Shrimad Ramayan

Music byLalit SenOpening themeShrimad RamayanCountry of originIndiaOriginal languageHindiNo. of seasons1No. of episodes172ProductionProducersSiddharth Kumar Tewary
Gayatri Gill Tewary
Rahul Kumar TewaryProduction locationUmargamCinematographyAfsar Faruque
Veerdhaval PuranikEditorGanga KacharlaCamera setupMulti-cameraRunning time21–45 minutesProduction companySwastik ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkSony Entertainment Television (2024)
Sony SAB (2024–present)Release1 January 2024 (2024-01-01) –
present

Shrimad Ramayan (transl. Holy Ramayana) is an Indian Hindi-language television series that premiered from 1 January 2024 to 9 August 2024 on Sony Entertainment Television and will air on Sony SAB from 12 August 2024.^[1][2] 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.^[3][4]

The series showcases the life of Rama, the 7th incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It shows how he dealt with hardships in his life and how his life became an inspiration. It also showcases the whole ordeal and journey he went through to free his beloved wife, Sita (Incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi), from the rakshasa king Ravana, who abducted her.

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 edit 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.

• Sujay Reu as Rama / Lord Vishnu - Vishnu's 7th incarnation; Dasharatha and Kaushalya's son; Bharat, Lakshmana and Shatrughna's brother; Sita's husband
  • Tanmay Shah as Young Rama
• Prachi Bansal as Sita / Devi Lakshmi - Lakshmi's incarnation; Janak and Sunaina's elder daughter; Urmila, Mandavi and Shrutakirti's sister; Rama's wife
  • Hansika Jangid as Young Sita
• Basant Bhatt as Lakshmana - Sheshanaga's incarnation; Dasharatha and Sumitra's elder son; Rama, Bharata and Shatrughna's brother; Urmila's husband
  • Subhan Khan as Young Lakshman
• Nikitin Dheer as Ravana - Jaya's incarnation; King of Lanka; Vishrava and Kaikasi's eldest son; Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's brother; Mandodari's husband; Meghanada, Akshayakumara and Atikaya's father
  • Athar Khan as Young Ravan
• Nirbhay Wadhwa as
  • Hanuman - Lord Vayu's son; Kesari and Anjana's son; Rama's devotee
    • Karim Qureshi as Young Hanuman
  • Makaradhwaja - Hanuman's son

• Nikhilesh Rathore as Bharata - Shankha's incarnation; Dasharatha and Kaikeyi's son; Ram, Lakshmana and Shatrughna's brother; Mandavi's husband
  • Hassan Syed as Young Bharata
• Samarthya Gupta as Shatrughna - Sudarshana's incarnation; Dasharatha and Sumitra's younger son; Rama, Bharata and Lakshmana's brother; Shrutakirti's husband
  • Shabd Grover as Young Shatrughna
• Vaidehi Nair as Urmila - Nagalakshmi's incarnation; Janak and Sunaina's younger daughter; Sita, Mandavi and Shrutakirti's sister; Lakshmana's wife
  • Purvi Mishra as Young Urmila
• Sheersha Tiwari as Mandavi - Lakshmi shankh's incarnation; Kushadhvaj and Chandrabhaga's elder daughter; Sita, Urmila and Shrutakirti's sister; Bharata's wife
  • Dhwani Buch as Young Mandavi
• Siddhi Sharma / Charmi Dhami as Shrutakirti - Lakshmi chakra's incarnation; Kushadhvaj and Chandrabhaga's younger daughter; Sita, Mandavi and Urmila sister; Shatrughna's wife
  • Dhivija Arora as Young Shrutakirti
• Aarav Chowdhary as Dasharatha - King of Ayodhya; Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra's husband; Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna's father
• Anandi Tripathi as Kaushalya - Dasharatha's first wife; Rama's mother
• Shilpa Saklani as Kaikeyi - Dasharatha's second wife; Bharata's mother
• Bhawna Aneja as Sumitra - Dasharatha's third wife; Lakshmana and Shatrughna's mother
• Jiten Lalwani as Janaka - King of Mithila; Kushadhvaja's brother; Sunaina's husband; Sita and Urmila's father
• Via Roy Chaudhary as Sunayana - Janaka's wife; Sita and Urmila's mother
• Rushiraj Pawar as Meghanada - Ravana and Mandodari's elder son; Akshayakumara and Atikaya's brother; Sulochana's husband
• Gurpreet Bedi / Harleen Rekhi as Mandodari - Mayasura and Hema's daughter; Ravana's wife; Meghanada and Akshayakumara's mother
• Sameer Khan as Kumbhakarna - Vijaya's incarnation; Vishrava and Kaikasi's second son; Ravana, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's brother; Kumbha and Nikumbha's father
  • Nishkarsh Dixit as Young Kumbhakarna
• Kunal Bakshi as Vibhishana - Vishrava and Kaikasi's third son; Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Shurpanakha's brother; Rama's devotee
• Sangeeta Odwani as Shurpanakha - Vishrava and Kaikasi's daughter; Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana's sister; Vidyutjiva's wife; Shambuka's mother
• Akash Kapoor as Akshayakumara - Ravana and Mandodari's younger son; Meghanada and Atikaya's brother
• Malhar Pandya as
  • Sugriva - King of Kishkindha; Vali's younger twin brother; Ruma and Tara's husband
  • Vali - King of Kishkindha; Sugriva elder twin's brother; Tara's husband; Angada's father
• Abhishek Jangra as Angada - Prince of Kishkindha; Vali and Tara's son
• Tarun Sharma as
  • Jatayu - Shyeni and Aruna's younger son; Sampati's brother
  • Jambavan - Rama's devotee; Jambavati's father
• Tarun Khanna as Lord Shiva - Parvati's husband; Kartikeya and Ganesha's father
• Aishwarya Raj Bhakuni as Devi Parvati , Mahagauri - Shiva's wife; Kartikeya and Ganesha's mother
• Geeta Khanna as Manthara - Kaikeyi's maid
• Surendra Pal as Vasishtha - Family priest of Ayodhya; Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna's teacher
• Vishnu Sharma as Vishvamitra - Rama and Lakshmana's teacher
• Dhananjay Singh as Sumantra - Dasharatha's minister
• Yogesh Mahajan as Shatananda - Gautama Maharishi and Ahalya's son; Janaka's advisor
• Manish Khanna as Jabali - Dasharatha's advisor
• Sandeep Arora as Nala - Vishwakarma's son; Nila's brother
• Nitin Parashar as Nila - Vishwakarma's son; Nala's brother
• Snehal Waghmare as Tara - Vali and Sugriva's wife; Angad's mother
• Meghna Panchal as Rumā - Sugriva and Vali's wife
• Jameel Chaudhary as Kesari - Brihaspati's son; Anjana's husband; Hanuman's father
• Kinjal Pandya as Anjana - Kesari's wife; Hanuman's mother
• Mrinal Shrivastav as Shabari - Rama's devotee; Matanga's student
• Deepak Bhatia as Parashurama - Vishnu's 6th incarnation; Jamadagni and Renuka’s son; Shiva’s disciple
• Garima Jain as Ahalya - Gautama's wife; Shatananda's mother
• Arun Singh as Atri - Anasuya's husband; Rama's guide; One of the Saptarshis
• Sampada Vaze as Anasuya - Atri's wife
• Meenakshi Sethi as Gargi - Vachaknu's daughter
• Raja Kapse as Kakabhushundi - Rama's devotee
• Neha Nirwan as Sulochana - Vasuki and Shatashirsha's daughter; Meghanada's wife
• Brownie Parashar as Shukracharya - Meghanada's teacher
• Kamaljeet Rana as Khara - Dushana's twin brother; Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's step-brother
• Arjun Kumar as Vidyutjiva - Shurpanakha's husband; Shambuka's father
• Devish Ahuja as Shambuka - Shurpanakha and Vidyutjiva's son
• Neetu Pandey as Kaikasi - Vishrava's wife; Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's mother
• Yogesh Bhardwaj as Prahasta - Sumali and Ketumathi's son; Ravana's uncle; Lanka's chief commander
• Vineet Asthana as Kumbha - Kumbhakarna and Vajrajvala's elder son; Nikumbha's brother
• Touseef Raza Barkati as Nikumbha - Kumbhakarna and Vajrajvala's younger son; Kumbha's brother
• Ansha Sayed as Tataka - Sunda's wife; Marich and Subhau's mother
• Satendra Yadav as Subahu - Sunda and Tataka's son; Marich's brother
• Asha Singh as Trijata - Sita's guard at Ashoka vatika
• Ritu P Sood as Surasa - Daksha and Asikni's daughter; Kashyapa's wife
• Mohammed Saud Suri as Shravana Kumara - Shantanu and Gyanvanti's son
• Govind Namdev as Lord Brahma - Creator of the Universe; Saraswati's husband
• Shreya Khanna as Saraswati - Goddess of Knowledge; Brahma's wife
• Yash Bhojwani as Lord Kartikeya - God of Victory and War; Shiva and Parvati's elder son
• Riyansh Vikram Dhabi as Lord Ganesha - God of Wisdom and Luck; Shiva and Parvati's younger son
• Meer Ali as Indra - King of Devas; Jayanta's father
• Gaurav Sharma as Jayanta - Indra's son
• Bharat Bhatia as Kubera - God of Wealth; Vishrava and Ilavida's son; Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's step-brother
• Sharma M Shishir as Shani - God of Karma
• Sandeep Sharma as Narada - Messenger of the Devas
• Punesh Tripathi as Jambumali - Prahasta's son; Ravana's cousin

Siddharth Kumar Tewary announced Shrimad Ramayan, that is produced under his banner Swastik Productions in August 2023. It is an adaptation of the epic Ramayana, and is based on Valmiki's Ramayana and Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas.^[5][6] In December 2023, Tewary stated that criticism to film Adipurush, was one of the reason to make the show. He added,

Honestly, I like the fact that audiences are sensitive towards the history of our country. It defines our history, culture and even our country. There is a reason why someone would get offended. And it's not my intention to offend anyone. I want them to come together and celebrate it with me. I have a proper research team and everything that's going out, every word about this show is properly vetted. So if anyone raises a question tomorrow, we have an authentic source that we can count on.^[7]

Sujay Reu and Prachi Bansal were cast as Rama and Sita respectively.^[8][9] The series marks Reu's third and Bansal's second project with the production house.^[10][11] Basant Bhatt and Vaidehi Nair were cast as Lakshmana and Urmila.^[12][13] Nirbhay Wadhwa was cast as Hanuman, in his fourth on-screen portrayal of the character.^[14]

In October 2023, Nikitin Dheer joined the cast as Ravana, marking his television comeback after 5 year.^[15] Aarav Chowdhary was cast as Dashratha.^[16] Nikhilesh Rathore was then cast as Bharata^[17] and Samarthya Gupta was cast as Shatrughna.^[18] Later, Anandi Tripathi was cast as Kaushalya, Bhawna Aneja as Sumitra and Shilpa Saklani as Kaikeyi.^[19][20] Neetu Pandey was cast as Kaikasi.^[21]

In January 2024, Gurpreet Bedi was cast to play Mandodari and Garima Jain was cast to play Ahalya.^[22] Sangeeta Odwani was cast to play Shurpanakha and Arjun Kumar was cast to play Vidyutjiva.^[23][24] Later, in February 2024, Rushiraj Pawar was cast to play Meghanada.^[25] In March 2024, Malhar Pandya was cast in the dual role of brothers Sugriva and Vali.^[26]

The series set covering 10 acres of land in Umargam, Valsad, Gujarat, is designed by art director Omung Kumar.^[27] Costume designer of the series is Shibapriya Sen. Sita's wedding look included 15kg lehenga and 15meter long head trail. The hand-made embroidery took 3 days and 18 hours, with the entire lehenga taking 5 days to complete. Sen added,

Designing Sita's wedding look was ethereal, where femininity met divinity. It was a blessing to design the wedding looks for Prabhu Shri Ram and Mata Sita. The costumes and accessories were heavy, but the actors embraced it. We've maintained the sanctity of the occasion through traditional craftsmanship.^[28]

Shrimad Ramayan is mainly shot in Umargam in Gujarat and has a high production and VFX value.^[29][30]

The teaser of Shrimad Ramayan, was released in August 2023.^[31] The series premiered on 1 January 2024 on Sony Entertainment Television, replacing Kaun Banega Crorepati in its timeslot.^[32] The team of Shrimad Ramayan also visited Ayodhya, before the launch.^[33] The show aired an hour episode till 22 January 2024. From, 23 January 2024, Mehndi Wala Ghar replaced its timeslot of the latter half.^[34]

From 12 August 2024, Shrimad Ramayan premiered on Sony SAB, making way for Kaun Banega Crorepati 16 on Sony Entertainment Television.^[35]

Shrimad Ramayan Original Sound Track
Soundtrack album by Lalit Sen
Released	15 December 2023 (2023-12-15)
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	38:00
Language	Hindi
Label	Sony Entertainment Television
Producer	Siddharth Kumar Tewary Gayatri Gill Tewary

The soundtrack of Shrimad Ramayan has been composed by Lalit Sen with lyrics written by Vinod Sharma.^[36] Subhadeep Das Chowdhury, Menuka Poudel, Vaibhav Gupta, Ananya Pal and Utkarsh Wankhede, the contestants of Indian Idol 14 have also sung a version of the title song.^[37]

Gayatri Nirmal from Pinkvilla stated, "The surprisingly fresh and convincing cast works. The rich storytelling and the VFX (visual effects) literally added life to the characters, and the dialogues, drawn from the original scripture of Valmiki, are both powerful and thought-provoking."^[38]

• Shrimad Ramayan is dubbed into Tamil as Ramayanam on Sun TV and began broadcast from 16 May 2024.
• Shrimad Ramayan is dubbed into Malayalam as Ramayanam on Surya TV and began broadcast from 20 May 2024.^[39]
• Shrimad Ramayan is dubbed into Kannada as Shrimad Ramayana on Udaya TV and began broadcast from 20 May 2024.^[40]
• Shrimad Ramayan is dubbed in Telugu as Shrimad Ramayanam on Gemini TV and began broadcast from 27 May 2024.^[41]

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