There was a huge demand on social media for the retelecast of Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan and BR Chopra's Mahabharat during the 21-day lockdown to fight coronavirus. Doordarshan has taken note. Ramayan will be back on the small screen from Saturday, March 28, on DD National.
Prakash Javadekar, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, took to Twitter to announce the good news. He wrote, "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.(sic)"
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
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Starting Saturday, two episodes will be telecast every day. The first episode will air in the morning from 9 am to 10 am, while the second will be telecast in the evening from 9 pm to 10 pm.
Shashi Shekhar, CEO of Prasar Bharati, thanked the Sagar family for arranging the content. He tweeted, "Heartfelt thanks to the Sagar Family for this service to the Nation during this moment who took immense effort to mobilise their resources and made available content to Team @ddnational in Mumbai on a war footing."
Thank you Sir for all your guidance and support in making this happen at this time twitter.com/prakashjavdeka…
Heartfelt thanks to the Sagar Family for this service to the Nation during this moment who took immense effort to mobilise their resources and made available content to Team @ddnational in Mumbai on a war footing.
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Shekhar also informed that a few more iconic shows will be back on Doordarshan soon. He tweeted, "Stay tuned for more iconic content to come back on Doordarshan over the next few days as you relive the nostalgia while we observe the Lockdown, staying home to save lives."
Stay tuned for more iconic content to come back on Doordarshan over the next few days as you relive the nostalgia while we observe the Lockdown, staying home to save lives.
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Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan was originally aired from 1987 to 1988. The star cast included Arun Govil, Dipika Chikhlia, Dara Singh, Sunil Lahri, Lalit Pawar and Padma Khanna, among others.
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