Mumbai: Veteran actor Mukesh Khanna left netizens in a bad mood after he announced the return of his 90s superhero telly ‘Shaktimaan.’
Mukesh Khanna took to his Instagram handle on Monday to share a teaser from ‘Shaktimaan’ and netizens seemed to be least interested in watching the veteran play superhero on the small screen again.
In the teaser, Shaktimaan can be seen flying and landing in a school. There, he sings a patriotic song while looking at the pictures of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad, and Subhash Chandra Bose.
“It’s Time For HIM to RETURN. Our First Indian SUPER TEACHER- SUPER HERO. YES ! As Darkness And Evil prevails over Children of Today… Its time for him to return. He returns with a Message . He returns with a Teaching. For today’s generation. Welcome Him. With both hands,” wrote the actor.
Actor Mukesh Khanna unveils the new teaser of Shaktimaan, Show will be back with a new face soon !!
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However, the teaser failed to impress the netizens, who soon started trolling the actor for his outdated superhero show.
“It’s not 1990s or early 2000s anymore, people born during the time are going to watch 15 mins or one episode of it for nostalgia or status sharing. New generation doesn’t give a flying damn about it,” wrote a user.
Another user wrote, “Mukesh uncle needs to understand that 2000 was 24 years ago. The monolithic TV watching habits of Indian people have changed drastically. The market has fragmented a lot and people have too much content to think about an old show. Wo zamana chala gaya jab bacche Shaktiman ko real samajhte thhey or chhat se kood jaate thhey. No one cares about this show anymore.”
“This is not the time when kids are not aware of x men & other characters… This guy is deluded..,” commented another.
“Isse acha Ranveer ko krne dete ye movie. This looks so bad He wouldn’t be able to cash on nostalgia also. The vfx is so bad,” suggested a user.
“He’s so stupid.. he didn’t let Ranveer make the movie even when he was begging him and now he’s come up with this sh*t.. sorry but the graphics look like there were created in the 60’s,” wrote another.
Another wrote, “Uncle thinks he’s sitting on a gold mine and should protect it at all costs. Probably the reason the movie would either never make it to the floors or will not work. I mean the only reason it will work is because of pure nostalgia.”