Mukesh Khanna rejected Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, and Shah Rukh Khan to play his iconic superhero Shaktimaan

The announcement that Shaktimaan will be making a comeback has sent fans into a frenzy. Yes, “People’s Superhero” is making a comeback on the big screen rather than television.

However, the original Shaktimaan Mukesh Khanna will be changed, and the producers have stated that a big superstar will take his place. Khanna will, however, co-produce the upcoming three-part franchise with Sony Pictures India. Several well-known names have been floating around the internet in relation to the casting, but none have been confirmed as of yet.

Mukesh Khanna in an interview said, “I can’t make Akshay Kumar Shaktimaan, I can’t let Ajay Devgn play Shaktimaan. They are good actors. I can’t even let Shah Rukh Khan play Shaktimaan because they don’t have the image that I have.”

Khanna added, “So I have to do this and I would say that I have that audacity to play Shaktimaan again because there was nobody before Mukesh Khanna.”

Mukesh Khanna commented on Hrithik and Shah Rukh being superheroes, “Krrish (2006) is not a superhero. He has just saved his father, now he can become a superhero when he is saving the whole world. Ra.One (2011) is definitely not a superhero. I am sorry, maybe Shah Rukh might feel bad, but Ra.One is not a superhero. You can call Ra.One, Terminator, is a good film with special effects. But sorry to say Ra.One is not a superhero.

While we don't know which superstar will be cast in the role of Shaktimaan, we do know which three will not.