Ramayan goes fast forward to save TRPs

Friday, February 1, 2008, 11:10 [IST]

Ramayan the epic which created history on Indian television some 20 years back was supposed to be the trump card for newly launched channel 'NDTV Imagine'. Creative minds behind the channel - Shailaja Kejriwal and Sameer Nair, ex Star Plus team, was confident of making a dent on the competition with the launch of their version of Ramayan. But looks like the response hasn't been all that great. And possibly that is the reason why they have pushed the fast forward button taking a leap of 17 years and showing the grown up and adult Ram as soon as possible.

Now given the fact that where child characters work better than their grown up counterparts (for example Prithviraj Chauhan), only Lord Rama can save the fate of the serial.

Topics: imagine tv, ramayan, sameer nair

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Samitha 23 Feb 2010 07:35 am

what is the name of lakshmana???

shikha 25 Sep 2009 12:17 am

ramayana can never get a cold response.i m a huge devotee of lord rama .. n gurmeet n debina have done full justice 2 there characters...it shud rpt on ndtv again...

Anagha 30 Jun 2009 09:14 pm

Ramayan is the best serial i ever watched.. Gurmeet and Debina are the best actors i ever saw.. Love you..

Suresh 26 Apr 2009 11:04 am

The NDTV ramayan is a minefield for navel lovers. Every character including sumithra (what a beautiful lady she is, with a soft, smooth skin and a mindboggling navel), kaikeyi, sita, wives of lakshman, bharath all exposing their beautiful navels. I was surprised they didn't spare even sita.

dora 18 Apr 2009 09:40 pm

great ndtv ramayan. ankitarora with meenakshi was cute pair. i love ankit and meenakshi soo.....much

Mahima Gupta 23 Mar 2009 11:52 pm

Hi! I think this version of Ramayan is simply awesome...stupendous! When Lord Ram existed, he must have looked, walked, spoken etc. JUST like the person portraying him. The rest of the characters r simply great too. But Y on earth don't they show the names of the characters in the credits??? Its very irritating...

priya 28 Feb 2009 11:07 pm

i really like this ramayan serial...all the characters are perfectly suited...it makes me too feel as iam orginally in the period of ramayana...hats offf...can anyone help me by posting the ramayan title song lyrics in tamil

Debanjan Sen 14 Jan 2009 12:11 am

I have hardly missed any of the episodes since the time it was aired.Really good.Technically better than the Ramanand Sagar Ramayan.Waiting for the DVD to come out once the serial is over.

amit 17 Dec 2008 12:00 pm

hi can u plz send me the full song or a musical mobile tone of the "RAMAYAN"........

sudhir 31 Oct 2008 02:38 pm

dont mind but it seems this ramayana is made by sita's point of view because there is too much of mata trijata and dushta papi ravan rather than actual action. the pace of the serial became slow as compared to when it has started may be because of TRP but one should realise the thing(TRP) which goes up can go down too.

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