Ramayan Serial Actors Heroin Series Held Could

Ramayan Serial Actors Heroin Series Held Could

He however felt the execution was poor and remembered questioning Sagar upon watching the tape if he had made Ramayana or Ram-Leela. 32 Sharma noted that the political clout the series held could be adjudged by the fact that Sagar and Arun Govil (who played Rama) were repeatedly courted by both the Congress and the BJP to campaign for them, and that Deepika Chikhalia (Sita) and Arvind Trivedi (Ravana) went on to become members of parliament. 32.

For the 2008 Imagine TV series created by Anand Sagar, see Ramayan (2008 TV series).

The show was originally aired between 1987 and 1988 on DD National.

It was created, written, and directed by Ramanand Sagar.

The series had a viewership of 82 per cent, a record high for any Indian television series.

Each episode of the series reportedly earned DD National 40 lakh.

The show was narrated by famous actor Ashok Kumar and the director Ramanand Sagar.

Also Vali, Sugrivas brother and also played role of Yamraj God of death.

But, owing to popular demand it had to be extended thrice, eventually ending after 78 episodes.

The photoshoot happened with the look and make-up but I wasnt looking like Lord Ram.

Then we thought of adding a smile and then everything got sorted, Arun Govil 23.

Initially, he was considered to be inappropriate for the role.

He then appeared for the screen test again wearing a smile on his face and got finalized for the role.

Since Govils collaboration with Debashree Roy in Kanak Mishras Jiyo To Aise Jiyo (1981) was adulated, the actress was approached to play Sita but due to her hectic schedule in Bengali cinema, she failed to appear for the screen test.

She had to undergo rigorous screen tests and was finalized then.

Sagar then urged him to play Bharata since the role would not require bulk dates.

Other programs like Buniyaad and even Hum Log did achieve viewership of around 80 percent and more, on occasion.

In the case of Ramayana, that figure had been maintained almost from the beginning.

The viewership was more than 50 percent even in the predominantly non-Hindi speaking southern Indian States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.

The shows popularity spanned across religions and people of the Islam faith watched in high numbers as well.

It was common among people threatening to burn down the local electricity board headquarters during a power outage.

Soutik Biswas of BBC recalled that when the series was telecast every Sunday morning, streets would be deserted, shops would be closed and people would bathe and garland their TV sets before the serial began.

In the noisiest and most bustling cities, trains, buses and cars came to a sudden halt, and a strange hush fell over the bazaars.

In Delhi, government meetings had to be rescheduled after the entire cabinet failed to turn up for an urgent briefing.

It confirmed to the idea of Hindu awakening and the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party capitalizing on this.

While the media and cultural commentators struggled to consider Sagars epic one way or the other, there were some who saw it as a catalyst, even if unintended, to the turmoil that the movement resulted in.

He however felt the execution was poor and remembered questioning Sagar upon watching the tape if he had made Ramayana or Ram-Leela.

Sharma noted that the political clout the series held could be adjudged by the fact that Sagar and Arun Govil (who played Rama) were repeatedly courted by both the Congress and the BJP to campaign for them, and that Deepika Chikhalia (Sita) and Arvind Trivedi (Ravana) went on to become members of parliament.