16 November 2015(2015-11-16)– 4 November 2016(2016-11-04)
Siya Ke Ram (transl.Sita's Ram) is an Indian television series on Star Plus produced by Nikhil Sinha under the banner of Triangle Film Company.[1][2] This show presents the epic Ramayana, the story of Rama and Devi Sita from Sita's perspective.[3] The show features Madirakshi Mundle and Ashish Sharma playing as Goddess Sita and Lord Rama, respectively, and Karthik Jayaram as Raavan.[4]It premiered on 16 November 2015 and ended on 4 November 2016.[5]
The main plot is taken from the Hindu epic Ramayana, which was written by Sage Valmiki, and Adbhuta Ramayan, and follows the story through Sita's perspective.
Baal Kand
When Mithila suffers from a drought for twelve years, its childless King Janak builds a golden plough and unearths a baby girl as he begins to plough. The baby's first cry leads to rainfall. Rishi Yagyavalkya suggests that Janak keep the baby and so he names her Sita. Soon after, Janak and his wife have another daughter they name her as Urmila. Janak's younger brother Kushadhwaja also have two daughters Mandavi and Shutkirti. After eight years, King Dasharatha is travelling to Guru Vashistha's ashram to see his sons. Ram learns that he has an elder sister called Shanta. Later, it is shown that both Ram and Sita have grown up.
In Ayodhya, King Dasharatha conducts the Ashwamedha Yajna for the well-being of his sons and his kingdom. While travelling towards Mithila, Sita dares to stop the ceremonial horse and comforts it. After coming back, Ram tells not to kill the horse but spare its life. Guru Vishvamitra takes Ram and Lakshman from Ayodhya to destroy the demoness queen Tataka. Sita and her sisters also travel along with Kushadhwaja to see Guru Vishvamitra. Soon Taraka and her son Subahu are killed by Ram and Lakshman. Guru Vishvamitra tells him that he wants to take both of them to Mithila and seek the blessings of Shiv Dhanush. While travelling to Mithila, he sees Rishi Gautam and Ahilya's ashram and cures her curse. Gautam Rishi seeks his greatness to Ram. Meanwhile, Sita learns about her birth. Sita falls in love with Ram without seeing him. Ram comes to Mithila, and they meet for the first time at the Parvati temple with them Lakshman and Urmila also meet with each other. Soon after, Sita's Swayamvar is announced. Lanka king Ravana's grandfather and minister Malyavan travels to Mithila to see the greatness of the kingdom and argues with Sita, but it is stopped by Urmila as she becomes angry that how did he do this thing and speaking to the princess like this .Then he informs Ravana that Tataka is killed.
In the Swayamvara, nobody can lift the Shiv Dhanush except Ram. Ram's marriage is fixed with Sita. Later, when Sita and Urmila go to the river Lakshman pours water over Urmila by mistake and they begin to argue while Ram prevents a flood coming in the kingdom, that is created by a serpent which is sent by Ravan to vow revenge on Janak for not lifting the shiv dhanush. Urmila is attacked by the same serpent but Lakshman saves her and show the Asur serpent his Sheshnag avatar. The serpent does not attack him as he is their king. Lakshman and Urmila begin to love each other and indirectly express their feelings to their brother and sisters, Ram along with Urmila ‘s sisters tease her and Lakshman about the same.
Afterwards, king Dashrath comes to Mithila and Urmila becomes vidhikari (the lady which takes care of all the rituals of the marriage).
Ravan learns that he will die because of a woman and remembers the day he tried to force himself upon a chaste woman, Vedavati. She had then cursed him that the cause of his death will be a woman. Remembering this, Ravan goes to Yamlok, the abode of Yama, in the hope that if he keeps Yama under his thumb, he can elude death. However, Goddess of Death Mrityu Devi appears, and a terrible fight ensues between her and Ravan. Ravan soon gets overpowered. King Dashrath seeing the intelligence and knowledge of Urmila and her cousins wants Ram's brothers and Sita's sisters to get married along with Ram and Sita. He shares his thoughts with Raja Janak which he agrees. Meanwhile, in Lanka, Mandodari gets worried about the death of Ravan and decides to seek help from a Vishnu devotee. In Mithila Sita, Urmila, Mandhavi and Shutkirti are married to Ram, Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughan respectively.
Ayodhya Kand
Mandodari tells her father Mayasura that Ravan's life is in danger, but he refuses to help as she had left with Ravan against her parents' wishes after forced marriage (Gandharava Vivah) by Ravan. Her mother however, guides her in getting the Amrita. Mandodari goes to Chandralok to get the Amrita. Vibhishana warns Mandodari that Ravan should not find out about his immortality. Mandodari succeeds in her plan of making Ravan immortal. Ram, Lakshman, Bharat, and Shatrughna reach Ayodhya with their brides. Kaushalya, Kaikeyi, and Sumitra welcome them. Later, An Aghori predicts Manthara's future and tells her that she will be thrown out of the palace. Ravan challenges the gods to stop him from conquering the world and confronts his sister Surpanakha for marrying a demon, Vidyutjiva, who is Ravan's enemy. Meanwhile, Bharat and Shatrughan set off to meet Ashwapati, their grandfather.
Dasharath announces Ram to be his heir to the throne. Kaushalya, Sumitra, and Lakshman are ecstatic to know that Ram will be crowned the king of Ayodhya. Manthara is determined to stop Ram from becoming the king. She reminds Kaikeyi about Dasharath's promise to Ashwapati and feeds that Dasharath is conspiring against her. Kaikeyi decides to stop Ram's coronation. Kaikeyi reminds Dasharath about the promises that he had given her. He vows to fulfil two wishes. Kaikeyi tells him to crown Bharat as the king of Ayodhya and send Ram into exile for 14 years. Dasharath hesitantly agrees to crown Bharat the king and send Ram away. Sita urges Ram to take her along with him. Urmila supports Lakshman's decision of accompanying Ram. Ram leaves for Ayodhya in his exile with Sita and Lakshman. Bharat and Shatrughna receive a message asking them to return to Ayodhya. A grieving Dasharatha passes away and Sumitra blames Kaikeyi for his death. When Bharat learns about Kaikeyi's misdeed, he blames her for Dashrath's death. He confronts her for her actions against Ram. Bharat refuses to become the king of Ayodhya. Bharat and Janak decide to bring Ram back to Ayodhya. When Janak reminds her about her love for Ram Kaikeyi requests Bharat to take her along with him to meet Ram.
Ram meets Bharat and is depressed about learning about Dasharath's death. Bharat requests Ram to return to Ayodhya, but he refuses. He tells Janak that he will not return because he wants to fulfil the promise he had made to Dasharath. Bharat asks Ram for his sandals. Bharat places Ram's sandals on the throne. He apologizes to Vashisht, saying he cannot take over Ram's place. Shatrughna confronts Bharata for his decision to become a tapas. Bharat assures Kaushalya that he will stay near Ayodhya. He asks Shatrughna to help him in keeping his promise to Ram to take care of Ayodhya. Lakshman tells Ram and Sita that Goddess Nidradevi has given him a boon to stay awake so that he can serve them. At Lakshman's request, Nidradevi gives his share of sleep to Urmila, and Urmila happily helps him and grants his Nidra until he returns to Ayodhya. Everyone hail Urmila ‘s sacrifice. In vanvas Sita gives a statue of Urmila, that she made to Lakshman to overcome the loneliness and always to help Lakshman find a way in 14 years of vanvas whenever he is sad.
Aranya Kand
Ram conveys to Sita about his wish to protect the Rishis and people from the demons. They complete ten years of their exile. Sugriva tells Hanuman about Rumā. Hanuman conveys to Rumā that Sugriva loves her and wants to marry her. Bali decides to get Sugriva married to Rumā. Ravan decides to send Khar and Dushan to take control of Dandakaranya. Surpanakha insists Ravan to let her go to Dandakaranya. Malyavan shares his plan to take over Kishkindha with Meghanad. Dundubi comes up with a plan to kill Bali and Sugriva. Dundubi disguises as a buffalo and battles with Bali. Bali kills Dundubi. Rishi Matang curses Bali for breaking his meditation. Ram kills Ravan's soldiers and saves the residents of Panchvati. Surpanakha falls in love with Ram.
Mayavi decides to take Bali to the Rishimukh mountain. Bali follows Mayavi into a cave and asks Sugriva to wait outside until he returns. However, Sugriva is shocked at hearing Bali's screams. He closes the mouth of the cave with a big stone as he assumes that Bali was killed by Mayavi. Sugriva suggests that Tara makes Angad, the king of Kishkindha.
Shurpanakha urges Ram to marry her, but he tells her that he is already married. Shurpanakha plans to prove herself better than Sita. Ram gets irate when Shurpanakha comes to him dressed like Sita. She attacks Sita. Lakshmana cuts Shurpanakha's nose for protecting Sita as she was about to kill her, but Sita unaware of Shurpankha's intentions instead blames him for cutting nose of the woman. Surpanakha asks Khara to kill Ram, Sita, and Lakshman. Khara attacks Ram with his asuras. Ram kills Khara and Dushan. Shurpanakha reaches Lanka, tells everyone about the attack. Surpanakha asks Ravan to avenge her insult by Ram. Ravan decides to punish Ram for his deeds. Sugriva's coronation ceremony begins. Hanuman crowns Sugriva as the king of Kishkindha. A furious Bali returns to Kishkindha and attacks Sugriva for locking him up in the cave. Hanuman rescues Sugriva from Bali and takes Sugriva to Rishimukh mountain. Ravan gets information about Ram and learns that Sita is Ram's weakness. He also remembers the incident at Sita's swayamvar and his oath to take revenge from Janak. Ravan decides to abduct Sita. Ravan tells Marich about Surpanakha's humiliation and seeks his help to avenge her insult.
Marich disguises himself as an injured golden deer to distract Ram from Sita and leads him far into the forest. Sita sees the injured golden deer and tells Ram that she wants to cure it. Ram tells Lakshman to stay with Sita while he goes to bring the deer. Meanwhile, Hanuman tells Sugriva that Bali has made Rumā his slave. Hanuman tells Sugriva that he will seek help from the other kings to defeat Bali. However, Ram is shocked when Marich calls out to Sita and Lakshman in his voice. Sita is worried about hearing Ram's cries. Marich apologizes to Ram for his misdeed and dies. Sita orders Lakshman to go but Lakshman refuses knowing that deer is magical. But he hesitantly agrees to go when Sita panics and frantically orders him to go aid Ram. He draws a powerful line Lakshmana Rekha which no immoral creature could cross to protect Sita, but tells Sita not to cross it. When Lakshman leaves, Ravan disguised as a sage tricks Sita to cross the Lakshmana Rekha. Sita tries to run, but he ends up abducting her.
On the way to Lanka, Jatayu tries to save Sita, but Ravan cuts off his wings. Sita then throws her jewellery to the ground hoping Ram will see it as a sign. Ravan kidnaps Sita and takes her to Lanka. Ravan's mother Kaikesi, tells him that he should marry Sita as she is a powerful woman instead of treating her badly. Sita finds her place in the garden of Lanka (Ashoka Vatika) and refuses Ravan's proposal saying that she is always going to love Ram and never be unfaithful to him. She decides to wait for him until her death. Meanwhile, Ram learns about the abduction from the bird Jatayu.
Kishkindha Kand
Hanuman meets Ram and becomes his devotee. He narrates about Sugriva's problem and his brother Bali misbehaving with his wife, Rumā. Ram challenges to kill Bali and liberate him from all his sins. He directs Sugriv to go on a duel with Bali so that he can kill him during that time. Everything happens accordingly and Ram kills Bali. Sugriva is crowned the king of Kishkindha. Bali's son Angad begins to follow Ram and joins the monkey army. Sugriva and Ram instruct Hanuman to enquire about Sita and her well-being. Ram also gives him his ring as a mark of his well-being to Sita.
Sundar Kand
Hanuman goes to Lanka and meets Sita. He also gives her Ram's ring. Sita gets shocked when she learns about Ram's condition. Ravan instructs his second son Akshayakumara to attack Hanuman. Mandodari knows about Hanuman's strength and fears because she doesn't want to lose her son. Instead, she wants Akshayakumara to leave Lanka. Akshay heads his father's words and attempts to attack Hanuman. Hanuman, with his wit and power, kills Akshayakumara. Soldiers bring his dead body to the king. All get shocked to see this, and Mandodari gets shattered to see her deceased son. Hanuman is brought to the king by the soldiers, and Ravan decides to punish Hanuman by sentencing him to death. But Vibhishan advises to mutilate one of his body parts rather than killing him. Ravan chooses to burn his tail. All the men and Meghnadh burn the rear. Sita learns about this and prays to Agni Dev to produce coolness instead of a burning sensation to Hanuman. Hanuman burns the whole Lanka with his tail. Sita gives her chudamani (head ornament) to Hanuman as a mark of her presence in Lanka. Hanuman leaves Lanka.
Vibhishan pleads with his brother Ravan to free Sita and handover her to Ram as she is someone's wife. Ravan, considering him as his enemy throws him out of Lanka. Hanuman reaches Ram and tells about Sita being in Ashok Vatika. Ram vows to free Sita from Ravan's captivity and kill him.
Ram, Lakshman, and the whole monkey army decide to construct a sea bridge (Ram Setu) across the ocean to Lanka. Two other monkeys, Nal and Neel, join the monkey army. Ram prays to Lord Shiva before constructing the bridge. Ram, along with the monkey army, constructs the bridge and goes to Lanka. Vibhishan joins Ram's army and tells them that he will help them in the war.
Yuddh Kand
Ram, Lakshman, and the monkey army reach Lanka, and Ram declares war against Ravan. Ravan plans troops to attack the monkey army at midnight. Ravan's army attacks the monkey army as per plan. Meghnadh plans to kill Ram and Lakshman. With his illusion, Meghnadh shoots an invisible venomous arrow at Ram and Lakshman. They become unconscious. Ravan becomes happy that his son Meghnadh has killed Ram and Lakshman. Lord Shiva then decides to request the King of birds, Lord Garuda to save Ram and Lakshman, which he does.
Ram then kills many more warriors in the war, including Ravan's younger brother Kumbhakarna. This gravely angers Ravan, and he decides to kill Ram as soon as possible. After that, he sends Meghanad to fight Ram-Lakshman. He goes to the battlefield and fights Lakshman. He uses Shakti on Lakshman, and Lakshman goes into an unconscious state. Trijata tells Ram's army the address of Sushena. Hanuman flies to the house of Sushena. Sushena tells the only option to save Lakshman is Sanjeevani Booti. Hanuman flies to the Himalayas to get Sanjeevani. After he returns, a Lepa of Sanjeevani is drunk by Lakshman, which brings him back to life. While in Lanka, Meghnad does the Devi Yagya to get Divine Weapons and Divine Horsecart. The disadvantage of this Yagya was that if the Yagya is stopped in between, then the person doing it gets killed. The vanar sena disturbs Meghnad. Lakshman chops off the head of Meghanad. After this, Raavan enters the battlefield. Ram gets hurt, and Ravana nearly strangles him to death. Each time he attacks Ravan, he gets back. Vibhishana tells the secret of Ravan to Ram that he had nectar in his navel. Ram then shots the arrows at Ravan's navel. Ravan dies. But after he dies, his mother creates his elder and more powerful brother, Sahastra Ravan. Now Ram thinks that since he was able to kill Ravan once he can kill him once again. He starts shooting arrows at Sahastra Ravan. But nothing happens to Sahastra Ravan, he single-handedly defeats them all. Kaikesi informs this to Sita and she rushes to the battlefield. In a fit of rage, she transforms herself into Kali and kills Sahastra Ravan. Later, Lakshman talks to Urmila's idol that was given by Sita and thanks her for her support and love and for granting his Nidra, he tells her that Ram and sita meeting time has come and their reunion is also not away. Later, Ram questions Sita's purity and then Sita does the Fire test and proves her purity. Later, they all return to the kingdom and reunite with all others. Sumitra sees Lakshman desire to meet Urmila in the eyes and tells him to go and reunite with her and also wake her from the Nidra as she will only open her eyes when Lakshman is in front of her.
Uttar Kand
Lakshman meets Sleeping Urmila and tells he could have not served Ram without her help and support, and asks her to open her eyes when she doesn't Lakshman becomes worried, Vashistha tells him to pray to Nidra Devi, Lakshman prays to her and takes his Nidra back. Afterwards, Urmila wakes from her Nidra and they reunite, starting a new life together. After being crowned king, Ram spends life pleasantly with Sita. Sita gets pregnant with Ram's Child. When Janak get know about Sita, he asks Ram for taking his four daughters back to Mithila for some time, When Urmila packs her stuff Lakshman come and tells her that Janak father said to leave for Mithila and she is leaving without protesting and tells her that he has just returned from vanvas and so she will leave him and go, Urmila says he should have also thought this when he decided to go to Vanvas with Ram and also adds by teasing him that that day she realised that he doesn't love her a bit, but Lakshman says he had loved her from the beginning and will love her till eternity, but Urmila still wants to go with Janak, but before leaving she said that she will wait for him in Mithila, Lakshman smiles and nods. Later Ram being scared of the dream he had a night before of Sita in the forest, he tells Sita not to go, Sita agrees and refuses to go with Janak, with this Urmila and her cousins also not go. Rumours about Sita's purity spread among the populace of Ayodhya. Ram banishes Sita to the forest due to the rumours. Lakshman is asked to leave her in the forest, with a heavy heart he leaves her and returns to the forest and blameing himself for leaving his sister in law in the forest. Urmila and her sisters are really angry with what Ram did with Sita and Urmila confronts him. Later, Sage Valmiki provides shelter to Sita in his hermitage, where she gives birth to Ram's twin boys Lava and Kusha. Sita raises them as a single mother but incognito under the name of Vanadevi. After 12 years, Ram decides to perform the Ashwamedha Yagna, and the twins catch the horse of the Yagna after which a battle ensues. After defeating Lakshman, Bharata, Shatrughna also Hanuman by distraction, the twins are about to battle with their father, but Sita stops them and requests Ram to forgive them. She then reveals to the twins that Ram is their father, and they realize that their mother is the very Sita herself who they fought for, to give her justice. Urmila and her cousins meet Sita after a long time. In the kingdom, Ram decides to bring Sita back and asks the people of Ayodhya if he could do so. He proceeds with the entire family to bring Sita back, and there Luva and Kusha are united with Ram. Sita refuses to return to Ayodhya as it was that society who doubted her character, and she cannot return to it as it would be wrong on her part and betray all those other women who have suffered the same plight as her. As a final testament to her purity. Sita returns to her celestial abode by going back to her mother, Bhumi, after confronting Ram. Ram is left heartbroken at this and returns to Ayodhya. He then promotes woman rights on Sita's behalf. After some years, Ram crowns Luva and Kusha as Kings of Ayodhya, with this rajmatas also pass away . Few years later, Urmila has a terrible dream about Lakshman's death and talks about it with Lakshman he tells her not to worry as it is natural to die and there is nothing negative about it. Urmila later asks sage Vashistha of her dream and he says it is an inauspicious. She then becomes worried and prays to Mahadev for Lakshman's safety. Later, Kal comes to visit Ram in form of a sage and tells Ram to give capital punishment whoever interfere, Lakshman guards the door later Rishi Durvasa comes to meet Ram but is stopped by Lakshman after some time Rishi Durvasa becomes angry and tells him that he will curse the kingdom if he is not allowed to go in. To save the kingdom Lakshman enters the chamber which leads to Ram ordering him to leave the palace as he cannot give him a death punishment. Urmila is heartbroken as her dream comes true later she ask to take her along with him and when Lakshman refuses and begins to leave she faints. Lakshman goes to help but thinks she will urge to go with him if she wakes up while leaving he repents of not giving Urmila enough love and more pain and miseries and becomes sad of not taking Urmila with him at his last moment, Lakshman meets with Ram for the last time while Ram hesitate in meeting him, Lakshman goes to the dense forest and kills himself. Next day Ram along with his brothers - Bharat and Shatrughan drown themselves in the Sarayu river.
At the bottom of the river, Ram turns to Vishnu. Shatrughan transforms into the conch shell Panchajanya and Bharat to the Sudarshan Chakra of Vishnu's. They return to Vishnu, and Vishnu sees Lakshmi coming towards him, telling him that he took a long time to join her and then said that they should return to their abode. Urmila, along with her cousins grieve on the loss of the Lakshman, Bharat, Shatrughan and Ram. Meanwhile, Hanuman says to the populace of Ayodhya that Ram and Sita live forever in them all, and he tears open his chest to show that Ram and Sita were always in his heart.
Cast
Main
Madirakshi Mundle as Sita: Goddess Lakshmi's incarnation, Janak and Sunaina's elder and adopted daughter, Bhumi Devi's daughter; Ram's wife
Grusha Kapoor as Kaikeyi: Dasharatha's second wife; Bharat's mother.
Sampada Vaze as Sumitra: Dasharatha's third wife; Laxmana and Shatrughan's mother.
Sujay Reu as Bharata: Lord Vishnu's Shankha's incarnation; Dasharatha and Kaikeyi's son; Ram, Lakshman and Shatrughan's half brother; Mandavi's husband
Pratham Kunwar as Shatrughna: Lord Vishnu's Sudarshana Chakra's incarnation; Ram, Bharat and Lakshman's youngest brother; Dasharatha and Sumitra's second son; Shrutakirti's husband.
Sharad Joshi as teenage Shatrughan.
Yukti Kapoor as Urmila: Janak and Sunaina's younger and biological daughter; Goddess Nagalakshmi incarnation; Sita's younger sister, Lakshman's wife.
Prithvi Hatte as Mandavi: Goddess Lakshmi's shankh incarnation; Kushadhwaja and Chandrabhaga's elder daughter;Shrutakirti' elder sister,Sita and Urmila's cousin; Bharat's wife.
Tanvi Madhyan as Shrutakirti: Goddess Lakshmi's chakra incarnation; Sita and Urmila's cousin; Mandavi's younger sister; Kushadhwaja and Chandrabhaga's younger daughter; Shatrughan's wife.
Zalak Desai as Shanta: Dasharatha and Kaushalya's daughter; Ram's elder sister.
Surendra Pal as Vishrava: Kubera, Shaastra Ravana, Ravana, Kumbhakaran, Vibhishan, Khar, Dushan, and Surpanakha's father.
Pratima Kazmi as Kaikesi: Vishrava's wife; Shaastra Ravana, Ravana, Kumbhakaran, Vibhishan, and Surpanakha's mother.
Piyali Munshi as Mandodari: Ravan's first wife; Maya demon and Apsara Hema's daughter, Mayavi and Dundubhi's sister, Meghanaad, and Akshayakumara's mother.
Manav Sharma as Angad: Tara and Vali's son; Sugriva and Ruma's adopted son.
Vishal Bhardwaj as Nalakūvara/Nalakuber, who curses Ravana that if touches a woman against her wishes, his head would burst into a hundred pieces. Due to this curse, Ravana was never able to come in contact with Sita despite his ill intentions.
It shows the Birthday of Rama after 8 years leap. From this episode Ashish Sharma plays the role of adult Rama, before this role of teenage Rama was played by Vedant Sawant.[11]
It shows the Swayamvar of Sita organized by her father Janak. Sita will marry with the man who could string the Shiv Dhanush by lifting it as easily as she did. Rama, on the day of Swayamvar, lifted the bow effortlessly and won Sita's hand in marriage.[12][13]
Simone Singh was initially roped for the role of Kaikayi but was replaced by Khalida Turi. As the makers felt her too young for the role, they replaced her with Grusha Kapoor.[11][15]
Ashish Sharma was roped for playing Lord Ram and Madirakshi Mundle was roped for Lady Sita who makes her Hindi television debut.[16][17]Dalip Tahil was roped for playing Ram's father Dasharath.[18] Bijay Anand was cast as Sita's father Janak who returned to acting after 17 years.[19]Rohit Bakshi was cast for playing Lord Shiva.[20]Karan Suchak and Yukti Kapoor were roped for playing Lord Lakshman and Lady Urmila, Lakshman's wife.[21] Wrestler Danish Akhtar was selected for portraying Hanuman thereby making his acting debut.[22]Chetanya Adib was cast for playing Jatayu's character in April 2016.[23]Sailesh Gulabani was cast for playing Vibhishan.[24]Karthik Jayaram was cast for the role of Ravan, making his Hindi television debut.[25]Sara Afreen Khan was cast for playing Ravana's sister Surpanaka who was later replaced by Bhagyashree Mote.[9][10]Pratima Kazmi was cast as Ravana's mother Kaikesi.[26] In August 2016, Shakti Singh was cast for playing Valmiki.[27] Uzair Basar and Harsha Sharma were cast to play Luv and Kush in September 2016.[28]
Release
On 2 January 2016, a team of Star Plus flagged off Shiv Dhanush Yatra, which was inaugurated with an Aarthi on the banks of Ganga in Kashi Vishwanath Temple following a Pooja at Somnath temple in Gujarat, by traveling across 107 cities across Gujarat, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh in 15 days to promote the series.[29][13]
Speaking about the series, creative head of Star Plus Anirudh Pathak stated, "We have seen different dimensions of Ramayan. So what was pending? Then we thought that we haven't heard the Ramayan from Sita's viewpoint. She's not different from Ram. She was with him always and that was her choice. She was a warrior herself and her story was out of compassion and not a compulsion. This Ramayan is racy, technologically upgraded as regards shoots, camera, sets, locations, etc. If we aren't giving them the flavor of 'Game of Thrones' then there was no point in telling the Ramayan once again."[16]
The series was supposed to end in mid October 2016 but received an extension for a month and ended in November 2016.[30]
Filming
The cast of the series was unveiled at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad where the series was mainly filmed.[31] Besides, it was also filmed in various locations including Sri Lanka, Lepakshi (Andhra Pradesh), Bhuj (Gujarat), Darjeeling (West Bengal), Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, and Mumbai.[32][33]
For the wedding sequence of Ram and Sita, 100kg of flowers were used.[34] Owing to rain while shooting outdoors for the war sequence between Lord Ram and Ravana, eight copies of the same costume were arranged by the makers to tackle it.[35]
In April 2016, the vanvas sequence was shot in Virar, Maharashtra.[36] In May 2016, while shooting for Sita's kidnapping by Ravan sequence, Madirakshi Mundle got injured in an accident and the shoot was held for a while.[37]
Critical reception
The Quint reviewed, "Siya Ke Raam presents a refreshing change. The grand scale of production and the elaborate costumes add the required epic-ness to the story. Impressive sets evoke awe, wonder, and magic. The show's cast is pretty bang on too with Bijay Anand, Dalip Tahil, Grusha Kapoor, and many other talented actors putting together an entertaining drama. The show's attention to detail, research, and authenticity are also very impressive."[38]
Comparing the role of some actors and actresses who played in earlier versions Ramayan 1987, Ramayan 2008 Hindustan Times stated, "Ashish Sharma was a muscular, powerful Ram with a forever Pokerface. But he did look a lot more like a prince than Arun Govil. The makers of Siya Ke Ram has always maintained that the show is a retelling of the epic from Sita's perspective which Madirakshi a lot more room to impress. She is not mute or opinionless like Deepika Chiklis’ Sita. Madirakshi was also more expressive without going overboard. Karthik is big too but in a 'gym-jock' way rather than a 'fat-demon' way. Karthik's accent was not popular among the audience as many Hindi words would give him trouble. They did get a voice actor to dub over his words but it was all too evident on screen and a tad irritating. Danish was huge but inspired! And the make up department did him dirty. The great acting from even the secondary characters like Kaikeyi (Grusha Kapoor) and Dasharath (Dalip Tahil) was also enough to keep viewers hooked."[39] However, reviewing the sets, costumes, and CGI, they said, "In Siya Ke Ram, the computer graphics helped give an appearance of grandeur. The attention to detail and the costumes were beautiful as well. The lamps behind the actors, the divan, the beautiful artwork, and the coloring sheets. Everything was just right for a king's room. Sure the CGI did go a bit awry from time to time."[39]
Lakshmana, also known as Laxmana, Lakhan, Saumitra, and Ramanuja, is the younger brother of Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana. He is considered as an incarnation of Shesha, the lord of serpents. Lakshmana was married to Urmila, and is known for his loyalty and dedication towards Rama.
Ramcharitmanas, is an epic poem in the Awadhi language, composed by the 16th-century Indian bhakti poet Tulsidas. It has many inspirations, the primary being the Ramayana of Valmiki.
Mandavi is a princess of Videha in the Hindu epic Ramayana. She is the wife of Bharata and is considered an incarnation of the conch shell of goddess Lakshmi. Mandavi is known for her sacrifice and perseverance.
Ramayan is an Indian Hindi-language epic television series based on ancient Indian Sanskrit Epic Ramayana. The show was created, written, and directed by Ramanand Sagar. It originally aired between 1987 and 1988 on DD National and it was narrated by Ashok Kumar and the director Ramanand Sagar. The music was composed by Ravindra Jain. During its run, the show became the most watched television series in the world, garnering a viewership of 82 percent. The repeat telecast was aired on 20 different channels in 17 countries on all the five continents at different times. The success of the series was documented well by the media. According to BBC, the serial has been viewed by over 650 million viewers. Each episode of the series reportedly earned DD National ₹40 lakh.
Luv Kush is an Indian television series that ran from 1988 to 1989. It was created, written, produced, and directed by Ramanand Sagar. It is a follow-up Ramayan, featuring mostly the same cast and production crew. Luv Kush covers the last book — the Uttarakāṇḍa — of the ancient Indian epic Ramayana, following Rama's coronation, especially focusing on his children, twins Kusha and Lava.
Vishnu Puran is an Indian television series, by B. R. Chopra on the Hindu deity Vishnu. It is based on the Bhagavata Purana. Bhagavata Purana tells about the 10 incarnations of Vishnu, as well as other stories, such as the legend of Dhruva. The weekly series first aired Sunday morning, 23 January 2000 on Zee TV. The 124 episodes were later released on DD National.
Raavan is an Indian mythological drama series aired on Zee TV from 18 November 2006 to 16 November 2008, based on the life of the primary antagonist of the epic Ramayana, Ravana.
Ramayan is an Indian television series depicting the story of Rama and based on stories from classic Indian literature. The 2008 release is a reboot of the 1987 Ramayan television series of the same name. The plot derives from Valmiki's Ramayan, Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas and Chakbasta's Urdu Ramayan with aspects of other works. The television series was produced by Sagar Arts and aired on NDTV Imagine. This Show Was Re-Aired On Dangal TV while the entire episodes of this show can be watched on Dangal Play app.
Ramayana: The Epic is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language computer-animated mythological action film from Maya Digital Media. Directed by Chetan Desai and produced by Ketan Mehta, it was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on 15 October 2010.
Mahaviracharita is a play by the 8th-century Sanskrit playwright Bhavabhuti based on the early life of Rama, the hero of the Ramayana and venerated as a Hindu deity. It is the first play of Bhavabhuti, thus lacking in character and style compared to his two known later works: Malatimadhava and Uttararamacharita. Though currently composed of seven acts, the whole present text may not have been composed by Bhavabhuti.
Jai Hanuman is a 1997 Indian television series based on the life of the Hindu deity Hanuman, an avatar of Shiva, in Hindi. It was directed by Sanjay Khan. The series was initially shown on the state-run DD National, and was later shown on Sony Entertainment Television in 2008.
Ramayan: Sabke Jeevan Ka Aadhar is an Indian television series produced by Sagar Pictures which aired on Zee TV. It is an adaptation of Ramcharitmanas.
Ramleela – Ajay Devgn Ke Saath, commonly known as Ramleela, is a mythological on-stage musical drama, based on the Indian epic poem Ramayan. The show premiered on 21 October 2012 on Life OK and completed the story in five episodes on 18 November 2012. The show was narrated by Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn, who provided a prologue at the beginning of each episode or act. The show aired during the period from Dussehra in October till Diwali in November.
Rama (Rāma), the hero of Ramayana, is described in the Jain scriptures as one of sixty-three illustrious persons, known as Salakapurusa. Among these, there are nine sets of Balabhadra, Vasudeva and Prati-Vasudeva. Rama was the 8th Balabhadra with Lakshmana and Ravana being his Vasudeva and Prati-Vasudeva counterparts. He is described as a young prince who is deprived of his throne and turned into a pauper. While living in exile his wife Sita is kidnapped by Ravana, King of Lanka. Rama then rescues Sita with the help of his brother Lakshmana and King Sugriva. Ravana is killed by Lakshmana and they both go into hell. Rama becomes a Jain muni and his soul attains moksha. Sita becomes a Jain sadhvi and is born into heaven as Indra.
Shri Ram Bhakta Hanuman is a 1948 Hindi religious film produced and directed by Homi Wadia for Basant Pictures. The story was adapted from Valmiki's Ramayana by Shivram Vashikar and the dialogues were written by P. C. Joshi. S. N. Tripathi not only provided music for the film but acted the main role of Hanuman. The film starred Trilok Kapoor, S. N. Tripathi, Sona Chatterjee, Niranjan Sharma and Prabhash Joshi.
Ramayan is a Hindi TV series that was aired on Zee TV in 2001. It is a television adaptation of the ancient Indian epic of the same name, and is primarily based on Valmiki's Ramayana, Tulsidas Ramcharitramanas, Kalidasa's Raghuvaṃśa and Kambar's Kambh Ramayana. It was produced and directed by Baldev Raj Chopra and Ravi Chopra.
Ram Siya Ke Luv Kush is an Indian mythological drama television series, which aired on Colors TV from 5 August 2019 to 10 February 2020. The series focused on the story of Rama and Sita as well as their children Luv and Kush. It starred Shivya Pathania, Himanshu Soni, Krish Chauhan, and Harshit Kabra in lead roles.
Shrimad Ramayan is an Indian Hindi-language television series that premiered from 1 January 2024 to 9 August 2024 on Sony TV and airing on Sony SAB since 12 August 2024. Produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary under the banner of Swastik Productions, the series is based on the epic Ramayana. It stars Sujay Reu as Rama and Prachi Bansal as Sita.
The exile of Rama is an event featured in the Ramayana, and is an important period in the life of Rama. In the epic, Rama is exiled by his father, Dasharatha, under the urging of his step-mother Kaikeyi, accompanied by his wife Sita and half-brother Lakshmana for 14 years. Rama's exile is a prelude to subsequent events of the epic, such as abduction of his wife Sita, his meeting with Hanuman and Sugriva, his battle with Ravana, and ultimately, the killing of Ravana, the purpose for which Vishnu had incarnated himself as Rama.
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