Indian Superhero Priya Joins Forces With Pakistan's Burka Avenger To Fight COVID-19

India’s first female comic book superhero, Priya, is all set to dive into a brand-new exciting adventure. In the year 2016, Superhero Priya joined forces with acid-attack survivors in Priya's Mirror. Later, in the year 2019, she rescued trafficked girls in Priya and the Lost Girls. Now, this year Priya has returned to face the unprecedented global COVID-19 pandemic in Priya's Mask. This book will be the fourth edition of the comic book series.

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This time, superhero Priya will be joining forces with Pakistan's Jiya aka Burka Avenger. They will fighting their unequaled enemy, COVID-19 which requires everyone to come together as this virus "threatens the very breath of humans, keeps them at distance."

Priya will be remodelled for the very first time as she will be voiced by Mrunal Thakur. She will also be shedding away her former salwar-kameez clad avatar and embracing a feisty teenage demeanour seen in young women around the world.  Vidya Balan voices Priya’s friend, the flying tiger Sahas.

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Unlike, some other overtly sexual counterparts in Catwoman or Wonder-woman, Superhero Priya doesn't have any 'god-like superpowers'. She fights off her enemy with her knowledge and compassion. Her superpower is her 'knowledge and kindness.' She fights her egoisti, super masculine enemies like Rahu, Ahankar or Baba Kaboom and COVID-19 with just a mask in her hand and some compassion.

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The film is produced by Tanvi Gandhi, Indrani Ray, and Monika Samtani. The comic is written by Shubhra Prakash, with illustrations and animation by Syd Fini, Hamid Bahrami and Neda Kazemifar. It is funded through a grant from the North India Office (NIO) of U.S. Embassy New Delhi, in coordination with the Regional English Language Office (RELO), as part of U.S.-India cooperation to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Khushi Gupta is an intern with SheThePeople.TV