Mayavi is a popular Malayalam cartoon strip that features in the children's magazineBalarama which is published by the Malayala Manorama group. The comic is written byMohan and mostly drawn by Mohandas. Mayavi, the protagonist in the story, is a little devil, who helps keep the jungle safe from villains and dark wizards. Most of the stories revolve around how a dark wizard Kutoosan and his cadre of wizards aim at capturing Mayavi, but fail with drastic consequences.