Ram and Raavan from 'Ramayan' remind Twitterati of 'Game of Thrones'? Here's why

return of Ramayan and Mahabharat on small screen amid lockdown due to coronavirus pandemic has led to a nationwide nostalgia of 90s when two mythology series first aired on Indian TV sets. Netizens have flooded internet with ir favourite memories of shows in form of memes and different posts about ir observations. One such post that surfaced online earlier on Sunday has a comparison of Indian mythological show to popular American fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones.

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Netizens have dug out a BTS photo of Ramayan featuring actors Arun Govil and Arvind Trivedi, who played roles of Ram and Raavan respectively, as y join hands and pose for camera. y compared it to anor BTS photo where actors Vlimir Furdik and Maisie Williams, who played roles of Night King and Arya Stark in Game of Thrones, can be seen giving each or a high five post ir shooting schedule.

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While fantasy drama which aired on HBO aired its series finale last year, Indian television has seen a comeback of most of shows that aired in late 1980s and 90s starting with Ramayan and Mahabharat. purpose of re-telecasting two shows was to keep citizens of country entertained while amid lockdown due to current global crisis in wake of coronavirus pandemic. However, a lot of or shows from erstwhile era like Circus, Shaktimaan and ors have also returned to television screens on popular demand.

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