Captain Vyom

Captain Vyom

Captain Vyom
Genre Science fiction, Action
Created by Ketan Mehta
Starring Milind Soman
Tom Alter
Opening theme "Captain Vyom"
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 54
Production
Running time Approx. 24 minutes
Release
Original network DD National
Picture format PAL SDTV
Original release 1998

Captain Vyom is an Indian live-action superhero science fiction television series aired on DD National in 1990. It was directed by Ketan Mehta. It starred Milind Soman in lead role.


Plot synopsis

By 2220, humans have conquered the solar system and established the spaces stations on several planets. The earth is governed by World Government, headquartered at Delhi.

There is a high security prison on Io, the eighth moon of Jupiter, which holds twelve powerful criminals of the universe in suspended animation. A meteor crashed into Io and disabled its security system. The 12 criminals escaped the prison. They are Teja, Paras - the alchemist, Chhalasur - the illusionist, Mohini - the hypnotist, Durgati - the biologist (Sushmita Mukherjee), Morpha - the shape-shifter, Kineto - the psychic, Sonic - the Lord of soundwaves (Dino Morea), Venom - the toxicologist (Madhu Sapre and Achint Kaur), Gravito - the gravity expert, Computo - the cyborg and Vikaal - the sociopath ( Ken Philips).

Captain Vyom, a super soldier, is assigned by World Government to capture the fugitives. He is a son of scientist Dr. Om Swaroop (Milind Soman). He was raised in a monastery in Ladakh and had received superpowers by training in Yoga. He is given a team of some exceptionally-powered soldiers to fight the criminals. The team includes Commander Pablo, Lieutenant Maya (Kartika Rane), Captain Blaze (Sanjay Singh), Dr. Zen (Divya Palat), Fuller, Syd-E - the android (Shehzaad Saeed), and Surya (Jeto Sanjana). They left in a spaceship, Ulka.

Eventually Captain Vyoms is revealed as the grandson of the ruler of Parajeev - the parasite, the alien race from thirteenth dimension. His mother Parchhayee or Naina (Nethra Raghuraman) is a daughter of the Kaala Saya, the ruler of Parajeev - the parasite, an alien race of body parasites.

He is helped by Vishwapramukh (Tom Alter) and Astro Guru (Chandrakant Shastri). Captain Vyom with help of his team captures all twelve fugitives one by one by the end.

Cast

Production

The futuristic science fiction show was conceived by Ketan Mehta. The special effects were created by Maya Entertainment Ltd. jointly owned by the National Film Development Corporation and Mehta. The series costed three times than the average production at that time due to special effects.[1]

Model and actor of Milind Soman was roped in to play the protagonist of the series.[2]

Release and reception

The series was aired in India on DD1 every Sunday 10 am in late 1998. The series received favorable response from audience and critics. It had considerable fan following in the 1990s. The series had rerun on SAB TV. In 2008, Soman expressed his willingness to star in the second season, film or video game if ever produced.[2]

As of 2015, the series is not released on home video or on any online platforms.

Spin-off comics

A comics based on the television series was published by Diamond Comics in English and several other Indian languages. The comics maintained the storyline of the original television series.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Captain Vyom: A futuristic epic starring Milind Soman as the sky warrior : SOCIETY & THE ARTS". India Today. 15 December 1996. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Menon, Lakshmi (19 July 1998). "The Tribune... Bollywood Bhelpuri". The Tribune, Chandigarh, India. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "Why Captain Vyom as a character deserves his own movie?". Mythical India. 6 August 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
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