''Vicky & Vetaal'' is an Indian

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which premiered on

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. The series is produced by

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was launched on 7 October 2006 as the first major original production of the network, and Disney's first locally produced live action

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language series. The show was planned to be the first of a string of five local productions due to get released within a year's span, and was followed by ''

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''. The series stars Dev Kantawala as Vicky and

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as Vetaal. The season 2 of the series premiered on Disney Channel on 15 November 2015 with different cast. The show is based on the ''

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'' collection of tales about the semi-legendary King Vikram, identified as

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, and the

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, a huge

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-like being.

Synopsis

Season 1

The main characters of the series are Vicky (Dev Kantawala), a brave and intelligent sixth standard boy and Vetaal (Vishal Malhotra), a friendly but foolish ghost whom only Vicky can see. Vicky released Vetaal accidentally after Vetaal had been hanging from a tree in a graveyard for 300 years and since then their fate has been tied together (much to their dismay) and they have to go along together everywhere followed by "Paddu", Vetaal's living book of magic. The episodes mostly revolves around mishaps in Vicky's life and Vetaal's brave but foolish attempts to save the day often leading to additional troubles for Vicky. The series is primarily a comedy series with stand-alone episodes. It was one of the favourites among kids hosted by Disney channel at that time.

Season 2

Vicky and his family move into their new house but Vicky and his grandma Gomti are upset about leaving their friends behind when they bump into the 200 year old ghost, Vetaal and his companion, the 1000 year old book of spells, Paddu. They realise that only they can see them and that this has been Vetaal and Paddu’s home for years. After a lot of confusion and scary moments, eventually all 4 realise that each of them are harmless and end up becoming friends and excited to be living together in one house.

Cast

Season 1

as Veetal * Dev Kantawala as Vikram "Vicky" Sharma *

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as the voice of Paddu * Girish Pardeshi as Anil Sharma * Pubali Sanyal as Shikha Sharma * Jai Thakkar as Siddheshwaran "Sid" Khanna * Yash Shah as Ashish * Shivani Joshi as Meghna * Kritika Sharma as Sanjana * Suhail More as Jumbo * Swapnali Kulkarni as Sabha * Aakansha Kapil as Malika Ma'am * Kenneth Desai as Principal Kapoor

Season 2

* Devansh Doshi as Veetal and Betaal * Sadhil Kapoor as Vikram 'Vicky' Sharma * Mazel Vyas as Jelly Sharma (Vicky's sister) * Shanur as the voice of Paddu

Broadcast

The series also re-aired on

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and

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References

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