Mukesh Khanna on Shaktimaan: If we say that the superhero based show ‘Shaktimaan’ was the kids’ favorite show of the ’90s, then that wouldn’t be wrong. To watch this show that started in the year 1997 on DD National, in those days kids used to sit on the TV ahead of time. It can be said that this is not a drama for 90’s children, but its emotions are attached to it. Now, after 17 years, this series will be seen again, but in the form of a movie.
Mukesh Khanna, who played the character of ‘Shaktimaan’ on the show, had recently announced that he would be making a movie with ‘Sony Pictures International Productions’ and now the actor has spoken about his budget. At the same time, he also revealed that people used to tell him that he should also bring another part of ‘Shaktimaan’. Now Mukesh Khanna has told all this in a final interview with ‘Amar Ujala’.
Mukesh Khanna said: “This project came to me after many years. People used to ask me to do Shaktimaan 2. I didn’t want Shaktimaan to go back on TV. After the conversation, I shook hands with the Sony team and then made this news public. People want to know, what’s going on next? What should I tell you now? It is a great movie for at least Rs 300 crore. I can’t say much more about it until everything is finalized.”
Shaktimaan has said that it will take time to make this 300 crore big budget movie but this movie will be based on a desi concept. He said, “This movie may be made by the creators of Spider-Man, but Shaktimaan will be desi. I have prepared the story of the film in my own way. I only had one condition with him, that he would not change history. People ask, who will become Shaktimaan? This is also a great question in itself, which I will not answer, but it is also certain that without Mukesh Khanna, Shaktimaan will not be there. Because if someone else becomes powerful, the whole country will not accept it. Let us tell you that ‘Shaktimaan’ was solely produced by Mukesh Khanna.