Shaktimaan
| Shaktimaan शक्तिमान |
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| Created by | Mukesh Khanna |
| Written by | Ghalib Asad Bhopali and Shailesh Pandey |
| Directed by | Dinkar Jani and Yatindra rawat (Bablu) to |
| Starring |
Mukesh Khanna Vaishnavi Mahant Kitu Gidwani Surendra Pal Tom Alter |
| Opening theme | Shaktimaan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 520 |
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| Producer(s) | Mukesh Khanna |
| Cinematography | Manoj Soni |
| Editor(s) | Nasir Hakim Ansari |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
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| Original network | Doordarshan |
| Original release | 13 September 1997 – 27 March 2005 |
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| Shaktimaan character | |
Mukesh Khanna as Shaktimaan
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| First appearance | Superhero is Pandit Gangadhar |
| Last appearance | Shalu Dupes Sethji |
| Created by | Mukesh Khanna |
| Portrayed by | Mukesh Khanna |
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| Nickname(s) | Gangadhar |
| Aliases | Gangadhar Vidyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shashtri |
| Species | Human Mutant |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation |
Photographer Professor |
| Title | Shashtri |
| Family | Major Ranjit Singh (biological father) Kaushalya Ranjit Singh (biological mother) Vidyadhar Shashtri (Foster Father) Mayadhar Shashtri (Foster Grandfather) Omkarnath Shashtri (Foster Great Grandfather) |
| Significant other(s) | Geeta Vishwas |
| Children | none |
| Religion | Hindu |
| Nationality | Indian |
Shaktimaan (Hindi: शक्तिमान) is a fictional Indian superhero from the television series of the same name produced by Mukesh Khanna and directed by Dinkar Jani. Around 400 episodes of the series originally aired on Doordarshan, India's national television network, from 27 September 1997 (barring the introductory episode on 27 September 1997) to 27 March 2005, on Sundays at 12 noon IST. The telecast slot, however was shifted to 9:30 a.m. for the last episodes. It has also aired on Pogo in English, Tarang in Oriya and Chutti TV in Tamil,Kochu TV in Malayalam and repeated its Hindi telecast on STAR Utsav. Mukesh Khanna plays the roles of Shaktimaan, the main protagonist and his alter ego Pandit Gangadhar Vidyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastri, a photographer for the newspaper Aaj Ki Aawaz. Shaktimaan is depicted as a human who has attained superhuman strength and power through deep meditation and attaining control over five elements of life. Kitu Gidwani, and later Vaishnavi Mahant, and later Shruti Shetty plays the role of Geeta Vishwas, a reporter in the series who loves Shaktimaan. Surendra Pal plays the role of Tamraj Kilvish, the main antagonist in the series. The series started a franchise on the character. In May 2016, Mukesh Khanna announced that the show will be renewed and he will reprise his role of Shaktimaan.
Since the dawn of mankind, humanity was at peace until the arrival of Kali Yuga. Since then, greed and hatred has taken over humanity and has been deteriorating it for 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 society. He was taught the way to energize the 7 chakras of 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 had formed the Suryanshi Sect after the war of the Mahabharat 5,000 years ago.
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