Ramayan is an Indian television series depicting the story of Rama and based on stories from classic Indian literature. The 2008 release is a remake of the 1987 Ramayan television series of the same name. The plot derives from Valmiki's Ramayan, Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas and Chakbasta's Urdu Ramayan with aspects of other works. The television series was produced by Sagar Arts and aired on NDTV. List of programs broadcast by Imagine TV. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Following is the list of all programmes broadcast by Imagine TV before the channel ceased all its operations. Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain; Ghar Ki Baat Hai; Jasuben Jayantilaal Joshi Ki Joint Family.

• Ndtv Imagine Serials Songs Free Download
• Ndtv Imagine Serials Songs Download

Dharam Veer is an Indian period television drama. It is a fictional tale of two princes, named Dharam and Veer, and their adventures as they traverse the path of life. It is presented by Sagar Pictures.

Plot[edit]

Ndtv Imagine Serials Songs Free Download

The story begins by introducing the 13th-century kingdom of Aryanagar, where people are divided into the royalty (the Aryavarts) and the slaves (the Shramiks). While the Aryavarts are in charge of managing the affairs of the state and caring for the needs of the slaves, the Shramiks fulfill their duties by devoting their lives toward the welfare of the kingdom. King Aryavardhan believes that the system works for all. However, there is dissent and frustration amongst the slaves due to the humiliation and brutality they have to face at the hands Aryavardhan's older brother, Jaivardhan. A young slave named Soma dares to voice his dissent, and Aryavardhan gives Soma freedom by banishing him from the kingdom, but Jaivardhan makes a mockery of this decision by killing Soma.

Soma's son is born, believed by the slaves to be the messiah who will save them from the Aryavarts' tyranny. Jaivardhan sets the slave residences ablaze, killing all newborn children to ensure that their messiah does not survive. However, Soma's widow puts her son in a basket and throws it into the river; it is later discovered by Aryavardhan and Jaivardhan's widowed sister, Nivriti, who decides to adopt the foundling, telling everyone that the child is her son. He is named Veer, and grows up alongside the king's heir, Dharam. However, Jaivardhan aspires to make his son, Agni, the next king, and enlists a female dacoit (bandit) named Shera to kill Dharam. Shera follows the two rajkumars (non-ruling princes) to a mela (a gathering or fair) but miserably fails to kill Dharam. Dharam meets and falls in love with a princess named Sia, while Veer meets Shera who is pretending to be a princess named Ananya. When they return from the mela, Aryavardhan sends Dharam, Veer and Agni to Gurukula (residential school) to train themselves to become rajkumar.

At the gurukula, Dharam and Veer become competitors and a sense of rivalry turns their relationship bitter. Later, they reconcile and become inseparable. Toward the end of the training, Veer again meets Shera and this time they fall in love. Although Shera changes due to Veer's love, Veer condemns Shera when he learns her true identity and mission to kill Dharam. The cousins return to Aryanagar where Dharam announces that Veer deserves to be king, and Aryavardhan announces Veer's coronation ceremony. This angers the head of the Shramiks, Bhimsen, and Veer's birth mother and sister, Pari and Sakshi – who were all waiting for their messiah.

Due to chance,^{[further explanation needed]} Veer comes to know that he is not an Aryavrath. On the day of his coronation, he enters the palace as the messiah of the Shramiks, shocking everyone. The Rajya Sabha (parliament) jails Veer. Dharam is crowned instead, and asks Veer to return to the palace, but Veer asks for the Shramik's freedom and leaves to stay with his birth mother and sister.

Dharam and Veer become enemies and start hating each other. Dharam meets Sia again, and Veer meets and forgives Shera. Dharam and Veer are tricked by Jaivardhan and Agni, and decide to kill each other, but at the end of the drama the treachery is revealed and they reunite to kill the would-be usurpers. Veer returns to the palace to stay with Dharam and they are both crowned kings of Aryanagar, and Dharam announces the emancipation of the Shramiks.

Main characters[edit]

Dharam (played by Vikrant Massey) was brought up to believe in righteousness, follow his dharma as a prince and fulfill his responsibilities and duties towards the kingdom and its people. He is a year older than Veer, who is his best friend and (secretly adopted) cousin. Dharam loves and has complete faith in Veer and he is the one who usually uses his mind and his knowledge of the Aryanagar parampara^{[further explanation needed]} over his feelings when faced with a situation. He has also developed some feelings for the princess of Awadhi, Rajkumari Sia.

Veer (played by Rajat Tokas) is Dharam's (secretly adopted) cousin and best friend, and he loves Dharam and believes it is his duty to protect him no matter what. He is instinctive and spontaneous, blessed with a natural wit and intelligence which he uses to help Dharam fulfill his princely duties and responsibilities.

Shera (played by Mugdha Chaphekar) is a thug, a strong lady who does whatever her father tells her to do, robbing people and accumulating treasure. She had been paid a ransom to kill Dharam, and represents herself as a princess named Ananya. Shera changes herself for her love of Veer, but her identity is revealed which leads to their breakup. She helps Veer in all possible ways, and finally reunites with Veer and helps Veer and Dharam succeed their throne.

Sia (played by Geetu Bawa & Priyanka Mishra) is the princess of Avadhi. She has a sharp tongue and throws frequent tantrums, wanting everything to go her way. Her few encounters with Dharam leave her angry but she later falls for him, encouraged by a fortune-teller (who was actually Veer in disguise). When she speaks low of Shramiks in Aryanagar, Dharam indignantly tells her to step out of his kingdom. Later she realizes her mistake and loves Dharam but she does not get a response from him.

Episodes[edit]

The first episode of Dharam Veer was 'Kingdom of Aryanagar' which aired on 21 January 2008. The series continued until 4 December 2008.

Themes[edit]

The story of Dharam Veer is of close resemblance to the story of Moses from the Bible where Moses was abandoned by his poor parents in basket into the river Nile and how the royal family found him and was raised as a royal himself.^{[citation needed]}

External links[edit]

Ramayan is an Indian television series depicting the story of Rama and based on stories from classic Indian literature. The 2008 release is a remake of the 1987 Ramayan television series of the same name.^[1][2] The plot derives from Valmiki's Ramayan, Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas and Chakbasta's Urdu Ramayan with aspects of other works.^[2] The television series was produced by Sagar Arts and aired on NDTV Imagine. This Show Is Now Re-Aired On Dangal.

Synopsis[edit]

Ramayan tells the story of Rama, the eldest son of Dasharatha, the King of Ayodhya. Rama is due to become king after his father's retirement, but his stepmother, Kaikeyi wants her son Bharat to take the throne.

As King Dashratha had earlier promised to fulfill any two wishes for her, Kaikeyi demands that Rama should be banished to the forest for fourteen years and that Bharat should be crowned as king. Dasharatha keeps his word and with a heavy heart asks Rama to leave for the forest. Rama accepts the exile and is accompanied by his wife Sita and younger brother Lakshmana. When Bharat learns that his mother is responsible for Rama's exile he renounces her and beseeches Rama to return to Ayodhya. Rama declines, whereupon Bharat places Rama's paduka on the throne as a symbol that Rama is the true king.

Bharat served Ayodhya for the next fourteen years keeping Paduka of Rama on the throne. Ravan, the evil King of Lanka, abducts Sita, prompting Rama, Lakshmana, Hanuman and his army of apes, the Vanara Sena, to rescue her and Rama to kill Ravan.

Season 2 focuses on Ram-Sita's life after returning from exile, the birth of Luv-Kush, their reunion with the royal family and final departure of Sita and Ram from the earth.

Cast[edit]

Additional Cast[edit]

• Avinash Mukherjee as Young Bharat
• Harsh Somaiya as Young Shatrughan
• Richa Mukherjee as Young Shrutakirti
• Manish Arora as Devantaka
• Arun Mathur as Sumali
• Brownie Parasher as Vashishtha
• Raman Khatri as Kubera/Valmiki
• Romanch Mehta as Narantaka/Lavanasura
• Nitin Joshi as Atikaya
• Milind Soman as Malyavan
• Amit Pachori as Lord Shiva
• Radha Krishna Dutt as King Sagara
• Falguni Rajani

Kaikasi as *******

Annu dangi as shrutakriti

Production[edit]

Omang Kumar designed the sets and Nisha Sagar designed the costumes. Anand Sagar, son of late Ramanand Sagar, directed the series having worked on the script for about six months with this team. The series was shot at 'Sagar Film City' in Baroda (now Vadodara).^[3]

Speaking about getting the role of Sita Deblina Bonnerjee said, ' I auditioned for a television show but, after that, I didn't want to do it. After some time, I auditioned for a mythological show for Sagar productions but I didn't know it was for Ramayan. I was selected and realised, during the mock rehearsals, that I was playing Sita.'^[4]

Speaking about his training, Gurmeet Choudhary said, 'I had to build six-pack abs and do strength training. Also, since the producers didn’t want the next-gen Ram to sport a wig – that would have looked too cosmetic in today’s day and age – I grew my hair for one-and-a-half years.'^[5]

About 100 kg (220 lb) of flowers were brought from Mumbai to the sets at Baroda daily for the sequence of Ram and Sita's marriage.^[6]

Music[edit]

Ravindra Jain, who composed music for the 1980s series returned as a composer. Playback singers included Kavita Subramaniam and Suresh Wadkar. An audio CD with 17 bhajans from the series was released in 2009 with lyrics/music by Jain and the voices of singers Suresh Wadkar, Kavita Subramaniam, Sadhana Sargam, Satish Dehra, Pamela Jain, Ravi Tripathi, Amaya Daate, Rekha Rao, Prem Prakash, Kuldeep, Subhash Srivastav, Sanket, and the composer himself.

Reception[edit]

The show had an average opening with a rating of 1.8 TVR in the premiere day and overall 1.5 TVR in its opening week and in a month peaked 3.19 TVR.^[7][8] Within three months, it became one of the most watched Hindi GEC garnering 5.2 TVR, increasing the viewership of the channel to third position after StarPlus and Zee TV.^[9] In May 2008, it averaged 1.60 TVR before which it peaked with 3.9 TVR in March 2008.^[10][11]

Dubbed versions[edit]

The series was dubbed in Malayalam on Surya TV, featuring songs sung by Unni Menon, in Tamil on Sun TV from 2009 to 2010, in Telugu on Gemini TV.^[12] The Gujarati version aired on ETV Gujarati. In Kannada Version Is Now Aired On Enterr10 Television Network TV Channel Dangal Kannada. And The Bhojpuri Version Is Now Aired On Enterr10 Rangeela

Ndtv Imagine Serials Songs Download

References[edit]

1. ^'Gurmeet Choudhary & Debina Bonnerjee talk about their 2008 'Ramayan' amidst 1978's re-runs'. Republic World.
2. ^ ^ab'Five best shows on Ramayana'. Republic World.
3. ^'Repackaged Ramayana looks at Sita's perspective, green issues'. Live Mint.
4. ^'Meet the Sita of New Ramayan'. Rediff.
5. ^'The six-pack Ram: Gurmeet Choudhary'. Hindustan Times.
6. ^'For Ramayan's 'Swayamvar' episode, daily 10 kgs flowers were flown in from Mumbai-Baroda'. Republic World.
7. ^'Mythology reigns TV screens'. The Financial Express.
8. ^'Race of the Gods (Part I)'. Afaqs.
9. ^'No myth this: mythology makes a strong comeback in entertainment'. Live Mint.
10. ^'9X finishes ahead of long-time No. 3 Sony'. Live Mint.
11. ^'Channels turn to Gods to grab viewers'. Rediff.com.
12. ^'Channels focus on content syndication'. Daily News and Analysis.

External links[edit]

• Ramayan (2008) on IMDb