{"id":1880,"date":"2020-03-26T10:51:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T05:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-global-press.pantheonsite.io\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2020-03-26T10:51:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T05:21:51","slug":"prasar-bharati-in-talks-to-telecast-ramanand-sagars-ramayan-b-r-chopras-mahabharat-on-dd-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=1880","title":{"rendered":"Prasar Bharati To Telecast Ramanand Sagar\u2019s Ramayan, B R Chopra\u2019s Mahabharat On DD National"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ramanand Sagar\u2019s Ramayan was viewed by at least 650 million people in 55 countries and B R Chopra\u2019s Mahabharat received a similar reception, <a href=\"https:\/\/swarajyamag.com\/insta\/prasar-bharti-in-talks-to-telecast-ramanand-sagars-ramayana-b-r-chopras-mahabharata-on-dd-national\">Swarajya <\/a>has reported.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar confirmed on Wednesday (25 March) that the public broadcasting network is in talks with the rights holders of Ramanand Sagar\u2019s Ramayan, B R Chopra\u2019s Mahabharat to telecast the acclaimed TV series\u2019 on DD National. <\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Huge demand on social media for retelecast of Ramanand Sagar\u2019s Ramayana and B R Chopra\u2019s Mahabharata on DD National. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrakashJavdekar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PrakashJavdekar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DDNational?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DDNational<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StayHome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StayHome<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/21daysLockdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#21daysLockdown<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Akhilesh Sharma \u0905\u0916\u093f\u0932\u0947\u0936 \u0936\u0930\u094d\u092e\u093e (@akhileshsharma1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/akhileshsharma1\/status\/1242722832427053056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>This statement was issued by Shekhar in response to a tweet by journalist Akhilesh Sharma who said that many social media users have demanded re-telecasting the serials as the country enters a 21 day lockdown.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@narendramodi<\/a> ji <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrakashJavdekar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PrakashJavdekar<\/a> ji<br><br>Please consider asking DD, and advising other channels, to telecast Ramanand Sagar&#39;s Ramayana and B R Chopra&#39;s Mahabharata daily. Perhaps two episodes a day each.<br><br>They acted as magnets in quarantining people back then. They still can.<\/p>&mdash; Pranasutra (@pranasutra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pranasutra\/status\/1242290907258347520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 24, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The Ramayan TV serial directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/swarajyamag.com\/insta\/prasar-bharti-in-talks-to-telecast-ramanand-sagars-ramayana-b-r-chopras-mahabharata-on-dd-national\">Ramanand Sagar<\/a> first aired on DD National in 1987 and B R Chopra\u2019s Mahabharat aired a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Both the adaptations generated record audiences and have gone down as one of the most successful screenings in Indian television history. Ramanand Sagar\u2019s Ramayan was viewed by at least 650 million people in 55 countries and B R Chopra\u2019s Mahabharat received a similar reception.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-color has-very-light-gray-background-color\">Image source: www.news18.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramanand Sagar\u2019s Ramayan was viewed by at least 650 million people in 55 countries and B R Chopra\u2019s Mahabharat received a similar reception, Swarajya has reported. Prasar Bharati CEO Shashi Shekhar confirmed on Wednesday (25 March) that the public broadcasting network is in talks with the rights holders of Ramanand Sagar\u2019s Ramayan, B R Chopra\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":1881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[493],"tags":[489,490,491,492,99,494,495,496],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}