Shaktimaan 

When darkness get strengthened to destroy the world, Suryanshis chose Shaktimaan in order to fight against the forces of evil.

Stars:

Mukesh Khanna, Vaishnavi Mahant, Surendra Pal

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mukesh Khanna	...	Shaktiman (1998-2005) 520 episodes, 1997
Vaishnavi Mahant	...	Geeta Vishwas (1998-2005) 510 episodes, 1997
Surendra Pal	...	Tamraj Kilvish (1998-2005) 500 episodes, 1997
Rajendra Gupta	...	Prof Vishwas (1998-2005) 500 episodes, 1997
Tom Alter	...	Mahaguru (1998-2005) 500 episodes, 1997
Nawab Shah	...	Kakodar (1998-2005) / ... 500 episodes, 1997
Raju Srivastava	...	Durandhar Singh, 2nd editor of Aaj Ki Awaaz (1998-2005) 500 episodes, 1997
Deepshikha Nagpal	...	Paroma / ... 500 episodes, 1997
Manjeet Kular	...	Kaushallya (1998-2005) 500 episodes, 1997
Lalit Parimoo	...	Dr. Jaikal (1998-2005) 500 episodes, 1997
Kitu Gidwani	...	Geeta Vishwas 136 episodes, 1997

Storyline

When evil was ruling the world, the Suryanshis chose an ordinary man as the warrior to fight evil. When the five natural elements of life, fire, earth, water, wind and sky invigorated his body, he gained superpowers from these elements. Eventually he transformed into Shaktimaan. Shaktimaan was the rebirth of Shri Satya who had formed the Suryanshi Sect after the war of the Mahabharata 7,500 years ago. He got his powers from 7 spiritual gurus who had blessed him with mystical yogic shakti and trained him in ancient combat forms. During his training, Shaktimaan was taught the way to energize the 7 chakras of body through Kundalini Yoga that helped him get mystical and supernatural powers. He also conducted the ritual of death in order to get total control over his powers. This process, instead of killing him, made him almost immortal and stronger than any mere human being. Towards the end the Suryanshis performed a Yagya (Yajna) through which he entered holy fire and immersed his ...

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Plot Keywords:

superhero | fight | photographer | alter ego | good versus evil | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Did You Know?

Trivia

In one episode, Gangadhar tells kids that he's a talented actor and asks them if they want to see him enact Bheeshma Pitamaha. This is a reference to Mukesh Khanna's role of Bheeshma in the Mahabharat (1988) series.

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Goofs

Ranjit Singh uses a breastplate made of a plant to control a horse, but during the shots that show it running, the breastplates change to leather ones.

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Crazy Credits

A brief clip of the proceedings is always shown with a title before the episodes play.

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Alternate Versions

The Amazon Prime Video version includes lengthy episodes that were created by mixing several shorter episodes. The episodes in their original duration are available on YouTube and DVD.

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Connections

Referenced in Amguleechaalitham (2013)

User Reviews

Childhood memories

As soon as Shaktimaan 'word' enters our ears we enter into the days of our childhood days when watching it was an important part of out weekends. This was the impact that this series brought in the minds of children, though not only children watch it. This was a mix of ethics with fantasy, education with entertainment, ancient wisdom with modern technology. This series was marvel of Indian television was technology had not reached high tides like today. Wonderful presentation along with brilliant storyline this was a brilliant work of its days.

Details

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Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

14 September 1997 (India)

Also Known As:

Shaktimaan: The First Indian Superhero

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bheeshm International

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3