Thankful to the children, Māyāvi promises to help them whenever they are threatened by the forces of evil.
Two kids, Rāju(രാജു) and Rādha(രാധ) help the imp escape from the bottle in which Dāgini had trapped him. Māyāvi, an imp (ചാത്തൻ), who was enslaved by the evil witch Dāgini(ഡാഗിനി) so she could take his powers for herself. However, despite the simplicity and slapstick comedy, Māyāvi became one of the most widely read children's comics in Malayalam language. As the target audience is young, the story takes the liberty to draw a fantasy world, in which wizards, demons and other strange creatures exist. In the local language Malayalam Māyāvi is a combination of two words (māya+āvi) when translated mean magic and spirit respectively. It is not exactly known when the story takes place. Māyāvi takes place in a secluded forest in Kerala.
Most of the stories revolves around how two dark magicians and their companions try to capture Māyāvi, but fail hilariously. Māyāvi, the protagonist in the series, is an imp, who helps keep the forest safe from villains and dark wizards. Mohandas gradually took over the drawing of the series after Balarama became a fortnightly. The series, was first published in the August 1984 issue of Balarama. Māyāvi is a Malayalam comic strip appearing in the Indian comic magazine Balarama owned by MM Publications.
The former title logo of the Mayavi comics.
