Ramayan
Faith & religionBelief, doubt and religious institutions.This show: 10/10Indian TVIndian television traditions across Hindi and regional industries.This show: 10/10Royalty & aristocracyCourts, crowns and dynasties.This show: 8/10Sprawling sagaA many-threaded epic that unfolds across seasons.This show: 8/10SentimentalOpenly emotional storytelling that reaches straight for the heartstrings.This show: 8/10WholesomeKindness and decency at the core, with barely a trace of cynicism.This show: 8/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 8/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Arun GovilDeepika ChikhaliaSunil LahriArvind TrivediDara Singh RandhawaSanjay Jog
Written by
Ramanand Sagar
Starring
Arun GovilDeepika ChikhaliaSunil LahriArvind TrivediDara Singh RandhawaSanjay Jog
Written by
Ramanand Sagar
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About
"A mythic epic treated as sacred television ritual"
This Indian television epic retells the ancient Ramayana, following Prince Rama's exile, his wife Sita's abduction, and the war waged to bring her home. Made in the late 1980s with the theatrical staging, devotional music, and earnest practical effects of its era, it moves slowly and reverently rather than cinematically. What carries it is sincerity: the cast plays myth as living scripture, and generations of Indian households treated it as required Sunday viewing. It feels less like drama and more like a communal ritual, unhurried, symbolic, and deeply felt by its audience.
Watch it for
the reverent, culturally definitive performances that turned this into a shared national viewing ritual.
Maybe skip if
you want fast pacing or modern production values rather than slow, devotional storytelling.
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| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Birth and childhood of Lord Ram | 7.6 | 233 | — | |
| ▶ | 2 | Rama going to Gurukul | 8.0 | 162 | — | |
| ▶ | 3 | Continuing Gurukul | 8.1 | 157 | — | |
| ▶ | 4 | Vishwamitra comes to Ayodhya and Ram kills Taraka Rakshasi | 8.2 | 149 | — | |
| ▶ | 5 | Ganga Redemption of Ahilya | 7.9 | 132 | — | |
| ▶ | 6 | Ram meets Sita | 8.0 | 134 | — | |
| ▶ | 7 | Sita's Swayamvara | 8.2 | 146 | — | |
| ▶ | 8 | Sita's swayamvar and Parasuram | 8.4 | 137 | — | |
| ▶ | 9 | Marriage Preparations | 7.7 | 131 | — | |
| ▶ | 10 | Ram and Sita's Marriage | 7.7 | 128 | — | |
| ▶ | 11 | Sita's arrival at Ayodhya | 7.9 | 128 | — | |
| ▶ | 12 | Discussion on Dasharatha's heir | 7.9 | 128 | — | |
| ▶ | 13 | Rajyabhishek | 8.1 | 126 | — | |
| ▶ | 14 | Kaikeyi Demands Her Boons | 8.4 | 129 | — | |
| ▶ | 15 | Preparing for the Journey to the Forest | 8.4 | 132 | — | |
| ▶ | 16 | Departing Ayodhya | 8.3 | 132 | — | |
| ▶ | 17 | Meeting Nishadraj Guha | 7.9 | 125 | — | |
| ▶ | 18 | Bharadwaja's Ashram | 7.9 | 121 | — | |
| ▶ | 19 | Valmiki's Ashram and Chitrakoot | 7.9 | 123 | — | |
| ▶ | 20 | King Dasharath's Death | 8.2 | 125 | — | |
| ▶ | 21 | Bharath Returns to Ayodhya | 8.3 | 128 | — | |
| ▶ | 22 | Bharath rejects to become King | 8.3 | 126 | — | |
| ▶ | 23 | Ram meets Bharat | 8.5 | 131 | — | |
| ▶ | 24 | Bharat Milap | 8.7 | 173 | — | |
| ▶ | 25 | Bharath returns to Ayodhya with Ramas Shoes | 8.6 | 118 | — | |
| ▶ | 26 | Ramas Shoes installed on the throne of Ayodhya | 9.3 | 111 | — | |
| ▶ | 27 | Sita meets Atri & mother Anusuiya | 9.3 | 111 | — | |
| ▶ | 28 | Dandakaranya | 9.3 | 111 | — | |
| ▶ | 29 | First meeting with Jatayu, Sita in Panchavadi | 9.4 | 114 | — | |
| ▶ | 30 | Shurpanaka Encounter | 9.4 | 113 | — | |
| ▶ | 31 | Kidnap Plan by Raavan | 9.3 | 107 | — | |
| ▶ | 32 | Sita Haran | 9.4 | 113 | — | |
| ▶ | 33 | Shri Ram & Lakshman meet wounded Jatayu | 9.3 | 107 | — | |
| ▶ | 34 | Shri Ram & lakshman reach Shabaris ashram | 9.2 | 105 | — | |
| ▶ | 35 | Hanuman meets Shri Ram | 9.3 | 107 | — | |
| ▶ | 36 | Friendship between Shri Ram & Sugriv Shri Ram | 9.3 | 101 | — | |
| ▶ | 37 | Sugriv tells Shri Ram about Bali | 9.3 | 100 | — | |
| ▶ | 38 | Ram kills Vaali | 9.2 | 108 | — | |
| ▶ | 39 | Sugriv becomes king | 9.2 | 103 | — | |
| ▶ | 40 | Sugriv and Angad come to Shri Ram for his blessings | 9.2 | 99 | — | |
| ▶ | 41 | Lakshman enters Kishikindha in a fury | 9.3 | 99 | — | |
| ▶ | 42 | Search for Sita | 9.2 | 97 | — | |
| ▶ | 43 | Jambubant reminds Hanuman of his dormant strength | 9.4 | 101 | — | |
| ▶ | 44 | Hanuman meets Sita in Ashok Vatika | 9.2 | 98 | — | |
| ▶ | 45 | Hanuman ravages Ashok Vatika | 9.4 | 104 | — | |
| ▶ | 46 | Lanka Dahan | 9.3 | 106 | — | |
| ▶ | 47 | Hanuman takes leave of Sita | 9.3 | 100 | — | |
| ▶ | 48 | Shri Ram meets Sugriv and his vanar Sena | 9.2 | 99 | — | |
| ▶ | 49 | Ravan summons his council | 9.3 | 94 | — | |
| ▶ | 50 | Bibhishan meets Shri Ram | 9.3 | 97 | — | |
| ▶ | 51 | Sukh meets Sugriv | 9.3 | 94 | — | |
| ▶ | 52 | Ram Setu bandhan | 9.3 | 102 | — | |
| ▶ | 53 | The construction of the bridge is completed | 9.2 | 96 | — | |
| ▶ | 54 | Queen Mandodari begs Ravan | 9.1 | 95 | — | |
| ▶ | 55 | Shri Ram surveys Lanka | 9.2 | 93 | — | |
| ▶ | 56 | Army surrounds Lanka | 9.3 | 93 | — | |
| ▶ | 57 | Angad tells Ravan to surrender himself | 9.3 | 96 | — | |
| ▶ | 58 | Queen Mandodari appeals to Ravan | 9.2 | 94 | — | |
| ▶ | 59 | Battle Starts | 9.3 | 97 | — | |
| ▶ | 60 | Ravan comes to the battlefield | 9.3 | 91 | — | |
| ▶ | 61 | Kumbhakaran | 9.3 | 102 | — | |
| ▶ | 62 | Kumbhkarn vadh | 9.4 | 96 | — | |
| ▶ | 63 | Atitkaya, Devantak, Narantak and Trishira | 9.3 | 92 | — | |
| ▶ | 64 | Lakshman fights with Atikaya | 9.3 | 92 | — | |
| ▶ | 65 | Ram & Lakshman Bound bu Indrajit's Nagapasha | 9.3 | 95 | — | |
| ▶ | 66 | Ravan congratulates Indrajit | 9.3 | 91 | — | |
| ▶ | 67 | Laxman get injured by Indrajit's 'shakti' weapon. | 9.4 | 93 | — | |
| ▶ | 68 | Sushen Vaidya | 9.3 | 95 | — | |
| ▶ | 69 | Sanjeevani | 9.3 | 103 | — | |
| ▶ | 70 | Indrajit goes to perform a tantrik yajna | 9.3 | 93 | — | |
| ▶ | 71 | Indrajeet Vadh | 9.3 | 109 | — | |
| ▶ | 72 | Ravan challenges Ram and Lakshman | 9.3 | 93 | — | |
| ▶ | 73 | Ravan attacks Shri Ram | 9.4 | 97 | — | |
| ▶ | 74 | Indra sends his chariot for Shri Ram | 9.4 | 100 | — | |
| ▶ | 75 | Lord Ram kills Demon Ravan | 8.6 | 172 | — | |
| ▶ | 76 | Agni-pariksha | 8.6 | 111 | — | |
| ▶ | 77 | Shri Ram heads for Ayodhya | 9.2 | 99 | — | |
| ▶ | 78 | Ram Reaches Ayodhya | 8.5 | 181 | — |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Arun Govil Ram
Deepika Chikhalia Sita
Sunil Lahri Laxman
Arvind Trivedi Ravan
Dara Singh Randhawa Hanuman
Sanjay Jog Bharat
Sameer Rajda Shatrughna
Shyamsundar Kalani Sugriv, Vaali
Vijay Arora Indrajit (Meghanad)
Bal Dhuri Dasharath
Crew
Ramanand Sagar
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