Ramanand Sagar’s popular television show Ramayan that had a wide viewership back then has managed to create a record even in this age of digital OTT platforms. The show became the highest viewed entertainment programme globally. The record was created on April 16, 2020 at 9 PM when 77 million people watched the show.
The show was first aired in Doordarshan between 1987 and 1988 which features Arun Govil, Sunil Lahri, Deepika Chikhalia, Sanjay Jog, Arvind Trivedi, Sameer Rajda, Bal Dhuri and Dara Singh in lead roles. Even back then, the show had a viewership like no other and earned a hefty amount for each episode.
Prasar Bharati under which Doordarshan and All India Radio functions, announced last month about telecasting the show in view of the lockdown due to COVID-19. The airing of the first episode crashed Doordarshan’s website and became one of the top searched on Google.