Shaktimaan is also returning amid lockdown, confirms Mukesh Khanna

Actor Mukesh Khanna took to Twitter on Sunday to announce the return of his hit superhero show, Shaktimaan.

Joining the list of reruns on Doordarshan is another cult classic from the golden era of Indian television, superhero show Shaktimaan, veteran actor Mukesh Khanna, who featured in the titled role, has revealed.

Mukesh Khanna played Shaktimaan from 1997 to 2005.

Earlier, it was announced the cult hit mythological series Ramayana, Mahabharat, Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Circus and Byomkesh Bakshi, featuring Rajit Kapur, will be re-telecast on the national broadcaster and its sister channels during the 21-day lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus.

Khanna took to Twitter on Sunday to share the news.

However, the actor-producer didn’t disclose the date and time of the show’s re-run, he asked fans to wait for the announcement.

Khanna, who was already a household names thanks to his role as the duty-bound Bhishma in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat, found another fan base among children in the late 1990s as Shaktimaan and his alter ego Pandit Gangadhar Vidhyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastri, a photographer for the newspaper Aaj Ki Aawaz.

Shaktimaan aired on DD 1 from 1997 to 2005. It was later translated into different languages and aired on different channels.

The show was followed by Shaktimaan: The Animated Series in 2011, and a television film titled Hamara Hero Shaktimaan in 2013. There are reports that Khanna is working on a sequel to the show and will start working on a follow-up after the lockdown.

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