#RAMAYAN 2008 SERIES SERIES#
This series confirmed to the idea of the rise of BJP (Bharatiya Janta Party) as they capitalized on Hindu awakening.Īs far as the initial doubts about the airing of the series by a broadcaster owned by the government, its producer reported that several people within the office of the channel were not supportive of the idea. He mentioned that the government had breached a taboo on religious bigotry and the Hindu nationalists had taken the best use of the opportunity.
#RAMAYAN 2008 SERIES TV#
In another write-up in The Telegraph, it was said that in a village in South Asia, several hundreds of people would surround themselves around one TV set to watch the demons and gods fight each other to shape their own destinies. A reporter from BBC remembered that when the series started getting aired on television, streets would remain deserted, shops would remain closed and there were even people who bathed their TV sets with garlands. Media had documented perfectly well the success of the series. The popularity of the show spanned through several religions as it was watched by people belonging to Islam religion. Though it started off at 50%, gradually, it reached 80% within few months of being aired. With regards to Ramayan, this figure was constantly maintained from the very beginning. The programmes that were aired at the same time like Hum Log and Buniyaad had achieved 80% viewership occasionally. 3] How the series was received by the audienceĬonsistency was the most unique factor of Ramayan, as mentioned by the media director of Hindustan Thompson Associates, D.K Bose. Both Mahabharat and Ramayan were aired at the same time but it was later on decided to start Mahabharat after Ramayan ends. However, due to extreme demand, it was extended to 78 episodes. The series had 52 episodes of 45 minutes each.
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He even wrote a letter similar to this to B.R Chopra about producing the series Mahabharat which is based on another Indian epic with the same name. Gill even added that Ramanand Sagar’s main challenge would be to see the epic through the perspective of a modern man and then relate the spiritual and emotional message with the needs of our generation.
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Ramayan was going to be ideal as it is the best example of social and moral values and the message that it shared was universal and secular. He also added that while writing the letter to Ramanand Sagar, he had mentioned about Ramayan as a key subject for TV series. On the completion of the telecast of this final episode, S.S Gill, former bureaucrat wrote for the Indian Express where he expressed his wish to work with Ramanand Sagar in this project. During 1987-88, Ramayan was touted to be the costliest TV show that was ever produced as they had a budget of approximately 9 lakhs per episode.
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