In India, the series aired as Mayavi in the state of Kerala on Kairali TV dubbed in Malayalam, and in the state of Andhra Pradesh on Zee Telugu dubbed in Telugu from October 2007. Writer director – R.Elavarasan,B.A.D.F.The series is produced by Tamil cinema director Mani Ratnam's brother GV Ratnam. He becomes a living legend in fighting crime, and the nemesis of all evil men throughout the world. Vikram ( Ganesh Venkatraman) has special powers: each of his five fingers is capable of drawing one of the five basic elements (fire, wind, water, earth, ether).
The series won the Special Prize at Seoul International Drama Awards in 2007, and was the first Indian entry to be on the award list. It aired on Jaya TV every Saturday at 21:00 ( IST) for 26 episodes. Mayavi ( Tamil: மாயாவி) is a 2006–2007 Indian- Tamil language 3D fantasy adventure thriller series starring Ganesh Venkatraman, Debina Bonnerjee, Gurmeet Choudhary.