Countrywide lockdown in India has turned out to be quite fruitful for Doordarshan as they brought back the popular show ‘Ramayana’. The mythological TV show that originally released in the 1980s is now back to being in the hit list with BARC India releasing new data on viewership patterns in the country.

According to a new rating, ‘Ramayana’ has been successful in displacing the previously most-watched show in the world, that is, the finale of ‘Game of Thrones’. Ramayana recorded 77 millions views on one day (April 16), smashing the record for most-watched show in the world.<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/reruns-of-ramayana-mahabharata-make-doordarshan-highest-watched-channel-in-india-291678"> It was previously mostwatched show in India.&nbsp;</a>

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Previously, this was held by the ‘Game of Thrones’ finale that recorded 19.3 million views in a day.&nbsp;

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/viewers-unhappy-with-dd-cutting-out-scenes-from-ramayana-prasar-bharti-ceo-replies-293504">Viewers unhappy with DD cutting out scenes from Ramayana, Prasar Bharti CEO replies</a>

‘Ramayana’ stars Arun Govil and Deepika Chikhalia in the lead while ‘Game of Thrones’ has multiple big names like Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, Kit Harington, Sean Bean and others.&nbsp;

As for Ramayana, this feat is not one that it has not seen before.&nbsp;Written and directed by Ramanand Sagar, the show was first telecasted on January 25, 1987, to July 31, 1988. In its span of a year, Ramayan had become the most-watched mythological series in the world.

Countrywide lockdown in India has turned out to be quite fruitful for Doordarshan as they brought back the popular show ‘Ramayana’. The mythological TV show that originally released in the 1980s is now back to being in the hit list with BARC India releasing new data on viewership patterns in the country.

Countrywide lockdown in India has turned out to be quite fruitful for Doordarshan as they brought back the popular show ‘Ramayana’. The mythological TV show that originally released in the 1980s is now back to being in the hit list with BARC India releasing new data on viewership patterns in the country. According to a new rating, ‘Ramayana’ has been successful in displacing the previously most-watched show in the world, that is, the finale of ‘Game of Thrones’. Ramayana recorded 77 millions views on one day (April 16), smashing the record for most-watched show in the world. It was previously mostwatched show in India. Rebroadcast of #Ramayana on #Doordarshan smashes viewership records worldwide, the show becomes most watched entertainment show in the world with 7.7 crore viewers on 16th of April pic.twitter.com/edmfMGMDj9 — DD India (@DDIndialive) April 30, 2020 × Previously, this was held by the ‘Game of Thrones’ finale that recorded 19.3 million views in a day. Viewers unhappy with DD cutting out scenes from Ramayana, Prasar Bharti CEO replies ‘Ramayana’ stars Arun Govil and Deepika Chikhalia in the lead while ‘Game of Thrones’ has multiple big names like Emilia Clarke, Lena Headey, Maisie Williams, Sophie Turner, Kit Harington, Sean Bean and others. As for Ramayana, this feat is not one that it has not seen before. Written and directed by Ramanand Sagar, the show was first telecasted on January 25, 1987, to July 31, 1988. In its span of a year, Ramayan had become the most-watched mythological series in the world.

'Ramayana' beats 'Game of Thrones' to become the world's most watched show

Television show Ramayan may be three decades old, but the series in its re-telecast witnessed record viewership. At present India is observing 21 days of lockdown amid coronavirus outbreak and the government decided to bring back hit show 'Ramayan' on the country national channel Doordarshan the last weekend. 
 
According to a BARC report, the show garnered 170 million viewers in four shows over the last weekend. The show's massive viewership made it the highest watched serial ever in the Hindi general entertainment space, according to the Broadcast Audience Research Council report. 
 
The show was launched last Saturday amid the lockdown. Various government machinery publicised the re telecast of the show in a big way- thereby catching the attention of many. 
 
BARC's chief executive Sunil Lulla called Prasar Bharti's move as 'brilliant' and admitted the numbers garnered by the show was surprising.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/remembering-9-iconic-doordarshan-shows-as-channel-celebrates-60th-anniversary-250043">Also see: Remembering 9 iconic Doordarshan shows as channel celebrates 60th anniversary</a> 
 
He hoped that the numbers would attract advertisers in a big way as well till the show runs on TV. 
 
The inaugural show of the series on Saturday morning recorded 34 million viewership, while a telecast the same evening had 45 million viewers and a rating of 5.2 percent. On Sunday, the viewership increased to 40 million in the morning and a whopping 51 million in the evening telecast.

Prasar Bharti has not just re-telecast 'Ramayan', but is also showing 'Mahabharat', '<a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/after-ramayan-dd-to-bring-back-shah-rukh-khans-circus-byomkesh-bakshi-to-tv-289140">Byomkesh Bakshi' and 'Circus'.</a> 
'Ramayan' was produced by Ramanand Sagar and featured actor Arun Govil as Ram, Sunil Lehri as Lakshman and Deepika as Sita.

Television show Ramayan may be three decades old, but the series in its re-telecast witnessed record viewership. At present India is observing 21 days of lockdown amid coronavirus outbreak and the government decided to bring back hit show 'Ramayan' on the country national channel Doordarshan the last weekend.

Television show Ramayan may be three decades old, but the series in its re-telecast witnessed record viewership. At present India is observing 21 days of lockdown amid coronavirus outbreak and the government decided to bring back hit show 'Ramayan' on the country national channel Doordarshan the last weekend. According to a BARC report, the show garnered 170 million viewers in four shows over the last weekend. The show's massive viewership made it the highest watched serial ever in the Hindi general entertainment space, according to the Broadcast Audience Research Council report. The show was launched last Saturday amid the lockdown. Various government machinery publicised the re telecast of the show in a big way- thereby catching the attention of many. BARC's chief executive Sunil Lulla called Prasar Bharti's move as 'brilliant' and admitted the numbers garnered by the show was surprising. Also see: Remembering 9 iconic Doordarshan shows as channel celebrates 60th anniversary He hoped that the numbers would attract advertisers in a big way as well till the show runs on TV. The inaugural show of the series on Saturday morning recorded 34 million viewership, while a telecast the same evening had 45 million viewers and a rating of 5.2 percent. On Sunday, the viewership increased to 40 million in the morning and a whopping 51 million in the evening telecast. Prasar Bharti has not just re-telecast 'Ramayan', but is also showing 'Mahabharat', 'Byomkesh Bakshi' and 'Circus'. 'Ramayan' was produced by Ramanand Sagar and featured actor Arun Govil as Ram, Sunil Lehri as Lakshman and Deepika as Sita.

'Ramayan' creates history as it garners the highest viewership ever on TV

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'Ramayana' beats 'Game of Thrones' to become the world's most watched show

'Ramayan' creates history as it garners the highest viewership ever on TV