Published 10:52 IST, March 31st 2020
Subramanian Swamy draws a lesson from Ramayan & Mahabharat's return to TV amid lockdown
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy revealed that he learned an important lesson from the two evergreen epics that returned to TV screens on DD, Ramayan & Mahabharat
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BJP leader Dr Subramanian Swamy revealed that he had learnt an important lesson from two evergreen epics that returned to TV screens on DD, Ramayan & Mahabharat.
Both shows, popular in 1980s, returned to television screens on public demand as India remains under a 21-day lockdown to tackle coronavirus pandemic. Taking to Twitter, Swamy said that he had an important takeaway from watching shows again and it involved those in power t allowing cunning characters to call shots. Referring to Manthara and Shakuni, two pivotal characters who were responsible for turn of events in Ramayan & Mahabharat respectively, Swamy said that those in power must make sure characters with devious intelligence as Manthara and Shakuni shouldn't be allowed to call shots.
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Swamy's takeaway from Ramayan, Mahabharat
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Shaktimaan to return?
TV shows like Ramayan and Mahabharat have returned to television to entertain people of nation during se tough times. Both Ramayan and Mahabharat are based on Hindu Mythology and were highly popular back in days. Ramayan featured actors like Arun Govil, Deepika Chikkhalia, Arvind Trivedi, Sunil Lahiri, among or in lead roles whereas Mahabharat cast included likes Punnet Issar, Mukesh Khanna, Nitish Bhardwaj, Roopa Ganguly and Dara Singh in pivotal roles. On Sunday, March 29, 2020, Mukesh Khanna took to Twitter to anunce that Shaktimaan is also going to be available on television. Shaktimaan was an extremely popular kids' show regarding an Indian superhero that aired from 1997 to 2005.
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10:52 IST, March 31st 2020