Shaktimaan शक्तिमान is an Indian superhero from the television series of the same name produced by Mukesh Khanna and directed by Dinkar Jani. Around 300 episodes of the series originally aired on Doordarshan, India's national television network, from 27 September 1997 (barring the ductory episode on 13 September 1997) to 27 March 2005.