RAMAYAN 2008 EPISODE 18 SERIAL
Soutik Biswas of BBC recalled that when the series was telecast every Sunday morning, "streets would be deserted, shops would be closed and people would bathe and garland their TV sets before the serial began. The success of the series was documented well by the media. He mentioned that it was common among people threatening to burn down the local electricity board headquarters during a power outage. He also added that the show's popularity spanned across religions and was watched by people of the Islam faith in high numbers as well. In the case of Ramayana that figure had been maintained almost from the beginning. Other programmes like Buniyaad 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. It was telecast in 55 countries and at a total viewership of million, it became the highest watched Indian television series by a distance. Ramayan notably broke viewership for any Indian television series during the time. Ramayan 2008 Episodes 15-32, Sita Swayamvar 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 after 78 episodes. 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 nameand mentioned that both he and Sagar accepted to his suggestions and constituted panels of experts and scholars to conceptualize the production. Gill added that he also wrote a similar letter to B. He added that he had noted in the letter that Sagar's "real challenge would lie in seeing the epic "with the eyes of a modern man and relating its message to the spiritual and emotional needs of our age". Gill added 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 social values" and that its message was "secular and universal". Gill wrote that it was during his tenure as the secretary with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in September 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 2008 EPISODE 18 PLUS
Reruns of the series aired on Star Plus and Star Utsav in 's.Īdapted and based on the ancient Hindu epic Ramayanathe series follows the journey of Ram who goes to an exile of 14 years along with Sita and Lakshman. The series had a viewership of 82 per cent, a record high for any Indian television series. Ramayan is an Indian mythological television series, which aired during on DD Nationalcreated, written, and directed by Ramanand Sagar.