| Ramayan | |
|---|---|
Ramayan promotional poster
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| Created by | Ramanand Sagar |
| Starring | Arun Govil Deepika Chikhalia Sunil Lahri Sanjay Jog Arvind Trivedi Dara Singh Vijay Arora Sameer Rajda Mulraj Rajda Lalita Pawar |
| Country of origin | India |
Hindi (primary)   | |
| No. of episodes | 78 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 35 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Doordarshan |
| Original release | 25 January 1987 – 31 July 1988 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Luv Kush |
Ramayan is an Indian epic television series, which aired during 1987-1988, created, written, and directed by Ramanand Sagar.[1] The remake of Ramayan series was again presented by Sagar Arts and which aired on NDTV Imagine in 2008.[2][3]
It is a television adaptation j the ancient Indian Hindu religious epic of the same name, and is primarily based on Valmiki's Ramayana and Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas.[citation needed]
The serial was brought to the small screen by Sagar Art Enterprises. The list of technicians is as follows:
Screenplay & Dialogue - Ramanand Sagar; Special Effects - Ravikant Nagaich; Technical Advisor - Prem Sagar; Lyrics & Music - Ravindra Jain; Title Music - Jaidev; Executive Producer - Subhash Sagar; Second Unit Directors - Anand Sagar & Moti Sagar; Produced & Directed - Ramanand Sagar.
Cast
- Arun Govil as Ram
- Deepika Chikhalia as Sita
- Sunil Lahri as Lakshman
- Sanjay Jog as Bharat
- Sameer Rajda as Shatrughna
- Dara Singh as Hanuman
- Bal Dhuri as Dashratha
- Jayshree Gadkar as Kaushalya
- Rajni Bala as Sumitra
- Padma Khanna as Kaikeyi
- Lalita Pawar as Manthara
- Sulakshana Khatri as Mandavi
- Anjali Vyas as Urmila
- Poonam Shetty as Shrutakirti
- Arvind Trivedi as Ravana / Sage Vishrava
- Vijay Arora as Indrajit
- Nalin Dave as Kumbhakarna
- Mukesh Rawal as Vibhishana
- Aparajita Bhooshan as Mandodari
- Mulraj Rajda as Janak, king of Mithila
- Urmila Bhatt as Sunaina, Janak's wife, queen of Mithila
- Chandrashekhar as Sumanta
- Shyamsundar Kaalaani as Sugriva / Vali
- Vijay Kavish as Shiva / Valmiki
- Murari Lal Gupta as Akampana
- Ramesh Goyal as Maricha
- Rajshekhar as Jambavan
- Bashir Khan as Angada / Prahasta
- Bandini Mishra as Parvati
- Sudhir Dalvi as Vasishta
- Anita Kashyap as Trijata
- Shrikant Soni as Vishwamitra
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