Mayavi (TV series)

Mayavi is a 2006–2007 Indian-Tamil language 3D fantasy adventure thriller series^[1] starring Ganesh Venkatraman, Debina Bonnerjee, Gurmeet Choudhary. It was the first Indian 3D series.^[2] It aired on Jaya TV every Saturday at 21:00 (IST) for 26 episodes.^[3] The series won the Special Prize at Seoul International Drama Awards in 2007, and was the first Indian entry to be on the award list.^[4]

Mayavi
Genre	Action Fantasy Adventure Thriller Romance
Directed by	R.Elavarasan
Starring	Ganesh Venkatraman Debina Bonnerjee Gurmeet Choudhary Kalidas Master Atharva Ramesh
Music by	Niru
Country of origin	India
Original language	Tamil
No. of episodes	26
Production
Producer	V. Ravee
Camera setup	Sony Beta Sp Camera by Aryan. S.L
Running time	approx. 22–24 minutes per episode
Production company	GV Films
Original release
Network	Jaya TV
Release	2006 (2006) – 2007 (2007)

Plot

Vikram (Ganesh Venkatraman) has special powers: each of his five fingers is capable of drawing one of the five basic elements (fire, wind, water, earth, ether). He becomes a living legend in fighting crime, and the nemesis of all evil men throughout the world.

Cast

• Ganesh Venkatraman as Vikram^[5][6][7]
• Debina Bonnerjee as Shakthi^[8]
• Gurmeet Choudhary as Hiranyan
• Kalidas as Rajaguru
• Master Atharva as Akash
• Ramesh as Gummy

Produced

The series is produced by Tamil cinema director Mani Ratnam's brother GV Ratnam.

• Creative head – V. Ravee, C.E.O GV films Ltd
• Writer director – R.Elavarasan, B.A.D.F.
• Tech music – Niru
• Camera – Aryan. S.L
• Playback singer – Bhuvanakriti
• Anaglyph technology – K.Yuvarajan
• Graphics – Sanra Software Limited

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2007	Seoul International Drama Awards[9]	Special Prize	Mayavi	Won

International broadcast

In India, the series aired as Mayavi in the state of Kerala on Kairali TV dubbed in Malayalam, and in the state of Andhra Pradesh on Zee Telugu dubbed in Telugu from October 2007.^[10][11] It was also dubbed in other languages like Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati and Rajasthani for all the others Indian channels.

As The Iron Handed Phantom – Mayavi, the series aired dubbed in South Korea,^[12] China (in Mandarin)^[12] and Australia. It also aired in Europe.^[13]