Re-telecast Of Ramayana

Ramanand Sagar’s iconic drama series ‘Ramayana’ is all set to make a comeback to your nearest television screen.

First aired on 25 January 1987, the series ran till 31 July 1988. The star cast of ‘Ramayana’ includes Arun Govil as Ram and Deepika Chikhalia as Sita, Arvind Trivedi plays Raavan and Dara Singh essays the role of Hanuman.

With people being asked to stay at home due to the lockdown in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, one tends to consume more entertainment. So, Union minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar announced the re-telecast of ‘Ramayana’ via a tweet about the same on the micro blogging site.

Here’s the tweet:

जनता की मांग पर कल शनिवार 28 मार्च से 'रामायण' का प्रसारण पुनः दूरदर्शन के नेशनल चैनल पर शुरू होगा। पहला एपिसोड सुबह 9.00 बजे और दूसरा एपिसोड रात 9.00 बजे होगा । @narendramodi@PIBIndia@DDNational

— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) March 27, 2020

Elated by this news, netizens thanked the minister for this move. Also, remember that time on how life on Sunday mornings would come to a standstill when ‘Ramayana’ was telecasted on Doordarshan National?

Enjoy this classic mythological show, once again!