On Public Demand, "Ramayan" Will Air On Doordarshan Again

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Ramayan made stars out of Arun Govil, Deepika Chikhalia and Sunil Lahri, known to fans as Lord Ram, Sita and Lakshman, clocked 33 years

New Delhi:

Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan, which was Sunday morning appointment viewing nationwide in 1987-1988, is returning to Doordarshan. On Friday, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar tweeted to say that Ramayan will now air on DD National twice a day starting Saturday (March 28). Earlier this week, as India prepared for a 21-day lockdown against the Coronavirus, Twitter was flooded with messages asking for reruns of Ramayan and B R Chopra's Mahabharat, which was telecast after Ramayan ended in 1988. "Happy to announce that on public demand, we are starting re-telecast of Ramayan from tomorrow, Saturday March 28 on DD National. One episode in morning 9 am to 10 am, another in the evening 9 pm to 10 pm," Mr Javadekar wrote in his tweet. Ramayan, which made stars out of Arun Govil, Deepika Chikhalia and Sunil Lahri, known to fans as Lord Ram, Sita and Lakshman, clocked 33 years of the show this year.

 

Here's the tweet that will make fans of Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan very happy.

 

The cast of Ramayan made an appearance on The Kapil Sharma Show earlier this month and photos of the onscreen Ram, Sita and Lakshman's reunion after decades sent the Internet into a tizzy. On Kapil's show, the Ramayan actors made several ROFL revelations. Arun Govil, now 71, confessed that there was point of time when he felt "itchy by just seeing the costumes." Deepika Chikhalia, 54, revealed that she was always greeted with folded hands even off screen. Arun Govil also said that the cast members were offered huge amounts of money for racy photoshoots by magazines and that they rejected them, reported news agency IANS.

 

 

Written, produced and directed by Ramanand Sagar, the ensemble cast of the show included actors such as Dara Singh, who played Hanuman, Lalita Pawar was cast as Manthara, Vijay Arora played Indrajit, and Arvind Trivedi played Ravana.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a national lockdown for 21 days and said no one must leave their homes in that timeframe. The coronavirus has infected over 529,000 worldwide. India has over 700 positive cases of the virus so far.

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super 

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[Sachin200]

Pulka @nag_mama srirama rajyam movie telecast cheyali ani antunde 

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[dasari4kntr]

is public is really demanding that "ramayan" at this time?

 

are they not thinking about anything else?

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Hold my beer... 

[aakathaai789]

chithra lahari kooda eyyaalsindiga nen demanding

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6 minutes ago, dasari4kntr said:

is public is really demanding that "ramayan" at this time?

 

are they not thinking about anything else?

33 Years ayyindi ee madya around 15th some of them in Twitter asked for retelecast... So time chusi elago intlo kaalega so doing...

Pillalni kurchopetti chupinchatame...

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5 minutes ago, aakathaai789 said:

chithra lahari kooda eyyaalsindiga nen demanding

Poddunne Teleschool program kuda veyyali super undedhi...Pillalu baa chustaaru.

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1 minute ago, Kool_SRG said:

 

Prime vadu Hotstar vadu waste vaa... Kotha content ekkuva upload sestaleru.. NETFLIX much better 

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