The
rerun
of
classic
Indian
television
shows
such
as
BR
Chopra's
Mahabharat
and
Ramanand
Sagar's
Ramayan,
are
stirring
up
our
nostalgia
like
never
before.
During
the
abundant
time
we
find
ourselves
to
have
due
to
the
Coronavirus
lockdown,
some
of
us
may
find
ourselves
noting
the
stark
differences
between
television
shows
now
and
television
shows
then.
Dipika
Chikhlia,
who
plays
the
role
of
Sita
in
Ramayana,
says
that
those
were
indeed
different
times.
Talking
about
how
the
production
did
not
care
about
prosthetics
at
the
time,
she
revealed
that
she
used
to
do
her
own
make-up.
Mumbai
Mirror
asked
Dipika
if
she
has
been
watching
the
rerun
of
Ramayan
and
she
said,
"Yes,
I've
been
watching
it
on
and
off.
I
am
trying
to
catch
up
with
as
much
as
I
can."
When
asked
if
she
feels
different
looking
at
herself
as
Sita,
she
said,
"I
have
lived
with
that
image
in
my
mind
since
last
33
years.
So
I
don't
feel
particularly
different
about
it."
Talking
about
how
special
the
show
is,
Dipika
said,
"Ramayan
has
been
made
very
differently.
It
has
been
made
with
all
our
hearts.
Ramanand
Sagar
always
said
-
'I've
not
made
this
Ramayan;
Ye
upar
se
bann
ke
aayi
hai.'
I
also
feel
possible
there
is
that
magic
to
it."
She
also
shared
how
the
making
of
a
show
or
a
movie
was
so
different
then,
especially
with
regard
to
creating
the
looks
of
characters.
"To
be
honest,
we
had
no
comparative
parameters
then.
So
we
created
everything
out
of
whatever
resources
we
had
at
hand.
We
just
went
ahead
with
whatever
was
available
to
us.
For
one
instance,
coconut
shells
were
placed
on
the
faces
of
the
Vaanar
Sena
to
give
them
the
required
look!" said
Dipika.
She
added
that
they
did
not
have
prosthetics
at
the
time
and
even
the
makers
never
bothered
to
get
foreign
make-up
artists
on
board
to
look
into
that
aspect.
She
revealed
that
she
did
her
own
make-up
and
designed
her
own
costumes.
There
were
never
special
people
assigned
on
the
sets
for
these
tasks.