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Cast

Puneet Issar

Puneet Issar

Superman / Shekhar

Shakti Kapoor

Shakti Kapoor

Verma

Dharmendra

Dharmendra

Ashok Kumar

Ashok Kumar

Bob Christo

Bob Christo

Ranjeeta Kaur

Ranjeeta Kaur

Lara-El

Murad

Murad

Sonia Sahni

Sonia Sahni

Lalita Kumari

Lalita Kumari

Jagdeep

Jagdeep

Dinesh Hingoo

Dinesh Hingoo

Guddi Maruti

Guddi Maruti

Jankidas Mehra

Jankidas Mehra

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Sonia Gupta

Sonia Gupta

Producer

Sunil Priyadarshi

Sunil Priyadarshi

Screenplay

B. Gupta

B. Gupta

Producer

Sunil Priyadarshi

Sunil Priyadarshi

Story

B. Gupta

B. Gupta

Director

Kamalkant

Kamalkant

Original Music Composer

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Superman

19874.7 / 10124 min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction

Overview

The Indian Superman

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?