Do You Know? Shaktimaan and Superstar Rajinikanth had the same villain to fight against

The 'Shaktimaan' series is a favourite among most kids from the 90's in India, and they were crazy about the character of Shaktimaan. Several kids even believed that Shaktimaan might come to them and protect them from any problem while some wished to meet the star at least once in their lifetime. Now, the popular Shaktimaan series is being aired on a popular television channel to keep people engaged during this lockdown period.But did you know that Shaktimaan and Superstar Rajinikanth fought against the same villain at one point?

The role of 'Shaktimaan', who is basically a superhero from the series by the same name, was played by actor Mukesh Khanna. While watching the re-runs, a fan has realized that the superhero’s villain in the series was essayed by actor Nawab Shah, who happens to have played an antagonist opposite Rajinikanth's protagonist in Thalaiva's last release 'Darbar'. The film was directed by AR Murugadoss. It is interesting to know that the villain whom Shaktimaan fought with 25 years ago came back as the villain against Rajini.
Nawab Shah has appeared in more than ten Bollywood films, while in Tamil, he has appeared in films like 'Gajendra', 'Bose', 'Yaan', 'Seemaraja' and 'Darbar'.