Shaka Laka Boom Boom
Shaka Laka Boom Boom is an Indian television series. It was written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya.[4] Merchandise based on the series were also launched in markets.[5]
| Shaka Laka Boom Boom | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Cast |
| Opening theme | "Shaka Laka Boom Boom" by KK |
| Country of origin | India |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 491 |
| Production | |
| Editor | Manish Mistry |
| Running time | 24 minutes |
| Production companies | UTV Software Communications (2000–2004) Rose Audio Visuals (2003)[1] |
| Release | |
| Original network | DD National (original series) Star Plus (revival series) |
| Original release | DD National series: 15 October 2000[2] – 6 May 2001 Star Plus series: 19 August 2002[3] – 10 October 2004 |
Plot
The first season revolves around the central character, Sanju, finding a magical pencil, which has the ability to bring things drawn with it to life.[6] The second season centres on an alien, Shaan, and his adventures with the magical pencil.[7] The third season is about Sanju and Shaan's adventures in a magic school called Jadoo High, and in the fourth season, Sanju travels to the year 2022 to protect his family.[8]
Cast
- Vishal Solankee as Sanju (2000–2001)[2]
- Kinshuk Vaidya as Sanju (2002–2004)[9]
- Rahul Joshi as Shaan/Neeraj's sidekick
- Kalyani Nerurkar as Zoya/Nito
- Hansika Motwani as Karuna[9]/Shona[7]
- Frank Anthony as Chandu
- Sainee Raj as Ritu[9]
- Reema Vohra as Sanjana[9]
- Adnan Jp as Jaggu[9]
- Madhur Mittal as Tito[9]
- Nikhil Yadav as Partho / Poisdon
- Mamik Singh / Rushad Rana as Adult Sanju / Sandros
- Tanvi Hegde as Fruity
- Tushar Dalvi as Raj: Sanju's father (2000-2001)
- Sudha Chandran as Sanju's mother (2000-2001)
- Lata Sabharwal as Sanju's Mother
- Ashiesh Roy as Partho's father
- Aditya Kapadia as Jhumru[9]
- Amrapali Gupta as Kitty (2003-2004)
- Pallavi Rao as Karuna Maami
- Vaishali Thakkar as Lalita
- Romit Raaj as Karan (2003)
- Jennifer Winget as Piya (2003)
- Chahatt Khanna as Simple (Ex) / Jay Rani
- Tanmay Jahagirdar as Sunny
- Ishita Sharma as Simple
- Ronak Kotecha as Silly Point
- Mehul as Short Leg
- KK Goswami as Crystal
- Shehzad Khan as Tiger
- Sachin Singh as Monu
- Jagesh Mukati as Mangu
- Kurush Deboo as Colonel K.K. aka K.K. Uncle
- Bharati Achrekar as School Principal
- Jarrar Choudhry as Inspector Abhinav
- Ankit Shah as Sanju's cousin Sumit
- Ekta Jain
Broadcasting
It first aired as 30 episodes series on DD National channel from 15 October 2000.[2] It was later taken up by Star Plus in 2001 and their version first premiered on 19 August 2002 with Kinshuk Vaidya as Sanju.[10] The series also re-aired on Star Utsav,[11] Disney Channel India, STAR One,[12] Disney XD, Hungama TV[13] and a Tamil dubbed version on Vijay TV.[14]
References
- ^ "Star Plus switching production on two UTV shows". 26 July 2003. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ a b c . 16 October 2000. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Star woos young ones with 'Shaka Laka Boom Boom'". 19 August 2002. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ ""Indians laugh at institutions, or at stereotypes. A comedy writer should tap into that feature": Vijay Krishna Acharya". 19 September 2003. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "This magic pencil creates a lot of dhoom - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ . The Sunday Tribune. 11 August 2002
- ^ a b "UTV has big hopes on revamped 'Shakalaka Boom Boom'". Indian Television Dot Com. 24 November 2003.
- ^ "Star Plus's 'SLBB' makes a decade shift (2022)". Indian Television Dot Com. 16 September 2004.
- ^ a b c d e f g "'Shakalaka Boom Boom' cast: Then & Now". The Times of India. 24 September 2015.
- ^ An Interview with Sameer Kulkarni. IndianTelevision. 15 November 2001
- ^ "Star Utsav spells magic this Children's Day". 8 November 2005. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ . 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008.
- ^ "Hungama TV COO Zarina Mehta". 27 May 2006. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
- ^ "Vijay TV scripts a turnaround tale". Indian Television Dot Com. 30 April 2005.
External links
- Shaka Laka Boom Boom at IMDb