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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 (28,090 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
HI
Type
TV series
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Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

8.87 avg 78 episodes 7.6 → 8.5

Ep 1: 7.6 · 223 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 157 votesEp 3: 8.1 · 152 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 144 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 127 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 128 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 141 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 132 votesEp 9: 7.7 · 126 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 124 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 123 votesEp 12: 7.9 · 124 votesEp 13: 8.1 · 122 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 125 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 127 votesEp 16: 8.3 · 128 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 120 votesEp 18: 7.9 · 117 votesEp 19: 7.9 · 118 votesEp 20: 8.2 · 121 votesEp 21: 8.3 · 123 votesEp 22: 8.3 · 122 votesEp 23: 8.4 · 125 votesEp 24: 8.7 · 169 votesEp 25: 9.3 · 113 votesEp 26: 9.3 · 106 votesEp 27: 9.3 · 106 votesEp 28: 9.3 · 107 votesEp 29: 9.4 · 109 votesEp 30: 9.3 · 109 votesEp 31: 9.3 · 102 votesEp 32: 9.4 · 108 votesEp 33: 9.2 · 102 votesEp 34: 9.2 · 100 votesEp 35: 9.2 · 102 votesEp 36: 9.2 · 96 votesEp 37: 9.2 · 96 votesEp 38: 9.2 · 103 votesEp 39: 9.2 · 98 votesEp 40: 9.1 · 94 votesEp 41: 9.2 · 94 votesEp 42: 9.2 · 92 votesEp 43: 9.3 · 95 votesEp 44: 9.2 · 92 votesEp 45: 9.3 · 98 votesEp 46: 9.3 · 100 votesEp 47: 9.2 · 94 votesEp 48: 9.2 · 93 votesEp 49: 9.2 · 90 votesEp 50: 9.2 · 92 votesEp 51: 9.2 · 90 votesEp 52: 9.2 · 97 votesEp 53: 9.2 · 91 votesEp 54: 9.1 · 90 votesEp 55: 9.2 · 88 votesEp 56: 9.3 · 87 votesEp 57: 9.2 · 92 votesEp 58: 9.2 · 89 votesEp 59: 9.2 · 93 votesEp 60: 9.3 · 87 votesEp 61: 9.3 · 97 votesEp 62: 9.3 · 91 votesEp 63: 9.3 · 87 votesEp 64: 9.2 · 88 votesEp 65: 9.2 · 90 votesEp 66: 9.3 · 86 votesEp 67: 9.3 · 88 votesEp 68: 9.3 · 89 votesEp 69: 9.3 · 98 votesEp 70: 9.2 · 88 votesEp 71: 9.3 · 104 votesEp 72: 9.3 · 88 votesEp 73: 9.3 · 92 votesEp 74: 9.3 · 95 votesEp 75: 8.6 · 165 votesEp 76: 8.5 · 106 votesEp 77: 9.2 · 94 votesEp 78: 8.5 · 175 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Birth and childhood of Lord Ram7.6223
2Rama going to Gurukul8.0157
3Continuing Gurukul8.1152
4Vishwamitra comes to Ayodhya and Ram kills Taraka Rakshasi8.2144
5Ganga Redemption of Ahilya7.9127
6Ram meets Sita8.0128
7Sita's Swayamvara8.2141
8Sita's swayamvar and Parasuram8.4132
9Marriage Preparations7.7126
10Ram and Sita's Marriage7.7124
11Sita's arrival at Ayodhya7.9123
12Discussion on Dasharatha's heir7.9124
13Rajyabhishek8.1122
14Kaikeyi Demands Her Boons8.4125
15Preparing for the Journey to the Forest8.3127
16Departing Ayodhya8.3128
17Meeting Nishadraj Guha7.9120
18Bharadwaja's Ashram7.9117
19Valmiki's Ashram and Chitrakoot7.9118
20King Dasharath's Death8.2121
21Bharath Returns to Ayodhya8.3123
22Bharath rejects to become King8.3122
23Ram meets Bharat8.4125
24Bharat Milap8.7169
25Bharath returns to Ayodhya with Ramas Shoes9.3113
26Ramas Shoes installed on the throne of Ayodhya9.3106
27Sita meets Atri & mother Anusuiya9.3106
28Dandakaranya9.3107
29First meeting with Jatayu, Sita in Panchavadi9.4109
30Shurpanaka Encounter9.3109
31Kidnap Plan by Raavan9.3102
32Sita Haran9.4108
33Shri Ram & Lakshman meet wounded Jatayu9.2102
34Shri Ram & lakshman reach Shabaris ashram9.2100
35Hanuman meets Shri Ram9.2102
36Friendship between Shri Ram & Sugriv Shri Ram9.296
37Sugriv tells Shri Ram about Bali9.296
38Ram kills Vaali9.2103
39Sugriv becomes king9.298
40Sugriv and Angad come to Shri Ram for his blessings9.194
41Lakshman enters Kishikindha in a fury9.294
42Search for Sita9.292
43Jambubant reminds Hanuman of his dormant strength9.395
44Hanuman meets Sita in Ashok Vatika9.292
45Hanuman ravages Ashok Vatika9.398
46Lanka Dahan9.3100
47Hanuman takes leave of Sita9.294
48Shri Ram meets Sugriv and his vanar Sena9.293
49Ravan summons his council9.290
50Bibhishan meets Shri Ram9.292
51Sukh meets Sugriv9.290
52Ram Setu bandhan9.297
53The construction of the bridge is completed9.291
54Queen Mandodari begs Ravan9.190
55Shri Ram surveys Lanka9.288
56Army surrounds Lanka9.387
57Angad tells Ravan to surrender himself9.292
58Queen Mandodari appeals to Ravan9.289
59Battle Starts9.293
60Ravan comes to the battlefield9.387
61Kumbhakaran9.397
62Kumbhkarn vadh9.391
63Atitkaya, Devantak, Narantak and Trishira9.387
64Lakshman fights with Atikaya9.288
65Ram & Lakshman Bound bu Indrajit's Nagapasha9.290
66Ravan congratulates Indrajit9.386
67Laxman get injured by Indrajit's 'shakti' weapon.9.388
68Sushen Vaidya9.389
69Sanjeevani9.398
70Indrajit goes to perform a tantrik yajna9.288
71Indrajeet Vadh9.3104
72Ravan challenges Ram and Lakshman9.388
73Ravan attacks Shri Ram9.392
74Indra sends his chariot for Shri Ram9.395
75Lord Ram kills Demon Ravan8.6165
76Agni-pariksha8.5106
77Shri Ram heads for Ayodhya9.294
78Ram Reaches Ayodhya8.5175

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