#Ramayan 2008 1 plus
#Ramayan 2008 1 series

The entire 300-episode series was made in ugly yellows and sepia tones. Look at this: A still from the 2008 Ramayan. The sets were rather simple and so were the costumes.But a big undertaking still, considering the time and era.Д«ut looks like with time, peoples aesthetic doesnвЂ™t always mature. ItвЂ™s obvious that producers would go ballistic with the pinks and the reds. The 1986 version was all about super bright colours and we can understand that considering how the Indian population was just getting introduced to colour television. The Sets and Costumes A still from Ramananda SagarвЂ™s Ramayan. He was not very big, which we could have overlooked had he been funny.Дanish was huge but inspired! And the make up department did him dirty. Vikram fell short on both these criteria. Dara Singh was the perfect mix of both these qualities. There are two things expected of anyone who plays Hanuman- a) that he is big and muscular and b) that he is funny. Hanuman: Left to right: Dara Singh, Vikram Sharma and Danish Akhtar in Ramayan (1986), Ramayan (2008) and Siya Ke Ram.Дara Singh was just brilliant as Hanuman. They did get a voice actor to dub over his words but it was all too evident on screen and a tad irritating. Like rather than saying вЂdha-nushвЂ™ he would always say вЂdaa-nussвЂ™. KarthikвЂ™s accent was not popular among the audience as many Hindi words would give him trouble. But it does seem logical that Ravana should be muscular because how else would he be able to wreak havoc on an entire army? Surely not with a pot-belly. Karthik is big too but in a вЂgym-jockвЂ™ way rather than a вЂfat-demonвЂ™ way. Trivedi made Ravana iconic with his pot-belly with a heavy moustache. But the shoddy series could not be saved even with Mishra on their side. He is a great actor and also pretty scary. Ravana: Left to right: Arvind Trivedi, Akhilendra Mishra and Karthik Jayaram in Ramayan (1986), Ramayan (2008) and Siya Ke Ram.ДЄkhilendra Mishra maybe the only actor of the three that people know outside from his role as Ravana. She would make the most animated faces and talk while smiling through her teeth even when the scene called for a normal conversation. Talking about going overboard, Debina Bonnerjee overdid everything, just like Gurmeet. Madirakshi was also more expressive without going overboard. In the first few episodes, she was not just a beautiful princess but one who helped her father and the people of her land in need. Yes, she is still self-sacrifising like we know Sita to be, but she is also has opinions of her own. She is not mute or opinionless like Deepika ChiklisвЂ™ Sita. The makes of Siya Ke Ram has always maintained that the show is a retelling of the epic from SitaвЂ™s perspective which Madirakshi a lot more room to impress. Sita: Left to right: Deepika Chiklis, Debina Bonnerjee and Madirakshi Mundle in Ramayan (1986), Ramayan (2008) and Siya Ke Ram. Always super angry, super romantic or super coy.

Gurmeet Chaudhary, however, was always over the top at everything he did. But he did look a lot more like a prince than Arun Govil. One could actually listen to him with your eyes closed and attain spiritual bliss.ДЄshish Sharma was a muscular, powerful Ram with a forever pokerface. While Gurmeet and Ashish were more or less of the same age, Arun Govil looked like middle-age Ram.ДЄrun GovilвЂ™s voice was his biggest asset which was gentle and calming.

You will notice how all the actors just kept getting younger and younger with each new iteration. Ram: Left to right: Arun Govil, Gurmeet Chaudhary and Ashish Sharma in Ramayan (1986), Ramayan (2008) and Siya Ke Ram. However, apart from these two, Sagar Arts made another rather miserable attempt at Ramayan in 2008 with NDTV Imagine and we will talk about it too.

#Ramayan 2008 1 plus

Over the years, I have managed to watch the countless reruns of Ramayana and on the basis of that, here is a comparison between the 1986 series and the 2015 Star Plus series Siya Ke Ram. So why do we favour them so much more over the others? However, these are not the only two versions of the epic to ever hit the screen. The two shows are back on the telly just a couple of days into the lockdown. Many thought the shows will bring some respite from the tense environment created by the pandemic and give people more incentive to stay at home.ДЄnd their pleas were soon heard. Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the 21-day lockdown to fight the coronavirus outbreak in the country, tweets started cropping up, asking Doordarshan to bring back the old epics, Ramayana and Mahabharat. While the reason for its return may not be the most wholesome, it sure arrives at a time when people could really use a big dose of nostalgia and the comfort of simpler times. The iconic 1986 television epic, Ramayana has come back to the small screen.