| Shaktimaan | |
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| Genre | Action Superhero |
| Created by | Mukesh Khanna |
| Written by | Ghalib Asad Bhopali Brijmohan Pandey |
| Directed by | Dinker Jani |
| Starring | Mukesh Khanna Vaishnavi Mahant Kitu Gidwani Surendra Pal Lalit Parimoo Tom Alter |
| Opening theme | "Shaktimaan" |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 450[1][2] |
| Production | |
| Producer | Mukesh Khanna |
| Production location | Mumbai |
| Cinematography | Manoj Soni |
| Editor | Nasir Hakim Ansari |
| Running time | 45-60 minutes |
| Production company | Bheeshm International |
| Budget | ₹2 lakh - ₹10 lakh per episode [3] |
| Original release | |
| Network | DD National |
| Release | 13 September 1997[1] – 27 March 2005[1] |
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Shaktimaan is an Indian Hindi-language superhero television show, created by Mukesh Khanna that aired on DD National from 13 September 1997 to 27 March 2005.[4]
Producer Mukesh Khanna played the role of Shaktimaan and his alter ego "Pandit Gangadhar Vidhyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastri", 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.
In an interview with Nupur Rekhi of indiantelevision.com, Khanna told that he has even received letters from the external affairs minister and then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee saying that he has done a very good thing in choosing the role of Shaktimaan and keeping up with it. He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal on the front page reflecting on Shaktimaan's (and hence Khanna's) positive influence on children.
- ^ a b c Manik Sharma (1 October 2017). "Chacha Choudhary, Nagraj, Super Commando Dhruva: The league of extraordinary gentlemen". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "SHAKTIMAAN (450 EPISODES) - 1997 - Rights". Ultra Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
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