Ramayan cast: Arun Govil as Ram, Dara Singh as Hanuman & other actors of the 90s show

outbreak of Coronavirus has affected millions of people around world. Several countries including India are trying to cope up with situation and also find a vaccine for this deadly virus. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has anunced a 21-day lockdown across India. Amid this, DD National made it all stalgic for all 90’s kids as it started re-telecasting iconic show Ramayan.

Ramayan is an Indian mythological television series that aired during 1987-1988. This series is created, written and directed by Ramanand Sagar. It is a television adaptation of ancient Indian Hindu epic of same name and is primarily based on Valmiki's Ramayan and Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas. Here’s a look at Ramayan cast.

Arun Govil as Ram

Arun Govil has been a part of industry since 1977. He has been in industry as an actor, producer, and director. He has been a part of Hindi, Bhojpuri and Telugu films. actor is best kwn for playing Lord Rama in Ramayan.  He won Upton Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1988 for his role as Lord Ram in Ramayan.

Deepika Chikhalia as Sita/Lakshmi

Deepika made her debut as lead actor in Sun Meri Laila in 1983. actor portrayed role of Devi Sita in show Ramayan. Deepika received major recognition after she was a part of Ramayan serial cast.

Sunil Lahri as Lakshman

Sunil Lahri made his acting debut with movie Naksalwadi. actor portrayed role of Lord Lakshman in Ramayan. He was widely appreciated and gained major recognition after being a part of Ramayan cast.

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Dara Singh as Hanuman

Dara Singh was an Indian professional wrestler, actor, and politician. He started acting in 1952 and was first sportsman to be minated to  Rajya Sabha (upper house) of India.  actor portrayed role of Lord Hanuman in television series Ramayan. actor was a part of various Bollywood films and kwn to be one of iconic actors in Bollywood.

Supporting Ramayan actors in cast

• Sanjay Jog as Bharat
• Sameer Rajda as Shatrughna
• Bal Dhuri as Dashratha
• Jayshree Gadkar as Kaushalya
• Rajni Bala as Sumitra
• Padma Khanna as Kaikeyi
• Lalita Pawar as Manthara
• Anjali Vyas as Urmila
• Sulakshana Khatri as Mandavi

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• Poonam Shetty as Shrutakirti
• Arvind Trivedi as Ravana / S Vishrava
• Vijay Arora as Indrajit
• Nalin Dave as Kumbhakarna
• Mukesh Rawal as Vibhishana
• Aparajita Bhooshan (Prabha Mishra) as Mandodari
• Mulraj Rajda as Janak, king of Mithila
• Urmila Bhatt as Sunaina, Janak's wife, queen of Mithila
• Chandrashekhar (actor) as Sumanta
• Shyamsundar Kaalaani as Sugriva / Vali
• Vijay Kavish as Shiva / Valmiki / Mayasura

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• Murari Lal Gupta as Akampana
• Ramesh Goyal as Maricha
• Rajshekhar as Jambavan
• Bashir Khan as Angada
• Amit Tomar as Arjuna
• Bandini Mishra as Parvati
• Sudhir Dalvi as Vasishta
• Anita Kashyap as Trijata
• Shrikant Soni as Vishwamitra
• Giriraj Shukla as Neel / Prahasta
• Girish Seth as Nal / Gandharva Putra
• Renu Dhariwal as Shurpanakha
• Radha Yadav as Tara

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