fan protests prompted the producers to bring her back.

Gyanesh Vishwas He is a scientist who was Geeta's father and Ranjit Singh's friend. He encountered Ranjit Singh while on an expedition to perform research at a mysterious valley, where he and his team were attacked by invisible figures (later revealed to be Tamraj Kilvish's servants) that shot fires at them and was rescued by Ranjit Singh. When he went to the city and returned to meet Ranjit Singh at the forest later, he found out that Ranjit Singh and the whole group of soldiers there had been killed. He writes the incidents in his diary. 

Many years later, Shaktimaan wanted to know more about Ranjit Singh from Gyanesh, as he didn't know Ranjit Singh was actually Shaktimaan's father and he was only raised by Pandit Vidyadhar Shastri. However, Gyanesh is killed by Dr. Jackal before it happens. Later, Geeta gives Gangadhar Gyanesh's diary which helps him find out the truth. Enemies Main enemies Tamraj Kilvish Tamraj Kilvish is Shaktimaan's archenemy and overall the main antagonist of the entire franchise. Tamraj means King of Darkness (Tama = darkness, raj = king) and Kilvish means shameful. He has lived 6000 years and is the source of evil in the world. He intends to rule the world by spreading darkness, hatred, sin, and evil. It is said that the source of his strength is one-half of the "Shakti Punj" (the half which is referred to as "Shaktiman") which he managed to retain after he originally obtained the entire Shakti Punj by deceit from Shri Satya (Satya means truth), the founder of the Suryavanshi. 

However, it is also mentioned that the source of his strength is the evil that is committed by people in this world. It was later revealed that only Shri Satya can kill Tamraj Kilvish. After a death-defying adventure, Shaktimaan was told that he is the rebirth of Shri Satya. Shri Satya had given the exact time of the child's birth and the place before he died about 6000 years ago. Tamraj also knows this and this is the main reason he is frightened by the appearance of Shaktimaan as he knows that only Shaktimaan can kill Tamraj. He murdered Shaktimaan's parents and his adoptive father, Pandit Vidyadhar Shastri. He and his minion's plot to kill him but always fail. His minions include Electric-man (who can shoot lightning bolts from his body), Stone-man (who can shoot stones from his body), Plastica (who can stretch any part of her body), Dr. Jackal (an evil scientist), and others. Dr. Jackal has helped Kilvish in his various schemes by cloning Shaktimaan and also by turning aliens against him.

 In the television series, Kilvish is often treated as the personification of darkness itself even though he was once a human being who later becomes very powerful and commits many evil deeds. In an attempt to become immortal, he left his mortal body and took an ethereal body that can't be killed but Shaktimaan is told that he has to kill all the evil in the world to destroy Tamraj's ethereal body. Kilvish's trademark quote is "Andhera Kaayam Rahe" (May Darkness Prevail), which is also used by his followers. Kilvish's character evolves as the series progresses. In the beginning episodes of Shaktimaan, his face is never shown and his voice is different from the voice that he uses in the later episodes of Shaktimaan, in which his role is played by Surendra Pal. Later his face deforms to become a distorted wolf-like face.

Dr. Jackal Dr. Jackal Vishvamitra Shandilya is an evil scientist who works for Kilvish. His earlier intention was not that of becoming evil, but when he was denied scholarship for research, Kilvish provided him with funds and labs, thus making him a supporter of Kilvish & an evil scientist.

Though he is overall a brilliant scientist, his specialisation is cloning and various energy rays. His creations against Shaktimaan include Kekda Man (a clone formed by fusing cells of Crab & human), followed by Jonk Jonkaa (a clone using leech), an evil clone of Shaktimaan, Plastica, Lightman, 3D image, Super-heroine Sunanda and others. He also invented a height control solution and fictional EC- rays.

 Sahab Sahab is an organised criminal and drug lord. Like Shaktimaan he also possesses a double identity, the other being that of a law-abiding industrialist and Mayor, known as Kumar Ranjan. Except for Tamraj Kilvish (and later Dr. Jackal), no one knows that Sahab and Kumar Ranjan are the same people, thus making this his biggest strength. Through his criminal mind, Sahab keeps plotting ways to create trouble for Shaktimaan or to defame him and to find out about the real identity of Shaktimaan.[35]