Ramayan Diaries: You'll never believe how long 'Hanuman' AKA Dara Singh took to get ready

During lockdown, Ramayan became most-watched show on Indian television. cast of Ramayan got toger after more than 30 years, and virtually dressed media recently. In conversation, Ramanand Sagar’s son Prem Sagar, Dipika Chikhlia who played Sita and Sunil Lahri who played Laxman were present.

During interaction, Prem Sagar dressed media and spoke about good times y h during making of show. He reminisced how his late far Ramanand Sagar worked, and how actors and crew were patient throughout time y were shooting. Prem Sagar said Ramayan cast took really long to get rey especially character of Hanuman.

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Prem Sagar spoke about several aspects of show and also shared some anecdotes. Prem Sagar said, " cast would take a long time to get rey, and it was one of challenges we faced. Especially Dara Singh, who played character of Hanuman, took as long as 3-4 hours to get rey," he said. 

Elaborating on same, he said, " cast and crew we h was a really patient one, so it did t matter how long a character took to get rey, everyone waited patiently until whole cast was rey and began shooting."

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Ramayan cast

Arun Govil as Ram

Dipika Chikhlia as Sita

Sunil Lahri as Laxman

Im credits: Arun Govil and Sunil Lahri Instagram

After breaking viewership records deces ago, Ramayan was once again back on television during lockdown. show was watched by people all over world. During its re-run on Doordarshan, Ramayan TRP broke several records.  show garnered massive record-breaking viewership leaving several western shows behind. After a successful Ramayan telecast on Doordarshan, Ramayan telecast is being started on Star Plus too. 

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