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Published 15:14 IST, November 15th 2019

Indian sci-fi television series that have entertained the audience

Science fiction, or sci-fi, is quite a popular genre, that is now starting to gain an Indian audience; here are a few Indian sci-fi TV series to check out

Reported by: Shruti Mukherjee
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Sci-fi is a genre that's slowly gaining popularity amongst the Indian audience. Most of the sci-fi television shows or movies have been directed towards the younger audience. Here is a list of Indian sci-fi series that Indian television has produced.

Captain Vyom

This Indian sci-fi series is based on the superhero Captain Vyom. He is given a team of soldiers who are exceptionally powerful. Together with them, Captain Vyom is supposed to fight 12 great villains of all time. These villains have escaped from the prison located on a moon in Jupiter. Milind Soman was cast in the character of the Captain. Dino Morea was also a part of the cast featuring as Sonic, the villain. Captain Vyom was also reportedly the first Indian sci-fi superhero series. It was highly praised for its content which was quite original at that time.

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Space City Sigma

Running on fusion energy, Sigma is a city located in the outer space. It is docked at a Galactic frontier and is the last stand humans against a more technologically superior alien species. These aliens are ruled by ZhakhaKoo who wishes to add Earth to his galactic kingdom. It is now up to Commander Tara and his team to save humans and Earth from ZhakhaKoo’s devious plans. This Indian sci-fi series was reportedly inspired from the Star Wars movies.

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Agadam Bagdam Tigdam

Disguised as humans, the Malhotras are actually a family of aliens. Once out on a space-tour, they, unfortunately, got stuck on Earth and could never return to their home in Zoltar. This Indian sci-fi series traces the trials and tribulations that these bunch of aliens face on Earth, living in constant fear of being discovered by their neighbours. Sunny and his uncle Tappu are almost always seen, causing mayhem in the series. Each has one weird trait like the mother loves eating wood.

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Karishma Kaa Karishma

The storyline of this Indian sci-fi revolves around a scientist, Vikram and the robot girl he created. Since the technology is still in its earlier stage he does not want the world to know about his invention. He names the robot Karishma and tells his neighbours that she is their adopted child. The series is about the funny but troubling situations the family face because of their new robot member. But at the end of the day, Karishma comes to their rescue every time. It was based on the American series, Small Wonder.

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Updated 19:39 IST, November 15th 2019

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