Shaka Laka Boom Boom

This article is about the television show. For the Brianna and Flo Rida song, see Boom Shacka. For the 2007 Bollywood film, see Shakalaka Boom Boom.

Shaka Laka Boom Boom
A promotional image of the series
Genre	Fantasy Adventure Comedy
Written by	Vijay Krishna Acharya
Directed by	Vijay Krishna Acharya
Starring	Kinshuk Vaidya Hansika Motwani Madhur Mittal Shehzad Khan
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]
Original release
Network	DD National
Release	15 October 2000 (2000-10-15) [2]  – 6 May 2001 (2001-05-06)
Network	StarPlus
Release	19 August 2002 (2002-08-19) [3]  – 10 October 2004 (2004-10-10)

Shaka Laka Boom Boom is an Indian children's fantasy adventure television series. It was written and directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya. ^[4] Merchandise based on the series were also launched in markets. ^[5]

Plot

Sanju is a ordinary, courageous and compassionate boy. One day, he discovers a magical pencil imbued with the power to bring to life the sketches it creates.

As Sanju begins to grasp the abilities of the magical pencil, he inadvertently draws the attention of a gang of thieves, led by a criminal named Tiger. Assisting Tiger is a magician named Kalicharan who wants the pencil for its limitless potential.

Throughout the first season, Sanju uses the enchanted pencil to help his friends while Tiger and his followers continue their pursuit of it, sometimes almost succeeding, only to be foiled by Sanju's quick thinking. Later, Sanju sacrifices the magical pencil to save the world.

The second season centres on an alien, Shaan, and his adventures with the magical pencil. ^[6] The third season focuses on Sanju and Shaan attending a magic school called Jadoo High. In the fourth season, Sanju travels to the year 2022 to protect his future family. ^[7]

Cast

• Vishal Solankee as Sanju (2000–2001) ^[2]
  • Kinshuk Vaidya as Sanju (2002–2004) ^[8]
• Rahul Joshi as Shaan/Neeraj's sidekick
• Kalyani Nerurkar as Zoya/Nito
• Hansika Motwani as Karuna ^[8] /Shona ^[6]
• Frank Anthony as Chandu
• Sainee Raj as Ritu ^[8]
• Reema Vohra as Sanjana ^[8]
• Adnan Jp as Mr. Jagoo ^[8]
• Madhur Mittal as Tito ^[8]
• 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 ^[8]
• 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
• Manish Wadhwa as Ajit Bhalla
• Lalit Parimoo as Acharya Odin,Principal of Jadoo High

Broadcasting

The first season aired on DD National on 15 October 2000, ^[2] and the show was later moved to Star Plus for subsequent seasons. The Star Plus run began on 19 August 2002 and cast Kinshuk Vaidya as Sanju. ^[9] The series was rerun several times on Star Utsav, ^[10] Disney Channel India, STAR One, ^[11] Disney XD and Hungama TV. ^[12] The show was dubbed into Tamil for Vijay TV. ^[13]

References

1. "Star Plus switching production on two UTV shows". 26 July 2003. Archived from the original on 22 January 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
2. "Relief for parents". 16 October 2000. Archived from the original on 5 August 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
3. "Star woos young ones with 'Shaka Laka Boom Boom'". 19 August 2002. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
4. ""Indians laugh at institutions, or at stereotypes. A comedy writer should tap into that feature": Vijay Krishna Acharya". 19 September 2003. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
5. "This magic pencil creates a lot of dhoom - Times of India". The Times of India. 7 January 2003. Archived from the original on 14 November 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
6. "UTV has big hopes on revamped 'Shakalaka Boom Boom'". Indian Television Dot Com. 24 November 2003. Archived from the original on 29 January 2007. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
7. "Star Plus's 'SLBB' makes a decade shift (2022)". Indian Television Dot Com. 16 September 2004. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
8. "'Shakalaka Boom Boom' cast: Then & Now". The Times of India. 24 September 2015. Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
9. An Interview with Sameer Kulkarni Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine . IndianTelevision. 15 November 2001
10. "Star Utsav spells magic this Children's Day". 8 November 2005. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
11. "STAR - Programme Guide". 17 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 October 2008.
12. "Hungama TV COO Zarina Mehta". 27 May 2006. Archived from the original on 16 January 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
13. "Vijay TV scripts a turnaround tale". Indian Television Dot Com. 30 April 2005. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

External links

• Shaka Laka Boom Boom at IMDb