Kirmada

**Kirmada** is a demon who tries to attack Dholakpur and has a grudge on Bheem. He praises and worships *Shaitan* and has appeared in the Chhota Bheem and Krishna film series.

In the past, Kirmada was the ruler of Pratapgarh. Mocked by other kings, an enraged Kirmada decided to approach Shaitaan (the Devil) to make him his mentor. Under his tutelage, Kirmada gained immense power and strength, and eventually married and fostered a son. He defeated many armies and became a valiant king.

However, he was defeated by Raja Indra Verma, and after his defeat, he went into exile, while he sacrificed his life to Shaitaan, as part of the Tantrik Ritual. Shaitaan accepted his soul and stated that he will be freed and resurrected when all planets were to align in a straight line and if someone were to repeat the same vow he said. Back in Pratapgarh museum, after many years, a person accidentally recites the vow he took many years ago. As a result, Kirmada is resurrected successfully and begins his reign of terror.

When Kirmada nearly loses, he retreats and meets his master, Shaitaan, complaining to him about his promise. Annoyed, Shaitaan asks what he seeks, to which Kirmada states he wants the Brahmastra. Shaitaan grants him the Brahmastra, and Kirmada attacks Bheem with it, but Krishna negates it's effect and empowers Bheem, who together slay him.

His terror was stopped in the first movie when Bheem and Sri Krishna defeated him together on the battlefield.

In the second movie Pataliputra - City of the Dead, Kirmada had survived his demise but had lost most of his powers due to the Sudarshana Chakra and was rendered as a ghost. Seeking to restore his power, Kirmada went to Shaitaan, who suggested that he can regain his former strength by absorbing the life-force of humans and conduct a ritual to gain eternal power and invulnerability by sacrificing almost a thousand souls to him on a full moon night. The humans whose life force were absorbed would become zombies, who would attack Pataliputra in the night and serve Kirmada's will. Kirmada heads to Pataliputra and possesses an ascetic who was visiting the city and residing as a guest in the royal palace. The King caught him in this act and attacked him, but Kirmada stopped him and absorbed his life force, making him into a zombie. After the disappearance of their father, the princes and the princess decided to follow Kirmada's instructions, who they still believed was the ascetic. After Kirmada realized that Bheem had arrived, he decides to finish his adversary and lures him into coming alone to a secluded place in exchange for information. Kirmada hides his face and attacks Bheem at the meeting point with a dagger, but is swiftly defeated and flees. As Bheem and Krishna infiltrate the palace with the intent to learn more about the situation, they visit his room and investigate the mirror, which when pressed reveals his axe. Kirmada reveals himself to both Bheem and Krishna, and as they are about to attack him, he warns them to not take any step closer. Revealing that he had captured his friends beforehand and that he was the one who attacked Bheem earlier, Kirmada sends both of them to the dungeons while he heads to the ritual point to perform the ritual. As he performs the ritual, he realizes that Bheem and his friends have escaped. Thus, he proceeds to summon the undead, who stall them, but are defeated. Bheem reveals Kirmada's deception to the princes, who steps into the fire and regains his original demonic form and attacks them. However, despite his invulnerability, Bheem snatches his axe and slays him, causing his demonic body to revert back to his human form and his spirit escapes from the ascetic. Before he could escape, Bheem captures his spirit and throws towards space, where he is stuck wandering and presumably destroyed.

In the third movie Mayanagari, he was resurrected once again with the help of his sister Mayandri, albeit partially. Both of them plotted to capture Bheem and Krishna and absorb their powers to become powerful beings. After performing the ritual, Krishna amplifies his powers, which causes Kirmada's body to become unstable. Unable to contain the vast energies he absorbed, Kirmada is once again destroyed.

In the fourth movie, the Rise of Kirmada, he had somehow survived his demise, but was trapped within his master's lair. Shaitaan tells Kirmada that he will grant him his entire powers and arnies on the full moon night. Being trapped, Kirmada is impatient when the half-moon arrives, and thus Shaitaan resurrects him, albeit partially just like how he was resurrected in the previous movie. Pleased, Kirmada decides to use his powers to finish off Bheem and Krishna, but fails to do so. Ultimately, at the full moon night, Shaitaan grants Kirmada his entire power, resulting in him restoring his former physical form. The resulting power boost causes Kirmada to gain large demonic wings and extreme power. Shaitaan's armies swear their allegiance to the rejuvenated Kirmada, who attacks Dholakpur with his full might. However, Bheem, along with Krishna and his friends successfully defeat him, with Bheem delivering the final blow that obliterates him. Upon Kirmada's demise, Shaitaan's armies also disintegrate and are destroyed.

In the spin off cartoon series 'Kirmada Ka Keher', Shaitaan wanted the Agni Chakra and thus sent Kirmada to retrieve it. Knowing he cannot refuse his master, Kirmada led his armies to the volcano where the Agni Chakra was supposedly hidden, but was ambushed by Indra Verma's ancestor and other kings, where he seemingly met his end. With Kirmada's fall, the kings destroyed Pratapgarh's palace and exiled the queen and the young prince.

At some point, Kirmada completely sacrificed himself to his master, who rewarded him with a demonic body and new minions. However, he was defeated by Bheem and Krishna many times. His recent defeat caused Kirmada to lay in an emaciated, weakened slumber from which he couldn't wake up. Kirmada's son Tabora eventually found him in the Devil's castle, and unknowingly insulted him, resulting in him turning into a statue. Mayandri, Kirmada's sister found his nephew and convinced Shaitaan to release the boy and resurrect Kirmada in exchange for the Agni Chakra.

Kirmada is eventually resurrected by Shaitaan in order to retrieve the Agni Chakra. Renewed with energy of a powerful staff granted by the Shaitaan, Kirmada seeks to take vengeance from his enemies. He hatches a plot to take the Agni Chakra from Bheem and corners his friends, and sends Bheem himself into the volcano. He succeeded in obtaining the Agni Chakra and fuses it with Shaitaan's staff, giving him immense power.

When Tabora is captured, Kirmada escapes with the Agni Chakra, but Mayandri frees Tabora and they escape. He grants the Agni Chakra to Shaitaan.