Introduction

CHARACTER SKETCH OF "IRUMBUKKAI MAYAVI"

The hero of the story is popularly known as lrumbukkai Mayavi (Steel handed phantom). !"lisreal name is Parasuram. He is an agent of a highly secret organization known as other President's XI. His code name in the organization is AXE-5.

He is a highly skilled fighting machine with sharp brains that is needed for investigation. He loses his right hand in a covert operation, fighting the enemies courageously against all odds. Not wanting to lose such a great man the organization gets the top research scientists in the defense department fit him with a special steel hand. The hand itself is a miracle of modern technology.

Each finger of the hand is a deadly Vleapon.The index finger shoots, the middle finger discharges electricity, the ring finger. emits a gas that makes people unconscious and the little finger has a transmitter built into it for the radio that is in the palm of the stcel hand. The hand can also be deta.chedand made to move by itself by a remote. But the special freakish Power that gives the hero his name , lrumbukkai Mayavi" is the ability to become invisible for some time when charged with electricity.

With these special powers he becomes a living legend in fighting crime. He is the nemesis of all evilmen throughout the world.

BACKGROUND OF THE PLOT

The story is about the adventures of a secret agent named lrumbukkai Mayavi as he fights all major evils that afflict . . the Society. His organization is called the PRESIDENT'S XI. IT is a clandestine organization that is !mown only to a handful of people in the whole country. The President, as the supreme commander of the armed forces, is the head of the organization. The agents of this organization are answerable only to him.

As an elite force it is second to none in the country. This fact has been proved many times over as it has thwarted many destructive acts of the terrorists and big criminals against our country. The most popular 6f this elite . force is lrumbukkai Mayavi who is a veteran in his line of work. He is intelligent. He is fearless as a fighter. His freakish power of temporary invisibility makes him a nightmare for criminals.

So the story will be partly science fiction and partly a spy thriller. It would have lots of fast paced action complete with computer generated special effects. One example of computer graphics would be the sequence of the hero becoming invisible when charged with electricity. Only his steel hand would he visible and it would fight the bad men.

APPEAL OF THE SERIAL

This serial is partly science fiction and partly an action oriented spy thriller. This would be the first of its kind in the television. This genre has not been attempted at all in regional televisions. So it is a sort of a pioneering effort. This serial would attract a wide variety of audience but particularly to the age group of seven to seventeen because of it's comic book appeal.

People in their twenties and thirties would also like it as it would be like reading a racy spy thriller novel. The Female audience will be allured and attracted towards this serial by having key female characters and problems faced by them. We can also make it more appealing by basing our episode on current issues.

There is also a scope for visual grandeur that would cut across viewers of all age groups. Our hero character will be in the line of great comic hero's like 'Superman' 'Batman' 'Spiderman' etc.