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{{short description|Indian television series}}
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{{notability|Television|date=May 2014}}
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| story                    = Rohit Gohlawt
| screenplay               = Rahul Bose<br>Anand Barotia<br>Rishi Mittal<br>Ram Kishore Prasad<br>Deepak Jaul<br>Sanatan Nehru
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| opentheme                = Joy Ke Sang
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| country                  = India
| language                 = Hindi
| num_seasons              = 3<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/june/june129.htm|title=Hungama TV to launch new season of 'Hero' on 12 June|date=10 June 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k7/apr/apr22.php|title=Hungama TV ramps up activity with new shows & contest|date=April 2, 2007|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>
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| producer                 = Ronnie Screwvala<br>Zarina Mehta<br>Deven Khote
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'''HERO - Bhakti hi Shakti Hai''' (English: ''Devotion is Strength'') is an Indian [[Superhero fiction|superhero]] television series which aired on [[Hungama TV]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/may/may246.htm|title='Hero' to debut on Hungama TV on 30 May|date=May 28, 2005|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref><ref name=it>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/june/june182.htm|title=Hungama's new 'Hero' lives up to its name|date=June 15, 2005|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref> It is about the heroic deeds and adventures of a [[superhero]] called Hero, who is bestowed with out-of-this-world magical powers by the Goddess [[Durga]] to help him fight the criminals and [[supervillains]]. His two beloved toys Dholu and Bablie also transform into his [[sidekick]]s. Created by Arif Ali of UTV and directed by Waseem Sabir and Imtiaz Alam.

==Plot==
The story revolves around a boy named Joy (Sumeet Pathak), who is disliked by most of his peers as well as his brother for his innocent personality. Joy's mother and two of his friends, Meenu and Chhota Papi, are the only individuals who support him. One day, Joy and his family are attacked by some thugs and he tries to save them. However, Joy's mother gets harmed and his brother begins disliking him even more.

Due to all these bad things happening in his life, Joy goes to Durga's temple to get help so that she can make him smart and intelligent like his brother. Due to his innocence and indomitable will, the god is impressed and gives him a magical ring through which he can transform himself into a superhero named "HERO". Goddess Durga also transforms his beloved toys Dholu (Nirmal Soni) and Babli (Rupali Suri) into living beings but only for the time when Joy is in his Hero form. Here is the start of a new journey of Joy's life in which he saves the Earth from powerful supervillains and demons.

== Cast ==
*Sumeet Pathak as Joy Sehgal/Hero<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hero Bhakti Hi Shakti Hai all Villains Name episode wise|url=https://www.mkfanmade.in/2020/03/hero-bhakti-hi-shakti-hai-episode-list.html|url-status=live|access-date=2020-11-17|language=hi}}</ref>
*Rupali Suri as Babli
*Nirmal Soni as Dholu
*[[Shilpa Tulaskar]] as Sunaina Sehgal (Joy's mother)
*Mayank Tandon as Avi Sehgal (Joy's brother)
*[[Lavina Tandon]] as Charlotte
*Kishan Savjani as Raju Madan Saxena alias Rejji
*Dhairya Ojha as Chunky Nayyar
*Rakesh Thareja as Prem Prakash Sharma
*Vijay Aidasani as Principal Karnal Raghavan
*Rajeev Kumar as Varun Sir (Basketball Coach)
*Akshita Garuad as Meenu/Menaakshi Desai
*Parth Muni as Chotta Pape alias Balvinder Kulwinder Harnam Singh Sodhi
*[[Farida Jalal]] as Bebe<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/july/july174.htm|title=Frida Jalal meets 'Hero'|date=July 15, 2005|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref>
*Pragati Mehra as Kirthar Maami
*[[Addite Shirwaikar]] as Miss Jasmine
*[[Gaurav Gera]] as Cameraman Flash
*Abbas Ali as Goga/Zipzap
*[[Anuj Pandit Sharma]] as invisible boy sadashiv
*Renuka Bondre as Manorma aunty (Joy's neighbor)
*[[Chahat Khanna]] as Princess Myra
*[[Beena Banerjee]] as Sunaina Saigal
*Amano Dhyan as Bubble Badashah
*Shahid Hassan as Gappi
*[[Kavi Kumar Azad]] as Dhappi
*Akanksha Kapil as Shruti Singh
*Shridhar Watsar as Gabbar (Season 2) (Virat's Slave)
*Vijay Ganju as Cactus cola (Season 2)
*Jagesh Mukati as Caiptan Cooker 'Villain'
*[[Narendra Bedi]] as Changa Mama
*Bijal Batavia as Sharmila Miss
*Shivansh as Honey
*Adityansh as Bankey Babu/[BB]
*[[Shivshakti Sachdev]] as Neetu Shrivastava
*[[Sushil Parashar]] as Dr. Darr aka Masoom Sir
*Farzil Pardiwalla as Principal (Harry's Dad in Season 3)
*[[Sachin Nayak]] as Umbrella Man
*Daniyal Hassan as Harry Podar alias Harry The Rockstar

==Broadcast==
The series premiered on 30 May 2005 on [[Hungama TV]] and ran for 3 seasons and 168 episodes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k5/june/june182.htm|title=Hungama's new 'Hero' lives up to its name|date=15 June 2005}}</ref> Reruns of the series also aired on [[Jetix]] and [[Disney XD India]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 September 2017|title=Jetix unveils content line-up for July|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k8/july/july41.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908164551/http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k8/july/july41.php|archive-date=8 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k10/apr/apr31.php|title=Disney Channel sweats films to up viewership this summer|date=April 6, 2010|access-date=June 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824112919/http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k10/apr/apr31.php|archive-date=24 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|11255560}}

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[[Category:2005 Indian television series debuts]]
[[Category:2007 Indian television series endings]]
[[Category:Indian drama television series]]
[[Category:Indian superhero television shows]]
[[Category:Hungama TV original programming]]
[[Category:UTV Television]]
[[Category:Indian fantasy television series]]
[[Category:Jetix original programming]]
[[Category:Disney XD (Indian TV channel) original programming]]
[[Category:Indian action television series]]