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Indian television series
Indian TV series or program
HERO - Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai (transl. HERO - Devotion is Strength) is an Indian superhero television series which 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 stars Sumeet Pathak.

Overview

The story revolves around a boy named Joy, who is disliked by most of his schoolmates even his brother for his innocent and childish personality. Joy's mother and two of his friends, Meenu and Chhota Pape, are the only individuals who support him. One day, Joy and his family are attacked by some goons and he tries to save them. However, Joy's mother gets harmed and his brother begins hating him even more.

Due to all these bad things happening in his life, Joy goes to goddess Durga's temple to get help so that she can make him smart and intelligent like his brother. 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". Goddess Durga also transforms his beloved toys Dholu and Babli into living beings but only for the time when Joy is in his Hero form. Here is the start of a new journey of Joy's life in which he saves the Earth from powerful supervillains like Virat, Samrat and many more.

Cast

Episode list

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, Disney XD and Bindass.