Roll No 21

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Roll No 21
Also known as	Kris
Genre	Animation Action Adventure
Written by	Avinash Aanand Kaushik Chawla Richa Deo Alok Sharma Swapnil Narendra
Directed by	Ah Loong Uttam Pal Singh
Voices of	Pooja Punjabi Vinod Kulkarni Ganessh Divakar Vaibhav Thakkar Koustuv Gosh
Opening theme	"Roll No. 21"
Ending theme	"Roll No. 21" (Karaoke)
Country of origin	India
Original languages	English Hindi Tamil Telugu Malayalam Kannada
Production
Running time	20 minutes
Production companies	Animasia Studio Cosmos Maya (last season)
Original release
Network	Cartoon Network (India)
Release	27 November 2010 (2010-11-27)

Roll No 21 (also known as Krish) is an Indian animated television series produced by Cartoon Network and Animasia Studios.^[1] The show is available in English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada. It was premiered on 27 November 2010 as one of the first Indian originals of Cartoon Network India.^[2]

Krish (incarnation of Lord Krishna) is an intelligent and naughty kid who stays at an orphanage school along with his friends - Pinky, Babloo and Madhu. An evil demon king, posing as principal Kanishk (incarnation of Kansa) is out to create havoc in the school. He has ulterior motives to take over the world with his army of zombie demons. To save his friends and school from annihilation, Kris prays to Lord Vishnu and is blessed with superpowers. Armed with a magical peacock feather and a flute, Kris is ready to take on Kanishk. Kanishk with the help of his minions always tries to takedown Kris and often brings demons from Paataal Nagri to do so but always fails.

• Kris: Kris is a godly child mostly known as neele gubbare (transl. blue balloon) by Golu. He is an incarnation of Lord Krishna. He has appeared in Mathura Anath Ashram to stop Kanishk and his evil plans, When Kanishk showed up at the school and started wreaking havoc, Krish prayed to Lord Krishna who gave him the powers of himself, he has a flute that he can use to attack or defend himself and of course the Magic Peacock Feather. Krish stays as a normal student in the school but secretly changes into Krishna, the divine boy with mystical powers whenever it is needed. He shows childish traits such as playing, disliking studies and homework, and enjoying playtime with his friends. Like Lord Krishna, Krish also likes butter, ice cream. His skin color is blue in this series.
• Kanishk: Kanishk is the incarnation of Kansa who is the principal of Mathura Anath Ashram. He initially came back on earth to take over the world but Krishna's appearance is 'delaying' his whole plan. He is the king of demons of the Netherworld. In order to get rid of Krish, He keeps coming with a new "Get Kris" plan in each story which forms the storyline for the series. However, since defeating Kris is not easy, and he also has to manage the whole school and its duties, Kanishk keeps summoning various demons from the Netherworld to fight Kris. Kanishk is very concerned about the performance of his school and its result. He is seen constantly nagging with his staff to get the kids' performance up all the time.
• Dr. J: Dr. J is Kanishk's most loyal minion. He is a dentist and stays by Kanishk all the time. He is the reincarnation of Jarasandh. J often keeps coming with new ideas to get rid of Krish. Unfortunately, all his ideas backfire on him and Kanishk. Besides being a dentist, J is also a scientist who keeps inventing various machines, devices, and traps mostly used to tackle Krish. However, he often desires to be the principal of the school and hopes to kick Kanishk out because Kanishk keeps whacking and humiliating him. He gets help from Krish at times.
• Pinky: Pinky is Krish' classmate and a student of Mathura Anath Ashram. She is the incarnation of Radha. She is one of the best friends that Krish has and worries about Krish, her friends, and the school. She is an activist who keeps coming up with different initiatives for the betterment of the school and its students. She also has a crush on Kris. Pinky is also a brainiac who is good with studies.
• Babloo: Babloo is Kris' best friend and the reincarnation of Sudama. He stays with Krish most of the time and backs Krish and his ideas when confronted by Pinky. He is an average student but really good with sports.
• Madhu: Madhu is a friend of Krish and the brains of the group. Among all the friends Krish has, Madhu is the smartest one. He keeps coming up with many innovative ideas of gadgets and devices useful for kids. He is also the smartest student in the school. He often gets bullied by Golu. He is the reincarnation of Madhumangal.
• Golu: Golu is the bully of Mathura Anath Ashram. His only job and recreation are to mess with the kids and to take their stuff or food by force. He is often confronted by Krish and his friends. He is called motu (Fatso) by many people and kids as he has loved any kind of food. He is the overweighted student of the school. Many times, Golu is let in by Kanishk and J in their plans to get back at Krish. Golu happily participates in Kanishk's plans as he likes getting an opportunity to get even with Krish and Kanishk also manages to get Golu's grades a little high. He is the reincarnation of Subala.
• Sukhi: Sukhi is the reincarnation of Narada Muni in the school. He is in the school to report everything to the gods. He owns a phone booth outside the school, where he has a divine phone which connects straight to heaven. He reports about how Krish is doing through this booth. He knows Kris' secret and helps him often by letting him know of Kanishk's evil plans.

• Taarak: Taarak, an incarnation of Tarakasur, is Kanishk's cousin who is there in the school as a maths teacher. He is more of a 'Yes Sir' character who keeps nodding to all of Kanishk's plans to get back at Krish (no matter how ridiculous they are). He sometimes is shown wishing if Kanishk could let him be fit-free as he is constantly nagged by Kanishk to take more extra classes.
• Suparna: Suparna is the chemistry and music teacher of the school. She is the reincarnation of Putana. She is really fond of make-up and is a laid-back but strict teacher.
• Basu: Basu is the sports teacher of the Mathura Anath Ashram. He is loved by the kids and is their favorite teacher. He is the incarnation of Vasudeva and is the only human teacher, unlike the other teachers who are demons.
• Prashant: He is a student in Mathura Anath Ashram. He is somewhat good in studies but very good at sports and dancing. He is the reincarnation of Ujavala.
• Ballu: He is the elder brother of Krish and the incarnation of Balarama. In his first scene in the show, he is seen keeping a public eye on Kris. He is also seen being over-protective of Krish.
• Chimpu and Champu: They are the two sidekicks of Golu. They think Golu is the best.
• Guru Mahasur: He is teacher of all demons of Paataal-Nagri. He is the incarnation of Guru Shukracharya.
• Lord Aquarius: He is the overarching villain and is shown to be the strongest devil. He succeeds in beating Krish and Kanishk in the special episode "The Attack of the Shadow: Part I".
• Agent Veer: He is the protagonist of the show which is a favorite to Krish and his friends. He is a superhero and his enemy is Dr. Dhamaka. He is supported by Kris and his friends.
• Dr. Dhamaka: He is the antagonist of the same show in which Agent Veer is the protagonist. He fights against Agent Veer and is supported by Kanishk and his minions. His two robotic assistants are Babloo and Dabloo.

This is the list of feature films of the show. They are also one of the first original Indian movies of Cartoon Network India.

The show has been adapted into video games including by Zapak, an Indian mobile video game developer, which has released games such as Roll No 21 Demon Tapdown, Roll No. 21 - Demon Slash, Run Kris Run, Cartoon Network Ludo.

The series launched on Cartoon Network on 27 November 2010. From February 21, 2021 the rerun of series and its movies aired on Pogo with the title Kris Roll no 21. On November 13, 2022 the series was broadcast on their new sister channel Discovery Kids India.^[6]

Roll No 21 received three awards in the Cartoon Network Super Toons Award 2013 and Indian Telly Award for Best Kids Programme.^[7]

• List of Indian animated television series

• Minisite on Cartoon Network India