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King Dasharatha is travelling to Guru Vashistha's ashram to see his sons.Later, it is shown that both Ram and Sita have grown up.Guru Vishvamitra takes Ram and Lakshman from Ayodhya to destroy the demoness queen Tataka. Sita and her sisters also travel along with Kushadhwaja to see Guru Vishvamitra. Soon Taraka and her son Subahu are killed by Ram and Lakshman. Guru Vishvamitra tells him that he wants to take both of them to Mithila and seek the blessings of Shiv Dhanush. While travelling to Mithila, he sees Rishi Gautam and Ahilya's ashram and cures her curse. Gautam Rishi seeks his greatness to Ram.Sita falls in love with Ram without seeing him. Ram comes to Mithila, and they meet for the first time at the Parvati templeSoon after, Sita's Swayamvar is announced.
King Dasharatha is travelling to Guru Vashistha's ashram to see his sons.Later, it is shown that both Ram and Sita have grown up.Guru Vishvamitra takes Ram and Lakshman from Ayodhya to destroy the demoness queen Tataka. Sita and her sisters also travel along with Kushadhwaja to see Guru Vishvamitra. Soon Taraka and her son Subahu are killed by Ram and Lakshman. Guru Vishvamitra tells him that he wants to take both of them to Mithila and seek the blessings of Shiv Dhanush. While travelling to Mithila, he sees Rishi Gautam and Ahilya's ashram and cures her curse. Gautam Rishi seeks his greatness to Ram.Sita falls in love with Ram without seeing him. Ram comes to Mithila, and they meet for the first time at the Parvati templeSoon after, Sita's Swayamvar is announced.In the Swayamvara, nobody can lift the Shiv Dhanush except Ram. Ram's marriage is fixed with Sita.King Dashrath seeing the intelligence and knowledge of Urmila and her cousins wants Ram's brothers and Sita's sisters to get married along with Ram and Sita. He shares his thoughts with Raja Janak which he agrees.


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 12:59, 21 February 2024

Shrimad Ramayan
File:Shrimad Ramayan.jpg
Title screen
GenreEpic
Mythology
Created bySiddharth Kumar Tewary
Based onValmiki Ramayana
Ramcharitmanas
Screenplay byAnand Neelakantan
Directed byKamal Monga
Loknath Pandey
Sumit Thakur
Starring
Music byLalit Sen
Opening themeShrimad Ramayan
Original languageHindi
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes35
Production
ProducersSiddharth Kumar Tewary
Gayatri Gill Tewary
Rahul Kumar Tewary
Production locationUmargam
CinematographyAfsar Faruque
Veerdhaval Puranik
EditorGanga Kacharla
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time40–45 minutes (Ep: 1–16)
21–24 minutes (Ep: 17 onwards)
Production companySwastik Productions
Original release
NetworkSony Entertainment Television
Release1 January 2024 (2024-01-01) –
present

Shrimad Ramayan is an Indian Hindi-language mythological television series that premiered on 1 January 2024 on Sony Entertainment Television.[1][2] Produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary under the banner of Swastik Productions, the series stars Sujay Reu as Rama and Prachi Bansal as Sita.[3][4]

Plot

The series showcases the extraordinary life of Rama, the 7th incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It shows how he dealt with hardships in his life and how his life became an inspiration. It also showcase the whole ordeal and journey he went through to free his beloved wife, Sita (Incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi), from the rakshasa king Ravana, who abducted her.

Baal Kand

When Mithila suffers from a drought for twelve years, its childless King Janak builds a golden plough and unearths a baby girl as he begins to plough. The baby's first cry leads to rainfall. Rishi Yagyavalkya suggests that Janak keep the baby and so he names her Sita. Soon after, Janak and his wife have another daughter they name her as Urmila. Janak's younger brother Kushadhwaja also have two daughters Mandavi and Shutkirti.

Few years later

King Dasharatha is travelling to Guru Vashistha's ashram to see his sons.Later, it is shown that both Ram and Sita have grown up.Guru Vishvamitra takes Ram and Lakshman from Ayodhya to destroy the demoness queen Tataka. Sita and her sisters also travel along with Kushadhwaja to see Guru Vishvamitra. Soon Taraka and her son Subahu are killed by Ram and Lakshman. Guru Vishvamitra tells him that he wants to take both of them to Mithila and seek the blessings of Shiv Dhanush. While travelling to Mithila, he sees Rishi Gautam and Ahilya's ashram and cures her curse. Gautam Rishi seeks his greatness to Ram.Sita falls in love with Ram without seeing him. Ram comes to Mithila, and they meet for the first time at the Parvati templeSoon after, Sita's Swayamvar is announced.In the Swayamvara, nobody can lift the Shiv Dhanush except Ram. Ram's marriage is fixed with Sita.King Dashrath seeing the intelligence and knowledge of Urmila and her cousins wants Ram's brothers and Sita's sisters to get married along with Ram and Sita. He shares his thoughts with Raja Janak which he agrees.

Cast

Main

  • Sujay Reu as Rama / Lord Vishnu - Vishnu's 7th incarnation; Dasharatha and Kaushalya's son; Bharat, Lakshman and Shatrughn's half elder brother; Sita's husband.
    • Tanmay Shah as Young Rama
  • Prachi Bansal as Sita / Devi Lakshmi - Lakshmi's incarnation; Janak and Sunaina's elder daughter; Urmila's sister;Mandavi and Shrutakirti's cousin; Ram's wife.
    • Hansika Jangid as Young Sita
  • Basant Bhatt as Lakshman - Sheshanaga's incarnation; Dasharatha and Sumitra's elder son; Shatrughn's brother; Ram and Bharat's half brother; Urmila's husband.
    • Subhan Khan as Young Lakshman
  • Vaidehi Nair as Urmila - Nagalakshmi's incarnation; Janak and Sunaina's younger daughter; Sita's sister; Mandavi and Shrutakirti's cousin; Lakshman's wife.
    • Purvi Mishra as Young Urmila
  • Nikitin Dheer as Ravana - King of Lanka; Vishrava and Kaikasi's eldest son; Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's brother; Mandodari's husband. Meghnaad' father.
    • Athar Khan as Young Ravan
  • Nirbhay Wadhwa as Hanuman - Lord Vayu's son; Kesari and Anjana's son; Rama's devotee
  • Nikhilesh Rathore as Bharata - Shankha's incarnation; Dasharatha and Kaikeyi's son; Ram, Lakshman and Shatrughn's half-brother; Mandavi's husband.
    • Hassan Syed as Young Bharata
  • Samarthya Gupta as Shatrughn - Sudarshana's incarnation; Dasharatha and Sumitra's younger son; Lakshman's brother; Ram and Bharat's half brother; Shrutakirti's husband.
    • Shabd Grover as Young Shatrughna
  • Rushiraj Pawar as Meghanada - Ravana and Mandodari's son; Akshayakumara's brother; Sulochana's husband

Recurring

  • Aarav Chowdhary as Dasharatha - King of Ayodhya; Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra's husband; Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna's father
  • Anandi Tripathi as Kaushalya - Dasharatha's first wife; Rama's mother
  • Shilpa Saklani as Kaikeyi - Dasharatha's second wife; Bharata's mother
  • Bhawna Aneja as Sumitra - Dasharatha's third wife; Lakshmana and Shatrughna's mother
  • Sheersha Tiwari as Mandavi - Lakshmi shankh's incarnation; Kushadhvaj and Chandrabhaga's elder daughter; Shrutakirti's sister; Sita and Urmila's cousin;Bharata's wife
    • Dhwani Buch as Young Mandavi
  • Siddhi Sharma as Shrutakirti - Lakshmi chakra's incarnation; Kushadhvaj and Chandrabhaga's younger daughter; Mandavi's sister;Sita and Urmila cousin; Shatrughna's wife
    • Dhivija Arora as Young Shrutakirti
  • Jiten Lalwani as Janaka - King of Mithila; Kushadhvaja's brother; Sunaina's husband; Sita and Urmila's father
  • Via Roy Chaudhary as Sunayana - Janaka's wife; Sita and Urmila's mother
  • Gurpreet Bedi / Harleen Rekhi as Mandodari - Mayasura and Hema's daughter; Ravana's wife
  • Kunal Bakshi as Vibhishana - Vishrava and Kaikasi's third son; Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Shurpanakha's brother
  • Sangeeta Odwani as Shurpanakha - Vishrava and Kaikasi's daughter; Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana's sister; Vidyutjiva's wife
  • Nishkarsh Dixit as Young Kumbhakarna
  • Tarun Khanna as Lord Shiva - Parvati's husband
  • Aishwarya Raj Bhakuni as Devi Parvati - Shiva's wife
  • Geeta Khanna as Manthara - Kaikeyi's maid
  • Surendra Pal as Vasishtha - Family priest of Ayodhya; Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna's teacher
  • Vishnu Sharma as Vishvamitra - Rama and Lakshmana's teacher
  • Dhananjay Singh as Sumantra - Dasharatha's minister
  • Yogesh Mahajan as Shatananda - Gautama Maharishi and Ahalya's son; Janaka's advisor
  • Manish Khanna as Jabali - Dasharatha's advisor
  • Brownie Parashar as Shukracharya - Meghanada's teacher
  • Deepak Bhatia as Parashurama - Vishnu's 6th incarnation; Jamadagni and Renuka’s son; Shiva’s disciple
  • Garima Jain as Ahalya - Gautama Maharishi's wife; Shatananda's mother
  • Arjun Kumar as Vidyutjiva - Shurpanakha's husband
  • Neetu Pandey as Kaikasi - Vishrava's wife; Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's mother
  • Meenakshi Sethi as Gargi - Vachaknu's daughter
  • Ansha Sayed as Tataka - Sunda's wife; Marich and Subhau's mother
  • Satendra Yadav as Subahu - Sunda and Tataka's son; Marich's brother
  • Mohammed Saud Suri as Shravana Kumara - Shantanu and Gyanvanti's son
  • Raja Kapse as Kakabhushundi - Rama's devotee
  • Meer Ali as Indra - God of Rain
  • Bharat Bhatia as Kubera - God of Wealth; Vishrava and Ilavida's son; Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's step-brother
  • Sharma M Shishir as Shani - God of Karma
  • Sandeep Sharma as Narada - Messenger of the Devas

Production

Development

Siddharth Kumar Tewary announced Shrimad Ramayan, that is produced under his banner Swastik Productions in August 2023. It is an adaptation of the epic Ramayana, and is based on Valmiki's Ramayana and Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas.[5][6] In December 2023, Tewary stated that criticism to film Adipurush, was one of the reason to make the show. He added,

Honestly, I like the fact that audiences are sensitive towards the history of our country. It defines our history, culture and even our country. There is a reason why someone would get offended. And it's not my intention to offend anyone. I want them to come together and celebrate it with me. I have a proper research team and everything that's going out, every word about this show is properly vetted. So if anyone raises a question tomorrow, we have an authentic source that we can count on.[7]

Casting

Sujay Reu and Prachi Bansal were cast as Rama and Sita respectively.[8][9] The series marks Reu's third and Bansal's second project with the production house.[10][11] Basant Bhatt and Vaidehi Nair were cast as Lakshmana and Urmila.[12][13] Nirbhay Wadhwa was cast as Hanuman, in his fourth on-screen portrayal of the character.[14]

In October 2023, Nikitin Dheer joined the cast as Ravana, marking his television comeback after 5 year.[15] Aarav Chowdhary was cast as Dashratha.[16] Nikhilesh Rathore was then cast as Bharata[17] and Samarthya Gupta was cast as Shatrughna.[18] Later, Anandi Tripathi was cast as Kaushalya, Bhawna Aneja as Sumitra and Shilpa Saklani as Kaikeyi.[19][20] Neetu Pandey was cast as Kaikasi.[21]

In January 2023, Gurpreet Bedi was cast to play Mandodari and Garima Jain was cast to play Ahalya.[22] Arjun Kumar was cast to play Vidyutjiva.[23]

Design

The series set covering 10 acres of land in Umargam, Valsad, Gujarat, is designed by art director Omung Kumar.[24] Costume designer of the series is Shibapriya Sen. Sita's wedding look included 15kg lehenga and 15meter long head trail. The hand-made embroidery took 3 days and 18 hours, with the entire lehenga taking 5 days to complete. Sen added,

Designing Sita's wedding look was ethereal, where femininity met divinity. It was a blessing to design the wedding looks for Prabhu Shri Ram and Mata Sita. The costumes and accessories were heavy, but the actors embraced it. We've maintained the sanctity of the occasion through traditional craftsmanship.[25]

Filming

Shrimad Ramayan is mainly shot in Umargam in Gujarat and has a high production and VFX value.[26][27]

Release

The teaser of Shrimad Ramayan, was released in August 2023.[28] The series premiered on 1 January 2024 on Sony Entertainment Television, replacing Kaun Banega Crorepati in its timeslot.[29] The team of Shrimad Ramayan also visited Ayodhya, before the launch.[30]

Soundtrack

Shrimad Ramayan
Original Sound Track
Soundtrack album by
Lalit Sen
Released15 December 2023 (2023-12-15)
Genre
Length16:20
LanguageHindi
LabelSony Entertainment Television
ProducerSiddharth Kumar Tewary
Gayatri Gill Tewary

The soundtrack of Shrimad Ramayan has been composed by Lalit Sen with lyrics written by Vinod Sharma.[31] Subhadeep Das Chowdhury, Menuka Poudel, Vaibhav Gupta, Ananya Pal and Utkarsh Wankhede, the contestants of Indian Idol 14 have also sung a version of the title song.[32]

Shrimad Ramayan: Tracklisting
No.TitleLength
1."Shrimad Ramayan (Theme Song)"1:48
2."Shrimad Ramayan"1:48
3."Ram Siya Ram"2:14
4."Ramayan Chaupai"3:50
5."Shri Ram Theme"1:00
6."Sita Theme"1:00
7."Ram Janam"0:52
8."Sita Janam"0:52
9."Narayan Theme"1:30
10."Mahadev Theme"0:30
11."Siya Varan Kare Ram"2:12
12."Thumak Thumak"0:44

Reception

Gayatri Nirmal from Pinkvilla stated, "The surprisingly fresh and convincing cast works. The rich storytelling and the VFX (visual effects) literally added life to the characters, and the dialogues, drawn from the original scripture of Valmiki, are both powerful and thought-provoking."[33]

See also

References

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