Roll No. 21

Plot

Kris, an orphaned kid granted power by Lord Krishna, lives at an orphanage school with friends Pinky, Bablu, and Madhu. The evil demon king Kanishk, posing as principal and incarnation of Kansa, plots to take over the world with zombie demons. Kris prays to Lord Vishnu, receives superpowers, a magical peacock feather, and a flute, and defends his school.

Characters

Kris is a godly child known as neele gubbare by Golu, an incarnation of Lord Krishna. He appears at Mathura Anath Ashram to stop Kanishk. When Kanishk wreaks havoc, Kris prays to Lord Krishna and receives his powers, including a flute for attack or defense and a magical peacock feather. Kris lives as a normal student but secretly transforms into Krishna when needed.

He shows childish traits like playing, disliking studies, and enjoying butter and ice cream. His skin color is blue. Kanishk is the incarnation of Kansa and principal of Mathura Anath Ashram. He returned to take over the world but Kris delays his plan.

As king of demons of the Netherworld, he devises new plans to defeat Kris and summons demons from the Netherworld. He also manages school duties and worries about performance. Dr. J is Kanishk's loyal minion, a dentist and reincarnation of Jarasandh.

He invents machines and traps to tackle Kris but often fails, and sometimes desires to become principal. Pinky is Kris' classmate and incarnation of Radha. She is a brainiac, activist, and has a crush on Kris.

Did You Know?

• From 21 February 2021, reruns of the series and its movies aired on Pogo with the title Kris Roll no 21.
• On 13 November 2022, the series was broadcast on Discovery Kids India.