Those people growing up in the late eighties will remember those mornings. When there was silence on the paths without any curfew. Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus Covid 19, the silence is on the streets right now. Something similar was seen then. When the lovers of Ramayana and Mahabharata used to go to lockdown in their respective houses. Once again the memories of the same era are going to be refreshed.
With the aim of providing healthy entertainment to the people due to the corona virus lockdown. both of these successful shows in Indian TV history are being broadcast again. Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has announced this.
Mahabharata Telecast Timing
Javadekar tweeted that two episodes of Mahabharata will be shown daily on DD Bharti channel on March 28 at 12 noon and 7 pm. The Mahabharata was broadcast on Doordarshan from 1988 to 1990. The show was produced and directed by veteran filmmaker BR Chopra. The story of this mythological show was based on the power struggle between the Kauravas and the Pandavas in Hastinapur state.
कल 28th March से DD Bharati पर दोपहर 12.00 बजे और शाम 7.00 बजे 'महाभारत' के रोज 2 एपिसोड दिखाए जायेंगे।@narendramodi@PIB_India@DDNewslive@BJP4India@BJP4Maharashtra#StayAwareStaySafe#IndiaFightsCoronavirus
— Prakash Javadekar (Modi Ka Parivar) (@PrakashJavdekar) March 27, 2020
Nitish Bhardwaj played the role of Lord Krishna in the show, while Feroz Khan was in the role of Arjun. The show brought Feroze so much popularity that he changed his name to Arjun even in real life. Mukesh Khanna played the role of Bhishma Pitamah. Which is his special identity even today. Apart from these, Gajendra Chauhan played the role of Yudhishthira and Praveen Kumar played Bhima. Rupa Ganguly was in the role of Draupadi. The special thing is that Mahabharata had given popularity to most of these artists.
Ramayan Telecast Timing
Earlier, Javadekar had tweeted on Friday morning that on the demand of the public, the Ramayana will be telecast again on the national channel of Doordarshan from Saturday i.e. March 28. The first episode will be aired at 9 am and the second episode at 9 pm. Let us know that in the last few days, many people on social media had tweeted about this that Ramayan is a good option to spend time in homes during lockdown.
जनता की मांग पर कल शनिवार 28 मार्च से 'रामायण' का प्रसारण पुनः दूरदर्शन के नेशनल चैनल पर शुरू होगा। पहला एपिसोड सुबह 9.00 बजे और दूसरा एपिसोड रात 9.00 बजे होगा । @narendramodi@PIBIndia@DDNational
— Prakash Javadekar (Modi Ka Parivar) (@PrakashJavdekar) March 27, 2020
After this tweet by Prakash Javadekar, many people expressed their happiness and raised the demand for the re-telecast of Mahabharata and Chanakya. Ramayana was produced and directed by Hindi cinema Veteran filmmaker Ramanand Sagar. Ramayana also holds the record for the most watched TV show in the world.