Popular mythological show Ramayan, which became a household name in the late 1990s and early 2000, will be telecast on the national public broadcaster Doordarshan once again. The announcement was made by Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar on Twitter on Friday.
Happy to announce that on public demand, we are starting retelecast of 'Ramayana' from tomorrow, Saturday March 28 in DD National, One episode in morning 9 am to 10 am, another in the evening 9 pm to 10 pm.@narendramodi@PIBIndia@DDNational
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) March 27, 2020
Honourable I & B Minister,
— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) March 27, 2020
You should’ve taken this bold step on the same day the Ayodhya Judgement came on public demand 🙏🙏🙏 https://t.co/ty1PDVRLHm
Many channels are re-running older content and once-popular shows as the shootings of films and serials have been called off owing to 21-day lockdown announced by the government to curtail the spread of novel coronavirus. (Click here to follow LIVE updates on coronavirus outbreak) Recently, the cast of Ramayan was seen on The Kapil Sharma Show. The protagonists of the show, Arun Govil, Deepika Chikhalia, and Sunil Lahri, who essayed the role of Rama, Sita, and Lakshmana respectively, recalled the the good old days during the show. Meanwhile, a trilogy on the _Ramayana_ is also being developed by filmmaker Nitesh Tiwari.