Mukesh Khanna teases 'Shaktimaan' sequel after fans demand re-run of original amid coronavirus lockdown

The countrywide lockdown brought a little good news for fans of television from the 80s and 90s with shows like Ramayan, Mahabharat, Byomkesh Bakshi, and Circus making a return on television and now fans have requested the re-run of Shaktimaan, featuring Mukesh Khanna as India’s most popular superhero.

Now, as demand to bring the show back on television is at an all-time high, the actor has revealed that a sequel to the show is in the works. For the uninformed, Mukesh not only played the titular role in Shaktimaan but also co-created it. 

In a recent interview, Mukesh spoke about the same and said, "For the last three years, we have been working towards bringing out the second edition of Shaktimaan, which is contemporary but rooted in our values. We were working on the sequel because people wanted to know, aage kya hua (what had happened)."

"I feel whenever we return to work after this crisis, I will be in a better position to bring out the second part because the demand for it is higher than ever before,” he further added. Before this, Mukesh in the past had also expressed his desire to make a film on the superhero. "I wanted to make a full-fledged feature film on Shaktimaan, but had to make do with a telefilm when the finances for it didn’t work out as planned."

In addition to this, a 3D animated series on Shaktimaan has also been announced. Its trailer was launched at Comic-Con India last year.