Nagayana

Nagayana
Cover art by Anupam Sinha
Publication information
Publisher	Raj Comics
Schedule	2007 to 2009
Publication date	2007
Number of issues	8
Creative team
Writer(s)	Anupam sinha & Jolly Sinha
Penciller(s)	Anupam Sinha
Inker(s)	Vinod Kumar
Colorist(s)	Sunil Kumar with effects by Nagendra, Vishwajaya, Shshank & Anwar

Nagayana is a Raj Comics summer 2007 - 08 crossover event . Nagayan depicts the alternate future of Nagraj and Super Commando Dhruva. First Comic of the series titled Varan Kaand was released in the June 2007. Nagayana was supposed to be finished by Diwali, the biggest Hindu festival so as coincide with the story of Ramayana. This did not happen because Raj Comics has decided to release other comics in between as well and the series has been moved into 2009. The series finally ended in March 2009 with Iti kand.

Plot summary

Nagayana is loosely based on the Hindu epic of Ramayana. Its timeframe starts from year 2023 AD. It puts the two major super heroes of the Raj Comics family Nagraj and Super Commando Dhruva in roles similar those of Hindu god Rama and his younger brother Lakshmana. The equivalent of Ravana, is played by Nagraj's uncle Naagpasha, who has been trifurcated into Kroorpasha the Brutal one, Bheerupaasha, the coward one and Suptpaasha, the asleep one, the Raj Comics version of Kumbhakarna due to an experiment by his teacher Gurudev. Naagpaasha is shown to be deriving powers from Mahakaal Chhidra or the Black Hole. However, it may be noted that Nagayan is different from Ramayan in several aspects.

Overview

Important changes to Raj Comics time line is that both Nagraj and Super Commando Dhruva are married. While Nagraj is married to Bharti in 2023 AD, this marriage was only a legal arrangement to ensure that the management on Nagraj's media conglomerate Bharti Communications (Of which Nagraj's alter ego Raj, is the Public Relations Officer) remains in his hands through Bharti. Later on Nagraj also get married to Visarpi for making the whole Icchadari Snakes as his allys.

Super Commando Dhruva is married to Natasha, daughter of his arch rival and the couple has a son named Rishi. Their marriage is said to have lasted only 60 months and by the end of Nagayana's first part Varan Kaand, Natasha is shown to have procured divorce on the very first hearing. The Divorce decree was given ex-parte and in absence of Dhruva.

Moreover, Nagina an ally of Nagpaasha, has seemingly modified court records and created false precedents while pleading as Natasha's lawyer Gina because the judge is shown to be unable to remember any of the precedents referred to by Nagina, all the while the judge is shown to be sure that he cannot remember of any such precedents, however he has to grant an ex-parte divorce because of supposedly modified court records.

It was revealed in the latest issue that the court decree was a decree of separation and not of divorce. It is also revealed that Natasha asked for decree under orders from Baba Gorakhnath who is the generalissimo of the forces of good. She has been shown as cynical about the presence of Richa (Black Cat) in her home and even threatens to spill the beans if Richa tries to get too close to her husband.

A very Big surprise about Nagina have been shown when she reveals that she is mother of Visarpi. After that she got killed by Nagpasha but was not actually killed as she converted herself into spirits using her power.

Titles Published in Nagayana Series

• Varan-kand
• Grahan-kand
• Haran-kand
• Sharan-kand
• Dahan-kand
• Rann-kand
• Samar-kand
• Iti-kand

References

• Raj Comics official website

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