Points: My favorite TV serial Ramayana — The different parts — Its universal appeal.
To the highbrows TV is a nuisance at home, an ‘idiot box’. But I am no highbrow. And make no secret of my love for not all but some TV programmes. If I am to mention a recent one, I must mention the TV serial’ Ramayana directed by Ramanand Sagar.
During 1987 and 1988 the Ramayan drew viewers like a magnet. Very few among us let me confess, have read the whole of any version Ramayan —Valmiiki, Kamba, Tulsidas or Krittibas. It was thanks to Doordarshan that the full story of Rarmayana came vivid on the mini screens and we. viewers, were transported to the mythical day of Rama ana Ayodhya. Sunday at 9:30 A.M. everybody was under a spell; we were transported into subjects of the kingdom of Rama.
I remember two other TV serials Humlog and Buniyad which were also popular and ran for over a year each. But Ramayans was really epical in length and made a record in the history of Indian
TV, having run for over Two years. Arun Govil as rama, Sunil Lahiri as Lakshman, Dipika as Sita and Arvind Trivedi as Ravana played their parts so superbly (that they recreated the aura of ancient time. I should not omit mentioning also Dara the athlete who pIayed Hanuman. His fame-as an athlete played before his popularity as Vajrangvali.
The appeal of the Ramayana story is universal. The sweet familial bond that binds Rama. Lakshmnan and Sita the eternal, conflict between good and evil, which is highlighted in the Lanka war, the loyalty and courage played by Hanuman or Jatayu are unforgettable table TV produced them audio visually the serial and so it became popular .
Everyone like myself became a Ramayan addict so to say. Now let us see how Mahabharata which is far more complex and surely more eventful than Ramayana fares on the TV screen.
To the highbrows TV is a nuisance at home, an ‘idiot box’. But I am no highbrow. And make no secret of my love for not all but some TV programmes. If I am to mention a recent one, I must mention the TV serial’ Ramayana directed by Ramanand Sagar.
During 1987 and 1988 the Ramayan drew viewers like a magnet. Very few among us let me confess, have read the whole of any version Ramayan —Valmiiki, Kamba, Tulsidas or Krittibas. It was thanks to Doordarshan that the full story of Rarmayana came vivid on the mini screens and we. viewers, were transported to the mythical day of Rama ana Ayodhya. Sunday at 9:30 A.M. everybody was under a spell; we were transported into subjects of the kingdom of Rama.
I remember two other TV serials Humlog and Buniyad which were also popular and ran for over a year each. But Ramayans was really epical in length and made a record in the history of Indian
TV, having run for over Two years. Arun Govil as rama, Sunil Lahiri as Lakshman, Dipika as Sita and Arvind Trivedi as Ravana played their parts so superbly (that they recreated the aura of ancient time. I should not omit mentioning also Dara the athlete who pIayed Hanuman. His fame-as an athlete played before his popularity as Vajrangvali.
The appeal of the Ramayana story is universal. The sweet familial bond that binds Rama. Lakshmnan and Sita the eternal, conflict between good and evil, which is highlighted in the Lanka war, the loyalty and courage played by Hanuman or Jatayu are unforgettable table TV produced them audio visually the serial and so it became popular .
Everyone like myself became a Ramayan addict so to say. Now let us see how Mahabharata which is far more complex and surely more eventful than Ramayana fares on the TV screen.
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