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Ramayan (1987)

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Ramayan is a highly successful and phenomenally popular Indian epic television series created, written, and directed by Ramanand Sagar. The 78 episode series originally aired weekly on Doordarshan from 25 January 1987, to 31 July 1988, on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. IST. It is a television adaptation of the ancient Indian Hindu religious epic of the same name and is primarily based on Valmiki's Ramayan and Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas. It is also partly derived from portions of Kamban's Ramavataram and other works.

IMDb rating
9.0 (28,322 votes)
Episode average
8.9 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons
1
Language
HI
Type
TV series

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Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

8.88 avg 78 episodes 7.6 → 8.5

Ep 1: 7.6 · 229 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 160 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 155 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 147 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 130 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 132 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 144 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 135 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 129 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 126 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 126 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 126 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 125 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 127 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 130 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 130 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 123 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 119 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 121 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 123 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 126 votesEp 22: 8.3 · 124 votesEp 23: 8.5 · 129 votesEp 24: 8.7 · 171 votesEp 25: 8.6 · 116 votesEp 26: 9.3 · 109 votesEp 27: 9.3 · 109 votesEp 28: 9.3 · 109 votesEp 29: 9.4 · 112 votesEp 30: 9.4 · 111 votesEp 31: 9.3 · 105 votesEp 32: 9.4 · 111 votesEp 33: 9.3 · 105 votesEp 34: 9.2 · 103 votesEp 35: 9.2 · 105 votesEp 36: 9.2 · 99 votesEp 37: 9.3 · 98 votesEp 38: 9.2 · 106 votesEp 39: 9.2 · 101 votesEp 40: 9.1 · 97 votesEp 41: 9.3 · 97 votesEp 42: 9.2 · 94 votesEp 43: 9.3 · 98 votesEp 44: 9.2 · 95 votesEp 45: 9.4 · 101 votesEp 46: 9.3 · 103 votesEp 47: 9.2 · 97 votesEp 48: 9.2 · 96 votesEp 49: 9.3 · 92 votesEp 50: 9.3 · 95 votesEp 51: 9.2 · 92 votesEp 52: 9.2 · 100 votesEp 53: 9.2 · 94 votesEp 54: 9.1 · 93 votesEp 55: 9.2 · 91 votesEp 56: 9.3 · 91 votesEp 57: 9.3 · 94 votesEp 58: 9.2 · 92 votesEp 59: 9.3 · 95 votesEp 60: 9.3 · 89 votesEp 61: 9.3 · 100 votesEp 62: 9.4 · 94 votesEp 63: 9.3 · 90 votesEp 64: 9.2 · 90 votesEp 65: 9.3 · 93 votesEp 66: 9.3 · 89 votesEp 67: 9.3 · 91 votesEp 68: 9.3 · 93 votesEp 69: 9.3 · 101 votesEp 70: 9.3 · 91 votesEp 71: 9.3 · 107 votesEp 72: 9.3 · 91 votesEp 73: 9.4 · 95 votesEp 74: 9.3 · 98 votesEp 75: 8.6 · 169 votesEp 76: 8.6 · 109 votesEp 77: 9.2 · 97 votesEp 78: 8.5 · 179 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Birth and childhood of Lord Ram7.6229
2Rama going to Gurukul8.0160
3Continuing Gurukul8.1155
4Vishwamitra comes to Ayodhya and Ram kills Taraka Rakshasi8.1147
5Ganga Redemption of Ahilya7.9130
6Ram meets Sita8.0132
7Sita's Swayamvara8.2144
8Sita's swayamvar and Parasuram8.4135
9Marriage Preparations7.7129
10Ram and Sita's Marriage7.7126
11Sita's arrival at Ayodhya7.9126
12Discussion on Dasharatha's heir7.9126
13Rajyabhishek8.1125
14Kaikeyi Demands Her Boons8.4127
15Preparing for the Journey to the Forest8.4130
16Departing Ayodhya8.3130
17Meeting Nishadraj Guha7.9123
18Bharadwaja's Ashram7.9119
19Valmiki's Ashram and Chitrakoot7.9121
20King Dasharath's Death8.2123
21Bharath Returns to Ayodhya8.3126
22Bharath rejects to become King8.3124
23Ram meets Bharat8.5129
24Bharat Milap8.7171
25Bharath returns to Ayodhya with Ramas Shoes8.6116
26Ramas Shoes installed on the throne of Ayodhya9.3109
27Sita meets Atri & mother Anusuiya9.3109
28Dandakaranya9.3109
29First meeting with Jatayu, Sita in Panchavadi9.4112
30Shurpanaka Encounter9.4111
31Kidnap Plan by Raavan9.3105
32Sita Haran9.4111
33Shri Ram & Lakshman meet wounded Jatayu9.3105
34Shri Ram & lakshman reach Shabaris ashram9.2103
35Hanuman meets Shri Ram9.2105
36Friendship between Shri Ram & Sugriv Shri Ram9.299
37Sugriv tells Shri Ram about Bali9.398
38Ram kills Vaali9.2106
39Sugriv becomes king9.2101
40Sugriv and Angad come to Shri Ram for his blessings9.197
41Lakshman enters Kishikindha in a fury9.397
42Search for Sita9.294
43Jambubant reminds Hanuman of his dormant strength9.398
44Hanuman meets Sita in Ashok Vatika9.295
45Hanuman ravages Ashok Vatika9.4101
46Lanka Dahan9.3103
47Hanuman takes leave of Sita9.297
48Shri Ram meets Sugriv and his vanar Sena9.296
49Ravan summons his council9.392
50Bibhishan meets Shri Ram9.395
51Sukh meets Sugriv9.292
52Ram Setu bandhan9.2100
53The construction of the bridge is completed9.294
54Queen Mandodari begs Ravan9.193
55Shri Ram surveys Lanka9.291
56Army surrounds Lanka9.391
57Angad tells Ravan to surrender himself9.394
58Queen Mandodari appeals to Ravan9.292
59Battle Starts9.395
60Ravan comes to the battlefield9.389
61Kumbhakaran9.3100
62Kumbhkarn vadh9.494
63Atitkaya, Devantak, Narantak and Trishira9.390
64Lakshman fights with Atikaya9.290
65Ram & Lakshman Bound bu Indrajit's Nagapasha9.393
66Ravan congratulates Indrajit9.389
67Laxman get injured by Indrajit's 'shakti' weapon.9.391
68Sushen Vaidya9.393
69Sanjeevani9.3101
70Indrajit goes to perform a tantrik yajna9.391
71Indrajeet Vadh9.3107
72Ravan challenges Ram and Lakshman9.391
73Ravan attacks Shri Ram9.495
74Indra sends his chariot for Shri Ram9.398
75Lord Ram kills Demon Ravan8.6169
76Agni-pariksha8.6109
77Shri Ram heads for Ayodhya9.297
78Ram Reaches Ayodhya8.5179

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