New Delhi Recently, the telecast of Ramayana which aired on Doordarshan was well liked and Ramayana broke many records. Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayana emerged as such a show that it became the best serial in the last five years i.e. from 2015 till now in the case of General Entertainment category. The TRP of Doordarshan also rose significantly due to the Ramayana and even the Ramayana gained recognition globally.

According to many reports, Ramayana got 250 million or 25 million unique views, which is historical. After this success of Ramayana, Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar has told about the reaction of the people he got after his proposal shared in the office before the broadcast. He told that when he proposed the recital of Ramayana, he also had to listen to the joke, but he proceeded on this decision.

He said that when this proposal was made after the announcement of lockdown by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, other people were making fun and saying who is going to see it? After this Shashi Shekhar explained that India is different. It is not just the English speaking class, but it is also different. Let me tell you that Ramayana was well liked during the lockdown and DD remained at number one in TRP for several weeks.