The
pandemic
has
created
havoc
in
the
country.
It
is
spreading
rapidly
and
the
government
has
no
other
way
but
to
introduce
lockdown.
Last
year
same
time
the
country
was
under
lockdown,
and
almost
every
business
was
stalled,
even
shooting
of
the
shows
were
halted.
And
this
made
channels
air
either
repeat
telecast
of
the
already
running
shows
or
re-air
old
shows.
One
of
the
shows
that
had
successful
re-run
during
the
lockdown
was
the
mythological
show,
Ramanand
Sagar's
Ramayan.
Now
that
lockdown
2.0
is
announced,
the
show
is
back
on
public
demand.
Yes,
you
read
it
right!
This
time,
the
show
will
start
airing
from
the
auspicious
festival
of
Ram
Navami
(April
21)
on
Star
Bharat
at
7
pm.
Star
Bharat
announced
the
same
by
sharing
a
video
and
captioned
it
as,
"Paawan
ho
jayega
maan,
jab
prabhu
Sri
Ram
ke
honge
darshan.
Dekiya
#रामायण
#ramayan
har
shaam
7pm,
Star
Bharat
par." While
many
were
happy
with
the
news,
some
of
them
asked
for
timing
change
as
lockdown
starts
from
8
pm.
For
the
uninitiated,
Ramanand
Sagar's
Ramayan
is
based
on
Valmiki's
Ramayana
and
Tulsidas'
Ramcharitmanas
and
has
78
episodes.
It
features
Arun
Govil
as
Ram
along
with
Dipika
Chikhlia
as
Sita,
Dara
Singh
as
Hanuman
and
Arvind
Trivedi
as
Raavan.
It
was
originally
broadcast
from
January
25,
1987
to
July
31,
1988
on
every
Sunday
at
9.30
am.
It
has
to
be
recalled
that
Ramayan
was
brought
back
during
the
lockdown
due
to
public
demand
and
it
rocked
the
TRP
chart
last
year.
The
show
became
the
world's
most-watched
show
on
April
16
with
7.7
crore
viewers
and
Doordarshan
had
shared
the
same
by
posting
it
on
its
official
Twitter
handle.