When Ramayan team refused BBC's bait after visit to UK, and foreign media mocked the show

Ramayan turned out to be huge phemen on its re-telecast on Indian TV. serial didn't just break records in viewership in India but also witnessed one of highest-watched seasons around world, en excess of numerous international shows. response was on similar lines during ‘80s and ‘90s when show me global helines.

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Foreign media on Ramayan

Even British Brocasting Corporation (BBC) ticed buzz that Ramayan was creating and wanted to telecast it on channel. Director Ramanand Sagar’s son Prem Sagar recently opened up in an interview with a magazine how incident did t end on a smooth te for makers.

Sagar Jr was asked during recently interview on Washington Post wrtiing that Ramayan being viewed on a massive scale w was ‘due to a captive audience thanks to Corona’. He answered that  ‘foreign media was biased’, since all channels also h a similar situation, but Doordarshan mand to rise from last on charts to top.

Prem Sagar shared that at that time Washington Post h sent two journalists to interview him. He recalled how y were ‘driping honey’ during interactions, but went back and ‘wrote trash’, unlike discussions till n.

director ded that a similar incident took place with BBC, as y were keen to buy telecast rights for its Asian population. He, along with his far Ramanand Sagar, le actor Arun Govil and Arvind Trivedi, who played Raavan, h visited ir studios in Liverpool to sign contract. channel, however, h a condition that Arun Govil be pared across studio, dressed in his Lord Ram avatar, so that y could film it for telecast.    

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Prem Sagar revealed that he and his far felt it was a ‘calculated attempt to break im’ of Lord Ram, which he termed as ‘divine’ and worshipped in ‘every grain of soil’ in India. He recalled how y ‘refused bait’ and after a intense exchange across ir studios, channel decided to t sign contract.  

Prem Sagar shared that BBC inste went for Mahabharat which h ‘negativity’ with everyone’s battle to win crown, as compared to 'Marya Purushotham' Ram and Sanatan values of Ramayan, in which all characters are an ‘epitome of sacrifice.’ He ded that characters like Bharat, who worships pukas of Lord Ram and places it on his throne, was ‘unacceptable’ to foreign media.

Meanwhile, success of Ramayan me stars like Arun Govil, Dipika Chikhlia and Sunil Lahri household names once again. success of show, even led to a newer version of Ramayan, that was directed by Prem Sagar, being telecast again. This version h starred Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee in role of Ram and Sita.

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