Published 18:18 IST, May 12th 2020

For Ramayan's 'Swayamvar' episode, daily 10 kgs flowers were flown in from Mumbai-Baroda

Ramayan (2008) has began its re-run. It stars Gurmeet Choudhary, Debina Bonnerjee and others. The Swayamvar episode has an extraordinary set. Read to know

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2008 Ramayan television series has started its re-run on Dangal TV. It is a remake of 1987 Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan, which got massive response from its re-run. show stars Gurmeet Choudhary as Lord Ram and Debina Bonnerjee as Sita. Swayamvar episode will be airing today and it is considered to be one of most iconic scenes in series as around 100 kgs of flowers were used while filming it. Re to kw more.

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Ramayan’s Swayamvar orned 100 kg flowers from Mumbai

Swayamvar in Ramayan was filmed in Baroda back in 2008 with Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee. A specially erected set of 100 meters by 100 meters was created to ensure that scene was as real and natural as it could be. ditionally, as Ramayan was shot in Baroda where temperature was over 40 degrees back n, flowers were brought in from Mumbai on a daily basis by first flight for an entire week to make sure grandness of episode is maintained. Much before anyone else would reach sets, around 10 kg of roses and mogras would reach set regularly for this specific scene

Shahab Shamsi, creative director for Ramayan, remembered behind--scene preparation and said that most ereal moment in history of mankind is Swayamvar of Ram and Sita. It was shot in sweltering heat of Baroda with mercury touching over 42 degrees without AC, it was like a furnace. He stated that flowers were wiring away in minutes. So only creative decision was to fly m every day for shoot from Mumbai. He flew daily from Mumbai to Baroda loed with 100 kg of roses and mogra flowers for duration of shoot.

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garland that Ram and Sita used for ‘Varmala’ was flown from Mumbai by him. Even, security guys at Mumbai airport were puzzled as to why so many flowers were being taken to Baroda, till he told m that flowers are for Ram-Sita's wedding and by n security staff at both airports Mumbai and Baroda knew his name and recognized him personally. He also revealed that he used to update m with shooting details. Shamsi stated that such is power of Ram, thing is impossible to achieve, Arambh se Anth tak ....Keval Ram! Jai Shri Ram, he concluded.

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Ramanyan (2008) is created by Anand Sagar and is based on Valmiki’s Ramayan, Tulsidas’s Ramcharitmanas and Chakbasta’s Urdu Ramayan with aspects of or works. show airs on Dangal TV at 7:30 pm daily followed by a repeat telecast of that episode at 9:30 am next day. re are around 300 episodes.  

18:18 IST, May 12th 2020