That scene from ‘Ramayana’, which was not easy to shoot, everyone was in tears, even Ramanand Sagar’s eyes were wet.

New Delhi. Ramanand Sagar has given many historical films to Hindi cinema, but never would he have thought that the Ramayana he is making for TV would once again be in the limelight after the 80s. Popular serial Ramayana was once again telecasted on Doordarshan after the huge demand of people during the lockdown. People who watched Ramayana in the 80s used to say that people used to watch Ramayana with their hands folded in front of the TV. In 2020, Ramayana came back on TV and the show’s TRP created a huge history and also created a world record in terms of viewership.

People of old still say how much people loved Ramayana. Ramanand Sagar has left no stone unturned to make Ramayana the best it can be. Every scene was shot in detail. But do you know, during the shooting of the show there was a scene which was not easy to shoot at all. Everyone was teary-eyed at the shooting location and Ramanand Sagar also got emotional. Let us tell you which shoot it was…

Sunil Laheri narrated this story
Sunil Lahiri, who played the role of ‘Lakshman’ in Ramayana, shared interesting stories about many stories related to Ramayana on social media. He mentions an incident during shooting in which Ramanand Sagar cried profusely along with the entire cast of Ramayana.

Ramanand Sagar’s eyes were also wet
The story is about the time when King Dasharatha died after Rama went into exile. Sunil said that while shooting this episode, everyone got emotional and started crying. The situation was such that even director Ramanand Sagar’s eyes got wet. Sunil Lahiri shared the memories associated with this scene on his Twitter.

Kaushalya was in a bad condition crying constantly.
Sunil Lahiri said that shooting this episode was not easy. Kaushalya, who is Dasharath aka Jayashree Gadkar’s real wife, was the most troubled during this shoot. He said it took him about a day to recover after the case. She was also sad because this was the last shoot of Maharaja Dasaratha, who was very cheerful in nature.

Ramayana was broadcast in 1987
Ramayana was first telecast on Doordarshan in 1987. At that time he got a lot of love from the audience. In Ramayana, Rama was played by Arun Govil, Sita by Deepika Chikhlia, Lakshman by Sunil Laheri and Hanuman by Dara Singh.

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