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Friday, 20 June 2008

The First Indian SuperHero



Shaktimaan... Hero of Indian children! Mukesh Khanna who played as Bheeshm in the mighty Mahabharat started this serial under the same name productions. It was an instant hit all over India with children looking into every superhero in him. He added the mythological element in the flashback of Shaktimaan which attracted even the old. Mukesh Khanna faced some difficulties in the middle of the series with the chaos of asking to ban the serial because some children committing suicide expecting Shaktimaan to save them. Yet these incidents did not move him. He went ahead more strongly by introducing some aspects like 'Sorry Shaktimaan', 'Thank you Shaktimaan' and teching the viewers some do's and dont's in real life and educationg them with moral etiquettes. His girlfriend Geeta Biswas acted as his aide increasing the taste of the serial. The serial is about how Shaktimaan saves the world by fighting with bad peaople created by Kelvish, the villain. The serial was also dubbed and telecasted in regional languages which increased its popularity.

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