Ramanand sagar son prem sagar says ramayana brought teachings of ramayana to mass ayodhya ram mandir inauguration dvy | Doordarshan’s epic Ramayana…which brought the teachings of Ramayana to the masses.

The first episode of Ramayana was telecast on 25 January 1987, but Papaji (Ramanand Sagar) started working on it in 1977 itself. Papaji decided that he would make Ramayana for TV, but it was difficult to get funds for it. We sought help from people who knew him not only in the country but also abroad, but we did not get even a single rupee of help from anywhere. On top of that, people said that your minds are sound. Mukut and Mustache would not work on TV, but Papa ji firmly believed that he had to make this show, but funds were not available. I advised Papaji that before making Ramayana, let’s make a show like it. There was a fund for test marketing in Hollywood at that time. The film was shown to a small group before its release. The film was promoted through that. We released Somdutt’s Baital Pachisi as test marketing. Be it education or dignity, it was related to Ram only. A financier was needed for that also. Emami company was started during that time. Met its owner RS ​​Aggarwal. He liked the concept that it would provide education and Indian values ​​to the children but he said that he would not be able to pay more than Rs 1 lakh for an episode. There was a budget issue, so we shot the entire Vikram Betaal in Sagar Villa and that test marketing of ours worked. Mukut and Mustache is on TV. This was proved. The success of Vikram Betal had filled Papaji with a different enthusiasm. Because of the success of Vikram Betal, we got financiers for Ramayana.