Yom (short for Yogendra Omprakash Mathur) is an Indian animated television series produced by Graphiti Multimedia and created by Munjal Shroff.[1][2] It premiered on 1 May 2017 on Disney Channel in India. Originally set to air in 2016, but Disney delayed it to May 2017. The story is about Yogendra Mathur, often shortened to Yom, an 11-year-old school boy who lives in Chotasheher and can transform to different animals by performing yoga asanas.[3]

Yom
Promotional poster
Created byMunjal Shroff
Developed by
  • Tilak Shetty
  • Munjal Shroff
  • Umesh Padalkar
  • Svani Parekh
Written bySvani Parekh, Sandiip Paatil
Voices of
  • Sairaj
  • Devyani Davaonkar
  • Ketan Singh
Theme music composerJustin-Uday
Opening theme"Yom Theme"
by Ajay Sawant
Country of originIndia
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26
Production
Executive producerAbhijeet Nadkarni
Producers
  • Tilak Shetty
  • Munjal Shroff
Running time21 minutes
Production companyGraphiti Multimedia
Original release
NetworkDisney Channel India
Release1 May (2017-05-01) –
30 October 2017 (2017-10-30)

The show was added to Netflix on 7 June 2018.

Premise

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Yogendra Mathur (Yom) is an 11-year-old schoolboy who has the power to transform into different animals such as an eagle, cat or dog; among others via Yoga Asanas. despite this he can only stay in animal form for 11 minutes at a time. He lives in the fictional city of Chotasheher and the show revolves around him saving it from various evil threats. another character is his friend Riya whose job it is to tell Yom how much time he has left in animal form

References

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  1. ^ "Graphiti to produce local animated series ?YOM? for Disney Channel India". Indian Television Dot Com. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Disney India partners Graphiti to launch 'Yom', the Indian Yoga Superhero". AnimationXpress. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. ^ Mitra, Ashish (2 May 2017). "Disney channel follows the Yoga path by launching Yom". Animation Digital Digest. Retrieved 6 September 2018.