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channel. The series was produced and directed by Anand Mahendroo. It also featured several young actors like Karan Johar,

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, Vishal Singh,

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, and

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. The show used tracks from

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's score for ''

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Plot

The shows follows the story of a group of kids, who assemble a computer. The computer becomes the host to an alien prince from a planet in the Andromeda Galaxy on the run from his enemies. The following events take a lot of weird turns leading to one of the friends, Appu, getting kidnapped by one of the enemies of the Prince. The Prince gives the friends a time-travel machine. With this machine they travel to the past and future (1942 and 2013) to rescue their friend.

Cast

* Jitendra Rajpal as Appuswamy Krishnamurthy, known as Appu *

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as Krishnamurthy Appuswamy, Appu's Father * Deepa Lagoo as Mrs. Ishwari Krishnamurthy, Appu's mother *

as Balachandran Krishnamurthy, known as Bala, Appu's elder brother * Vishal Singh as Shoaib, Appu's friend * Karan Johar as Srikant, Appu's classmate and close friend * Sagar Arya as Appu's friend * Kamla Devi as Saroja Appuswamy, Appu's Grandmother * Sridevi Mukhi as Jayashree Krishnamurthy, Appu and Bala's elder sister, a doctor * Ameesha Jhaveri as Preeti, Appu's classmate

Guests

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as Mr. Appuswamy, Appu and Bala's grandfather *

as Sunita Shirodkar, Cloned Bala's girlfriend in future *

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as a professor, who creates a clone from Bala's DNA. * Siraj Syed as Seth Jamnadas *

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as Joseph *

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as Android * Daryl Packard as Joshua * Brij Gopal as Raja

Episodes

Reception

The show was an instant hit and kept viewers hooked because of its fresh content. It is still considered an important show in the history of Indian television.

References

External links

* Indian children's television series DD National original programming Indian science fiction television series 1989 Indian television series debuts 1989 Indian television series endings {{India-tv-prog-stub