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{{short description|Indian television series}}
{{about|the 2008 [[Imagine TV]] series created by Anand Sagar|the 1987 [[DD National]] series produced by [[Ramanand Sagar]]|Ramayan (1987 TV series)}}
{{Infobox television
| name = Ramayan
| image = Ramayan (2008 TV series).png
| caption =
| genre = [[Epic film|Epic]]
| based_on = [[Ramayana]] by [[Valmiki]]
| producer = Subhash Sagar [[Prem Sagar]] Moti Sagar
| director = Anand Sagar
| creator = Anand Sagar
| runtime = 20 minutes
| starring = [[Gurmeet Choudhary]] [[Debina Bonnerjee]] [[Ankit Arora]] [[Akhilendra Mishra]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| country = [[India]]
| editor = Pappu Trivedi
Creative Head. = Shahab Shamsi
| executive_producer = Rakesh Jain
| opentheme = ''Jai Shri Ram'' By [[Suresh Wadkar]] and [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
| network = [[Imagine TV]]
| picture_format = {{plainlist|
* [[576i]]
* [[1080i]] ([[HDTV]])
}}
| first_aired = {{start date|2008|1|21}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2009|6|26}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 300
| composer = [[Ravindra Jain]]
| company = [[Sagar Films]]
| website =
| production_website = https://www.sagartv.com
| writer = Umesh Chandra Upadhyay
| related = [[Ramayan (1987 TV series)|Ramayan (1987)]]
}}

'''''Ramayan''''' is an [[Television in India|Indian television]] series depicting the story of [[Rama]] and based on stories from classic Indian literature. The 2008 release is a remake of the [[Ramayan (1987 TV series)|1987 ''Ramayan'' television series]] of the same name.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/television-news/gurmeet-choudhary-and-debina-bonnerjee-talk-about-their-2008-ramayan.html|title=Gurmeet Choudhary & Debina Bonnerjee talk about their 2008 'Ramayan' amidst 1978's re-runs|website=Republic World}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/television-news/dussehra-2019-five-mythological-shows-based-on-ramayana.html|title=Five best shows on Ramayana|website=Republic World}}</ref> The plot derives from [[Valmiki]]'s ''[[Ramayan]]'', [[Tulsidas]]'s ''[[Ramcharitmanas]]'' and [[Brij Narayan Chakbast|Chakbasta]]'s ''Urdu Ramayan'' with aspects of other works.<ref name=":0" /> The television series was produced by [[Sagar Arts]] and aired on [[NDTV Imagine]]. This Show Was Re-Aired On [[Dangal (TV channel)|Dangal TV]].

==Synopsis==

''Ramayan'' tells the story of Rama, the eldest son of [[Dasharatha]], the King of [[Ayodhya]]. Rama is due to become king after his father's retirement, but his stepmother, [[Kaikeyi]] wants her son [[Bharata (Ramayana)|Bharat]] to take the throne.

As King [[Dashratha]] had earlier promised to fulfill any two wishes for her, Kaikeyi demands that Rama should be banished to the forest for fourteen years and that Bharat should be crowned as king. Dasharatha keeps his word and with a heavy heart asks Rama to leave for the forest. Rama accepts the exile and is accompanied by his wife [[Sita]] and younger brother [[Lakshmana]]. When Bharat learns that his mother is responsible for Rama's exile he renounces her and beseeches Rama to return to Ayodhya. Rama declines, whereupon Bharat places Rama's [[paduka]] on the throne as a symbol that Rama is the true king.

Bharat served [[Ayodhya]] for the next fourteen years keeping [[Paduka]] of Rama on the throne. [[Ravan]], the evil King of [[Lanka]], abducts Sita, prompting Rama, [[Lakshmana]], [[Hanuman]] and his army of apes, the [[Vanara Sena]], to rescue her and Rama to kill Ravan.

Season 2 focuses on Ram-Sita's life after returning from exile, the birth of Luv-Kush, their reunion with the royal family and final departure of Sita and Ram from the earth.

==Cast==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Portrayed By !! Character !! Role
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Gurmeet Choudhary]]||[[Rama|Ram]]|| Eldest Son of Kaushalya and Dasharatha. King of [[Ayodhya]] Sita's husband and also an [[avatar]] of [[Vishnu]].
|-
|[[Vishnu]]/[[Narayana]]|| Ram is an avatar of Vishnu.
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Debina Bonnerjee]]||[[Sita]] Janki/Vandevi (Season 2)|| Wife of Ram and daughter of the earth goddess [[Bhūmi]] and the adopted daughter of King [[Janaka]] of [[Mithila (ancient)|Mithila]]. and Queen Sunaina, Urmila's sister
|-
|[[Mahalakshmi]]/[[Lakshmi]]|| Wife of [[Narayana]] and Sita is her avatar.
|-
|[[Rishabh Sharma]]||[[Kusha (Ramayana)|Kush]]||One of the twin sons of Ram and Sita.Twin brother of Luv.
|-
|[[Perin Monish Malde]]||[[Lava (Ramayana)|Luv]]||One of the twin sons of Ram and Sita. Twin brother of Kush.
|-
|[[Ankit Arora]]||[[Lakshmana]]||Brother and close companion of Ram. He is the twin brother of Shatrughna, born to Sumitra, the third wife of Dasharatha, his father. Thus, Lakshmana is the third eldest son of Dashratha.
|-
|Meenakshi Arya||[[Urmila]]||Real daughter of King [[Janaka]] of [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] and Queen Sunaina, sister of Sita, wife of Lakshmana.
|-

|[[Vikram Mastal (Sharma)]]||[[Hanuman]]||Hanuman is an ardent devotee of Ram and a central character in the Indian epic [[Ramayana]]. A general among the vanaras, Hanuman is a disciple of Ram in the war against the demon king Ravan.
|-
|[[Akhilendra Mishra]]||[[Ravan]]|| King of Lanka and brother of [[Surpanakha]].
|-
|[[Jaya Ojha]]||[[Mandodari]]||Queen Consort of Ravana.
|-

|[[Ashok Banthia]]||[[Viswamitra]]||A sage who takes Ram and [[Lakshman]] to protect his rituals, in the course of time he took both of them to Janakpuri, to attend Sita swayamvar.
|-
|Pankaj Kalra||[[Dasharatha]]||Father of Ram and his brothers.
|-
|Vije Bhatia||[[Bharata (Ramayana)|Bharata]]||Brother of Ram, and the son of Dasaratha and Kaikeyi. He is the second eldest son of Dasharatha.
|-
|Lalit Negi||[[Shatrughna]]|| He is the twin brother of Lakshmana and son of Dasaratha and his third wife, Sumitra. He is the youngest son of Dasharatha.
|-
| Annu Dangi||[[Shrutakirti]]|| Younger daughter of Kushadhwaj and Chandrabhaga, wife of Shatrughna, Sita and Urmila's cousin and younger sister of Mandavi
|-
|[[Rajni Chandra]]||[[Kaushalya]]||The eldest of King Daśaratha's three wives, she was the daughter of the King of the Kosala Kingdom. She was the mother of Ram. A queen of Ayodhya.
|-

|Hemaakshi Ujjain||[[Kaikeyi]]||One of the three wives of Dasharatha and mother of Bharat. A queen of Ayodhya.
|-
|[[Sangeeta Kapure]]||[[Sumitra]]||One of the three wives of Dasharatha and mother of twins, Shatrughna and Lakshman. A queen of Ayodhya.
|-
|[[Vinod Kapoor]]||[[Vibhishan]]||He was the younger half brother of the Rakshasa (demon) king Ravana of Lanka. Though a Rakshasa himself, Vibhishana was of a noble character and advised Ravana, who kidnapped and abducted Sita, to return her to her husband Ram in an orderly fashion and promptly. When his brother did not listen to his advice, Vibhishana joined Ram's army. Later, when Ram defeated Ravana, Ram crowned Vibhishana as the king of Lanka.
|-
|[[Praphulla Pandey]]||[[Indrajit]]||A warrior mentioned in the Indian epic Ramayana, was the son of the Lankan king Ravana.
|-
|[[Rakesh Deewana]]||[[Kumbhakarna]]||He is a demon and brother of Ravana in the Indian Ramayana epic. Despite his monstrous size and great hunger, he was described to be of good character, though he killed and ate many Hindu monks just to show his power.
|-
|[[Paras Arora]] ||Young [[Rama|Ram]] || Eldest son of Kaushalya and Dasharatha, King of Ayodhya. Also an avatar of Vishnu.
|}

===Additional cast===
*[[Avinash Mukherjee]] as Young Bharat
*[[Harsh Somaiya]] as Young [[Shatrughan]]
*[[Richa Mukherjee]] as Young [[Shrutakirti]]
*[[Manish Arora]] as [[Devantaka]]
*[[Arun Mathur]] as [[Sumali]]
*[[Brownie Parasher]] as [[Vashishtha]]
*[[Raman Khatri]] as [[Kubera]]/[[Valmiki]]
*[[Romanch Mehta]] as [[Narantaka]]/[[Lavanasura]]
*[[Nitin Joshi]] as [[Atikaya]]
*[[Milind Soman]] as [[Malyavan]]
*Amit Pachori as [[Lord Shiva]]
*Radha Krishna Dutt as King [[Sagara (Vedic king)|Sagara]]
*Falguni Rajani as [[Shurpanakha]]
*Neha Bam as [[Kaikasi]]
*[[Sanjeev Siddharth]] as [[Ahiravana]]
*Khushabu Duggal as Malvika

==Production==
Omang Kumar designed the sets and Nisha Sagar designed the costumes. Anand Sagar, son of late [[Ramanand Sagar]], directed the series having worked on the script for about six months with this team. The series was shot at "Sagar Film City" in [[Baroda]] (now Vadodara).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Consumer/q07zOwt2la868EjC51YACI/Repackaged-Ramayana-looks-at-Sita8217s-perspective-green.html|title=Repackaged Ramayana looks at Sita's perspective, green issues|website=Live Mint}}</ref>

Speaking about getting the role of Sita Deblina Bonnerjee said, " I auditioned for a television show but, after that, I didn't want to do it. After some time, I auditioned for a mythological show for Sagar productions but I didn't know it was for ''Ramayan''. I was selected and realised, during the mock rehearsals, that I was playing Sita."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/26sld2.htm|title=Meet the Sita of New Ramayan|website=Rediff}}</ref>

Speaking about his training, Gurmeet Choudhary said, "I had to build six-pack abs and do strength training. Also, since the producers didn’t want the next-gen Ram to sport a wig – that would have looked too cosmetic in today’s day and age – I grew my hair for one-and-a-half years."<ref>{{Cite web|title=The six-pack Ram: Gurmeet Choudhary|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/brunch/the-six-pack-ram-gurmeet-choudhary/story-klXw565hmCQhzETHVKM7HP.html|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

About {{cvt|100|kg}} of flowers were brought from Mumbai to the sets at Baroda daily for the sequence of Ram and Sita's marriage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=For Ramayan's 'Swayamvar' episode, daily 10 kgs flowers were flown in from Mumbai-Baroda|url=https://m.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/television-news/ramayan-swayamvar-episode-was-adorned-by-100-kgs-flowers-from-mumbai.html|website=Republic World}}</ref>

==Music==
[[Ravindra Jain]], who composed music for the 1980s series returned as a composer. Playback singers included [[Kavita Subramaniam]] and [[Suresh Wadkar]]. An audio CD with 17 [[bhajan]]s from the series was released in 2009 with lyrics/music by Jain and the voices of singers [[Suresh Wadkar]], [[Kavita Subramaniam]], [[Sadhana Sargam]], Satish Dehra, [[Pamela Jain]], Ravi Tripathi, Amaya Daate, Rekha Rao, Prem Prakash, Kuldeep, Subhash Srivastav, Sanket, and the composer himself.

==Reception==
The show had an average opening with a rating of 1.8 TVR in the premiere day and overall 1.5 TVR in its opening week and in a month peaked 3.19 TVR.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mythology reigns TV screens|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/mythology-reigns-tv-screens/293027/|website=The Financial Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Race of the Gods (Part I)|url=https://www.afaqs.com/news/media/20769_race-of-the-gods-part-i|website=Afaqs}}</ref> Within three months, it became one of the most watched Hindi GEC garnering 5.2 TVR, increasing the viewership of the channel to third position after [[StarPlus]] and [[Zee TV]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=No myth this: mythology makes a strong comeback in entertainment|url=https://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/9Tv0uKgfhBFsoRz8gvuI1J/No-myth-this-mythology-makes-a-strong-comeback-in-entertain.html|website=Live Mint}}</ref> In May 2008, it averaged 1.60 TVR before which it peaked with 3.9 TVR in March 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|title=9X finishes ahead of long-time No. 3 Sony|url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/vm00USc5Eqnn127j0CZlNK/9X-finishes-ahead-of-longtime-No-3-Sony.html|website=Live Mint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Channels turn to Gods to grab viewers|url=https://m.rediff.com/money/2008/mar/11tv.htm|website=Rediff.com}}</ref>

==Dubbed versions==

The series was dubbed in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] on [[Surya TV]], featuring songs sung by [[Unni Menon]], in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] from 2009 to 2010, in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] on [[Gemini TV]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Channels focus on content syndication|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/business/report-channels-focus-on-content-syndication-1177643|website=Daily News and Analysis}}</ref> The [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] version aired on [[ETV Gujarati]]. In [[Kannada Language|Kannada]] Version Is Now Aired On Enterr10 Television Network TV Channel [[Dangal Kannada]]. And The [[Bhojpuri Language|Bhojpuri]] Version Is Now Aired On Enterr10 Rangeela

==References==

{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8230598/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1 Ramayan (2008)] on [[IMDb]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090130074611/http://ndtvimagine.com/shows/index.php?id=37 Ramayan Official Site]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN0C9PIlRiE Ramayan Title Track]
* [http://ramayansongs.blogspot.com Collection Of Ramayan Songs & Musics]

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[[Category:Television shows based on poems]]
[[Category:Television series based on the Ramayana]]
[[Category:2009 Indian television series endings]]

Ramayan (2008 TV series) - Revision history

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