Sea Hawks is an Indian TV series that aired on Doordarshan National's Metro (DD Metro) channel in the late 1990s and remained as the No. 1 show for over a year. The story was based on the life and times of the Indian Coast Guard officers. The first ever Action series stars Om Puri, R Madhavan, Niki Aneja, Leelawar Tendulkar, Anup Soni, Simone Singh, Manoj Pahwa, Seema Mishra, Milind Soman and others. It was directed by Anubhav Sinha and Executive Produced by Anirudhya Mitra of UTV. Later, it was directed by Shivam Nair while Anirudhya Mitra took up the writing of the show in addition to his role of the Executive Producer. Sea Hawks was the only Indian television action drama series that was shot on land, air, water and under the water in various locations including Mumbai, Goa, Daman and Mauritius. The series aired again in 2002 on Star Plus network. It was produced by UTV.
The plot revolves around the activities of a mafia don's network, the coast guard, and the police and includes underwater and action sequences.