Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana is one of the most anticipated Indian films of the year.
Documentary on Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan Ramanand Sagar’s TV series Ramayan remains the most-watched Indian show ever.
Now, Ramanand Sagar’s grandson Shiv Sagar has revealed that a new documentary will go behind the scenes of the iconic TV show.
In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Shiv Sagar revealed, “We are making a documentary on the behind-the-scenes of the making of Ramayan.
The show is known to have captivated Indian audiences to the point that cities would shut down when episodes aired.
Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana is one of the most anticipated Indian films of the year. The mega production stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama and Yash as Ravana. But beyond the casting, what really has people talking about the film is its grand scale and VFX from DNEG, an eight-time Oscar-winning studio. But even as Ramayana’s grandeur is being discussed and dissected, a new documentary focuses on how one man told the same story nearly 40 years ago, without any help from technology, and did so admirably well. Ramayan turned Deepika Chikhalia, Arun Govil, and Sunil Lahri into overnight stars.
Documentary on Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan Ramanand Sagar’s TV series Ramayan remains the most-watched Indian show ever. The series, which ran from 1987-88, still boasts the highest TRP of any Indian show. Its popularity was evident in the fact that it again topped the TV ratings when it was rerun in 2020 during the pandemic. Now, Ramanand Sagar’s grandson Shiv Sagar has revealed that a new documentary will go behind the scenes of the iconic TV show.
In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Shiv Sagar revealed, “We are making a documentary on the behind-the-scenes of the making of Ramayan. Even after 36 years, there’s a lot of interest in grandfather’s Ramayan. It continues to be relevant and popular. At the time, my grandfather had to work with relatively rudimentary technology. There were no blue or green screens; chroma had just come in. There were no computers for visual effects either. The team worked with linear editing machines and shot on low-band U-matic video.”
Aired between 1987 and 1988 on Doordarshan, Ramayan was narrated by screen legend Ashok Kumar, and starred Arun Govil as Lord Rama, Deepika Chikhalia as Sita, Sunil Lahri as Lakshman, Arvind Trivedi as Ravana, and Dara Singh as Hanuman. The show is known to have captivated Indian audiences to the point that cities would shut down when episodes aired.
