Amid controversies around Om Raut directorial Adipurush, the popular serial Ramayana by Ramanand Sagar is set to re-telecast on TV. It will feature Arun Govil as Lord Ram and Dipika Chikhlia as Sita
Shemaroo TV shared Ramayana’s teaser on its social media handle. The animated poster featured Arun Govil, who played the role of Lord Ram
Ramayana will be re-telecasted on TV starting today at 7:30 pm. There are no details around repeat telecast as of now
Ramayana can be watched on the following TV channels - 6 DD Free Dish: 28, Tataplay: 181, Airtel: 132, D2H: 149, Dish TV: 139, GTPL: 17, DEN: 116, Hathway: 16, NXT Digital: 178, IN DIGITAL: 178, SITI CABLE: 128, FASTWAY: 26, SCOD 18: 118. UCN: 13, Digiana: 122, Rajasthan Infotech: 312 and Radiant Digitek: 143
Ramayana is based on sage Valmiki’s epic Ramayana and Tulsidas’ poem Ramcharitmanas. It revisits the journey of Lord Ram, his wife Sita and Lakshman as they spent 14 years of their lives in exile in a forest and how Lord Ram with the help of Hanuman and others rescued Sita from Ravan
Produced in 1987, the Ramayana serial features Arun Govil as Lord Ram, Dipika Chikhlia as Sita, Sunil Lahiri as Lakshman, late Arvind Trivedi as Ravan and late Dara Singh as Lord Hanuman
In April 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world and it impacted the entertainment industry severely. As no new episodes of TV serials were released, Doordarshan re-telecasted Ramayana. On April 16, the show became the most-watched entertainment show in the world with 7.7 crore viewers, as shared by Doordarshan in a tweet citing BARC data. It broke the record by Game of Thrones, which was earlier the most-watched entertainment show in the world with 1.93 crore views in a day after the release of the third episode of GoT Season 8 on April 28, 2019
Adipurush starring Prabhas, Kriti Sanon and Saif Ali Khan has been facing a lot of controversies since day 1 due to its dialogues and the representation of its characters. Initially, it was heavily trolled for its poor VFX effects. Nepal also announced a ban on the film citing the controversial dialogues and demanded a re-edit of the film
Made on a budget of Rs 600 crore, Adipurush collected Rs 140 crore* worldwide on its opening day and Rs 100 crore on its second day leaving behind SRK-starrer Pathaan which earned made Rs 219 crore* over the first two days of its release in January. However, due to controversies and protests, Adipurush soon started losing steam. From the second week, its earnings fell to Rs 3.8 crore on Friday (June 23)
*As per Sacnilk