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Hero – Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai
Created by	Arif Ali
Screenplay by	Rahul Bose Anand Barotia Rishi Mittal Ram Kishore Prasad Deepak Jaul Sanatan Nehru
Story by	Rohit Gohlawt
Opening theme	Joy Ke Sang
Ending theme	Hero Title Song
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	168
Production
Producers	Ronnie Screwvala Zarina Mehta Deven Khote
Cinematography	Durga Prasad Singh
Running time	20-22 minutes
Production company	UTV Software Communications
Original release
Network	Hungama TV
Release	30 May 2005 (2005-05-30) – 9 August 2007 (2007-08-09)

Hero – Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai (transl. Hero – Devotion is Strength) is an Indian superhero television series that aired on Hungama TV from 30 May 2005 to 9 August 2007. It is about the heroic deeds and adventures of a superhero called Hero, who is bestowed with out-of-this-world magical powers by the Goddess Durga to help him fight the criminals and supervillains. Created by Arif Ali of UTV and directed by Waseem Sabir and Imtiaz Alam. It starred Sumeet Pathak.

Synopsis

The story revolves around a boy named Joy, who is disliked by most of his peers, including his younger brother Avi, for his innocent child persona. Due to his innocence and indomitable will, the goddess is impressed and gives him a magical ring through which he can transform himself into a superhero named "HERO". From this point on, Joy regularly saves the world from powerful supervillains like Virat and Samrat.

Cast

• Sumeet Pathak as Joy Sehgal/Hero (2005–07)
• Rupali Suri as Babli (2005)
• Nirmal Soni as Dholu (2005)
• Shilpa Tulaskar as Sunaina Sehgal (2005, 2007)
• Mayank Tandon as Avi Sehgal (2005–06)
• Chetanya Adib as Veer Sehgal/Virat (2006)
• Lavina Tandon as Charlotte (2005–2006)
• Kishan Savjani as Raju "Rejji" Madan Saxena (2005–06)
• Dhairya Ojha as Chunky Nayyar (2005)
• Rakesh Thareja as Prem Prakash Sharma (2005–07)
• Vijay Aidasani as Principal Karnal Raghavan (2005)
• Rajeev Kumar as Varun Sir (2005)
• Akshita Garuad as Menaakshi "Meenu" Desai (2005)
• Parth Muni as Balvinder "Chotta Pape" Kulwinder Harnam Singh Sodhi (2005–07)
• Farida Jalal as Bebe (2005)
• Pragati Mehra as Kirthar Maami (2005)
• Addite Malik as Miss Jasmine (2005)
• Gaurav Gera as Cameraman Flash (2005)
• Abbas Ali as Goga/Zipzap (2005, 2006)
• Anuj Pandit Sharma as Invisible boy Sadashiv (2005)
• Renuka Bondre as Manorma
• Chahatt Khanna as Princess Myra (2005)
• Amano Dhyan as Bubble Badashah (2006)
• Amit K Sinha as Chumbak Choo (2006)
• Shahid Hassan as Gappi (2006)
• Kavi Kumar Azad as Dhappi (2006)
• Akanksha Kapil as Shruti Singh (2006)
• Shridhar Watsar as Gabbar (2006)
• Vijay Ganju as Cactus Cola (2006)
• Jagesh Mukati as Caiptan Cooker (2006)
• Narendra Bedi as Changa Mama (2006)
• Bijal Batavia as Sharmila Miss (2007)
• Shivansh as Honey (2007)
• Adityansh as Bankey "BB" Babu (2007)
• Shivshakti Sachdev as Neetu Shrivastava (2007)
• Susheel Parashar as Dr. Darr/Masoom Sir (2007)
• Farzil Pardiwalla as Harry's Dad (2007)
• Sachin Nayak as Umbrella Man (2007)
• Daniyal Hassan as Harry "Harry The Rockstar" Podar (2007)

Episodes

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Series overview

Season 1 (2005)

Season 2 (2006)

Season 3 (2007)

Broadcast

The series aired from 30 May 2005 to 9 August 2007 on Hungama TV and ran for 3 seasons and 168 episodes. Reruns of the series also aired on Jetix and Disney XD.

References

1. "Hungama TV to launch new season of 'Hero' on 12 June". 10 June 2006. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
2. "Hungama TV ramps up activity with new shows & contest". 2 April 2007. Archived from the original on 1 January 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
3. "'Hero' to debut on Hungama TV on 30 May". 28 May 2005. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
4. "Hungama's new 'Hero' lives up to its name". 15 June 2005. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
5. "Frida Jalal meets 'Hero'". 15 July 2005. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
6. "Hungama's new 'Hero' lives up to its name". 15 June 2005. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
7. "Jetix unveils content line-up for July". 8 September 2017. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017.
8. "Disney Channel sweats films to up viewership this summer". 6 April 2010. Archived from the original on 24 August 2017. Retrieved 27 June 2017.

External links

• Hero – Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai at IMDb

• 2005 Indian television series debuts
• 2007 Indian television series endings
• Indian drama television series
• Indian superhero television shows
• Hungama TV original programming
• UTV Television
• Indian fantasy television series
• Jetix original programming
• Disney XD (Indian TV channel) original programming
• Indian action television series