Amid Lockdown, Doordarshan Brings Back ‘Ramayan’, ‘Mahabharat’ From These days, More Iconic Shows Soon
Arun Govil, Deepika Chikhalia and Sunil Lahri from Ramayan (courtesy sonytvofficial)
New Delhi:
After an enormous call for on social media, nationwide broadcaster Doordarshan, popularly referred to as DD, is bringing again the epics of ‘Ramayan’ and ‘Mahabharat’ for its target market around the nation and in a foreign country.
Doordarshan and DD Bharati will telecast the epics of ‘Ramayan’ and ‘Mahabharat’ respectively from nowadays, Union Data and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar stated.
Many social media customers had asked the displaying of ‘Ramayan’, directed through Ramanand Sagar, and ‘Mahabharat’, directed through BR Chopra, amid the 21-day national lockdown. 3 days in the past, Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar Vempati stated they have been “operating on it”.
Mr Javadekar tweeted this morning announcing, “Please music in to @DDNational at nine am & nine pm to look at ‘Ramayan’ and @DDBharati at 12 midday and seven pm to look at ‘Mahabharat’ nowadays and on a regular basis.”
Please music in to @DDNational at nine am & nine pm to look at ‘Ramayan’ and @DDBharati at 12 midday and seven pm to look at ‘Mahabharat’ nowadays and on a regular basis.#StayHomeStaySafe#IndiaFightsCorona@narendramodi@PIB_India@DDNewslive@DDNewsHindi
– Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) March 28, 2020
Talking in regards to the method through which they’re scheduled, he stated “One episode will air within the morning from nine am to 10 am, and any other episode within the night nine pm to 10 pm.” It’ll be the similar for ‘Mahabharat’ too.
The minister even tweeted of himself observing an episode of ‘Ramayan’.
I’m observing ‘Ramayana’ , are you?@DDNational@narendramodi@BJP4India@BJP4Maharashtra#StayHomeStaySafe#IndiaFightsCoronapic.twitter.com/8Uq3wbJ0e6
– Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) March 28, 2020
The CEO of Prasar Bharati thanked Mr Javadekar and the Sagar circle of relatives for the initiative announcing “Thanks, Sir for your entire steering and improve in making this occur at the moment.”
“A devoted group of DD officials labored during the day the day past and during the evening to make this occur whilst they stayed clear of house and their households. Kudos to all the group who labored on a warfare footing in line with immense call for from the audience to look at the epics,” he added.
“Heartfelt due to the Sagar Circle of relatives for this carrier to the country right through this second who took immense effort to mobilise their assets and made to be had content material to Workforce @ddnational in Mumbai on a warfare footing,” the Prasar Bharati CEO stated in any other tweet.
Mr Vempati additionally tweeted about bringing again extra iconic content material on Doordarshan for all those that are nostalgic in regards to the 80s and 90s.
“Keep tuned for extra iconic content material to come back again on Doordarshan over the following few days as you relive the nostalgia whilst we apply the lockdown, staying house to avoid wasting lives,” he tweeted.
In keeping with Lord Ram’s lifestyles, ‘Ramayan’ used to be first aired on Doordarshan in 1987 and had a large following around the nation. It featured Arun Govil within the function of Lord Ram and Deepika Chikhaliya within the function of Sita. It additionally integrated actors corresponding to Dara Singh, who performed Hanuman, Lalita Pawar used to be solid as Manthara, Vijay Arora performed Indrajit, and Arvind Trivedi performed Ravana. It used to be dropped at the display screen through Sagar Arts.
The opposite collection ‘Mahabharat’, in line with the eponymous epic, first aired in 1988 and used to be a display that made many actors reach iconic standing.
Previous this week, as India ready for a 21-day lockdown towards the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), Twitter used to be flooded with messages from around the country inquiring for reruns of ‘Ramayan’ and ‘Mahabharat’ on DD. The call for used to be such that ‘Ramayan’ and ‘Mahabharat’ have been most sensible tendencies on Twitter this whole week. Social media exploded with pleasure after Mr Javadekar’s announcement. Many urged rerun of different common presentations from the 80s and 90s.
(Inputs from PTI)
