Shaktimaan: A film based on India's superhero series has been announced, with a top Indian superstar in the lead role.

Shaktimaan and his alter ego "Pandit Gangadhar Vidhyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastriji," a photojournalist for the newspaper Aaj Ki Aawaz, were played by Mukesh Khanna.

 Shaktimaan was portrayed as a human with superhuman abilities gained via meditation and the five elements of nature: 

space, earth, air, fire, and water. Geeta Vishwas, a reporter who adores Shaktimaan, was played by Kitu Gidwani (later replaced by Vaishnavi Mahant).

 Tamraj Kilvish was played by Surendra Pal. Shaktimaan: 

The Animated Series was released in 2011, and a television feature titled Hamara Hero Shaktimaan was released in 2013.

Pictures International Productions has purchased the film adaptation rights to 'Shaktimaan,' India's most prized superhero IP, in order to remake it as a superhero trilogy for the big screen, starring one of the country's biggest actors.

Apart from its intriguing Hindi feature slate, the film company has been actively ramping up its production in India, expanding its footprints in Malayalam, Telugu, and, most recently, Tamil.

The studio has teamed up with Brewing Thoughts Private Limited (co-founded by ex-film journalist Prashant Singh and Madhurya Vinay) and actor-producer Mukesh Khanna's Bheeshm International to begin work on replicating the magic of 'Shaktimaan,' but this time for the big screen.

One of the country's best filmmakers will direct the superhero franchise.

"After the huge success of our many superhero films in India and throughout the world, it's time for our desi Superhero!" the company wrote alongside the trailer on Twitter.

According to a statement released by Sony Pictures International Productions, they have purchased the film adaptation rights to Shaktimaan in order to remake it as a superhero trilogy for the big screen. 

The cast for the film has yet to be confirmed, and the director's name has yet to be determined.

The director and the rest of the cast are kept under wraps.

"We're ecstatic to be collaborating with Brewing Thoughts Private Limited and Mukesh Khanna's Bheeshm International."

 Prepare for the release of #ShatkimaanMovie; more information will be released soon. 

"Are you looking forward to it?" Sony remarked.

The classic TV show starred actor Mukesh Khanna as the titular superhero and his alter persona, Pandit Gangadhar Vidhyadhar Mayadhar Omkarnath Shastriji, a nerdy photographer at a newspaper, and aired on DD National from 1997 to the mid-2000s.