In the noisiest and most bustling cities, trains, buses and cars came to a sudden halt, and a strange hush fell over the bazaars.
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Would be deserted, shops would be closed and people would bathe and garland their TV sets before the serial began."ĭalrymple noted, "In villages across south Asia, hundreds of people would gather around a single set to watch the gods and demons play out their destinies.
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Soutik Biswas of BBC recalled that when the series was telecast every Sunday morning, "streets The success of the series was documented well by the media. He mentioned that it wasĬommon among people threatening to burn down the local electricity board headquarters during a power outage. He alsoĪdded that the show's popularity spanned across religions and was watched by people of the Islam faith in high numbers as well. The viewership was more than 50 per cent even in the predominantly non-Hindi speaking southern Indian States of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. In the case of Ramayana that figure had been maintained almostįrom the beginning." He added, "Starting at around 50 per cent the 80 per cent figure was reached within a few months and never went down." He noted that Other programmes likeīuniyaad and even Hum Log did achieve viewership of around 80 per cent and more, on occasion. Bose, the media director of Hindustan Thompson Associates, remarked, "The unique thing about the Ramayana was its consistency. Vijay Kavish played three roles in the series which were Shiva, Valmiki and Mayasura Demon.ĭ. However, when Trivedi rejected the offer, Paresh Rawal convinced him for playing The role of Lakshmana then went to Sunil Lahiri.Īudition for the role of a boatman where Ramanand Sagar chose him as Ravan.
Sagar then urged him to play Bharata since the role would not require a bulk dates. Sanjay Jog was originally approached for the role of Lakshmana but he refused since he was unable to give bulk dates. Deepika Chikhalia was then summoned to appear for the screen test. Their romantic appeal resulting doom to their on screen career. Several other famous actresses were approached as well but all of them backed off due to the prevalent premonition that playing the role of Lady Sita would blemish 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. Since Govil's collaboration with Debashree Roy in Kanak Mishra's Jiyo To Aise Screen test again wearing a smile on his face and got finalized for the role. Initially he was considered to be inappropriate for the role. Govil expressed his desire to play Rama and appeared for a screen test. Then we thought of adding a smile and then everything got sorted, The photoshoot happened with the look and make-up but I wasn’t I remember I had given an audition for Ram and I failed initially. Initially, Both Ramayan and Mahabharat was planned to air together, but later it was decided to air Ramayan first which was followed by Mahabharat after its end. But, owing to popular demand it had to be extended thrice, eventually ending The series was initially conceptualized to run for 52 episodes of 45 minutes each. Chopra over the production of the series Mahabharat based on another epic of the same name, and mentioned that both he and Sagar accepted to his suggestionsĪnd constituted panels of experts and scholars to conceptualize the production. Gill added that he also wrote a similar letter toī. He added that he had noted in the letter that Sagar's "real challenge would lie in seeing theĮpic "with the eyes of a modern man and relating its message to the spiritual and emotional needs of our age". Social values" and that its message was "secular and universal". GillĪdded that in a letter to Sagar, he had written about the Ramayana as a subject for the television series was ideal in that it was "a repository of moral and Gill wrote that it was during his tenureĪs the secretary with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in September 1985 that he contacted Ramanand Sagar in association with the project. Writing for the Indian Express upon completion of the airing of the series' final episode, former bureaucrat S. Ramayan was regarded as the most expensive TV show produced during the time with a budget ₹9 Lakhs per episode. Vijay Kavish as Shiva/ Valmiki/ Mayasura demon Adapted and based on the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana, the series follows the journey of Rama who goes to an exile of 14 years along with Sita and Lakshman.