Superman
The Indian Superman
- Action
- Science Fiction
- Adventure
Overview
In this Indian take on the classic superhero story, a young baby from the doomed planet Krypton is sent to Earth, where he is adopted by an elderly couple in India who name him Shekhar. After growing to an adult and learning about his origins and powers, he goes to the city in search of his school sweetheart, Gita, who has become a newpaper reporter. At the same time, Verma, Shekhar's rival for Gita's affection in their school days, has gone on to become a crime lord and general super-villain. Verma has hatched at plan to become rich by devastating part of India with natural disasters, then buying up all of the abandoned land. Will Superman/Shekhar be able to put a stop to Verma's evil plan? Will he win Gita's heart? Will he keep his double identity a secret?
Keywords
- superhero
- super power
- saving the world
- superhuman strength
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 31, 1987
- Original language
- Hindi
- Spoken languages
- Hindi
- Countries
- India
- Production
- GoldminesTelefilms,Fine Art Pictures
- Cast
- Puneet Issar,Shakti Kapoor,Dharmendra,Ashok Kumar,Bob Christo,Ranjeeta Kaur,Murad,Sonia Sahni,Lalita Kumari,Jagdeepand 3 more
- Director
- B. Gupta
- Producer
- B. Gupta,Sonia Gupta
- Music
- Kamalkant
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0297416