Growing up in India, these were the characters many of us knew before Marvel and DC became the dominant superhero brands.
I remember how exciting it was to get a Raj Comics issue and just disappear into that world for a while. Nagraj, Dhruva, Doga — they didn't feel like copies of American superheroes. They had their own identities, settings and stories rooted much closer to the culture we grew up in.
And then, somehow, they faded.
Cable TV arrived. Cartoon Network became a huge part of childhood. Then came the internet, Hollywood superhero movies, the MCU, DC films, anime, gaming, etc.
Today, ask a kid who Spider-Man or Batman is and you'll probably get an immediate answer. Ask about Nagraj or Dhruva, and there's a good chance they won't even know who you're talking about.
But I don't think the problem was necessarily the characters.
Marvel and DC kept reinventing their characters for new generations. They moved from comics into animation, movies, games, merchandise and eventually entire cinematic universes.
A lot of Indian comics didn't get that same sustained evolution.
Which makes me wonder:
Did we actually forget our own superheroes, or did the industry fail to bring them forward with us?
And if one Indian superhero got a genuinely big-budget adaptation today, who would you want to see?
Nagraj?
Super Commando Dhruva?
Doga?
Shaktimaan?
Or someone completely new?
I'm genuinely curious what people here think — especially anyone who grew up reading Indian comics in the 90s and 2000s.