It will make you understand what your culture is all about.
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It needs to be treated as a wholesome treat for your soul.
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Where will Ramayan stand a chance against them? Yes, I think it stands a chance because it is more than a television series. Today’s generation is, of course, watching Netflix and Amazon Prime Video where crisply-edited shows are streaming.
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What impact do you think the re-run of Ramayan serial will have especially on the millennial generations of the audiences, who are used to seeing the best of the world shows with great VFX effects on over-the-top (OTT) platforms and elsewhere? It is the first book to have come out in the Hindu scriptures after Rig Veda and other Vedas, which turned into a story. People definitely consider Ram as God and Sita as Goddess and it is part of Hindu religion and culture. It is a simple story of relationship, it talks about our culture. Ramayan is a story that people understand easily. What do you think are the reasons for its timeless appeal on television and beyond? Related Stories Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan Then and Now: Politics Of An Epic Kind Prasar Bharati To Re-Telecast 'Ramayan' From March 28 On 'Public Demand' During Lockdown And yes, it was also nice to see myself looking so young onscreen again. I was remembering all those things and more. I recall that all through the seven days I kept pressing the feet of (the character of) Vishnu Bhagwan. Also, it involved depiction of the gods and the goddesses so we could not have taken it lightly. The Sagars (the makers) were also using croma on such a large scale for the first time. It took us seven days to complete one episode because there was so much croma involved. That was also the first time I saw myself on screen as Goddess Lakshmi. I remember the first episode of Ramayan being shot on the first day of the shooting of the serial itself. What thoughts came to your mind when you watched the first episode of Ramayan, when it was telecast during its re-run on Doordarshan today, 33 years after it was first screened?
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The 54-year-old actress speaks exclusively to Giridhar Jha of Outlook soon after the first episode of the 1987 serial was telecast on March 28, amidst a raging political controversy. After making her film debut earlier opposite Raj Kiran in Rajshri productions’ Sun Meri Laila (1983), she went on to do many movies in several languages but she is still remembered for Ramayan, which is being re-run on Doordarshan during the ongoing lockdown due to the coronavirus outbreak. Deepika Chikhalia carved a unique niche for herself in the Indian entertainment industry by playing Goddess Sita in Ramanand Sagar’s iconic television serial, Ramayan.