Shaktimaan
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[1] in English, Tarang in Oriya and Chutti TV in Tamil, 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 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.| Shaktimaan | |
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| Created by | Manoj Kumar |
| Written by | Ghalib Asad Bhopali andBrij Mohan Pandey |
| Directed by | Dinkar Jani and Yatindra rawat (Bablu) |
| Starring | Mukesh Khanna Vaishnavi Mahant Kitu Gidwani Surendra Pal Tom Alter |
| Opening theme | Shaktimaan |
| Country of origin | India |
| Originallanguage(s) | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 503 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Manoj Kumar. U |
| Editor(s) | Nasir Hakim Ansari |
| Cinematography | Manoj Soni |
| Running time | 30 minutes NYZ |
| Release | |
| Original channel | Doordarshan |
| Original release | 13 September 1997 – 27 March 2005[1] |
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