New Delhi: Ramanand Sagar’s ‘Ramayan’ serial has broke all the records after the show smashed its viewership records worldwide with 7.7 crore viewers on 16th April.
DD India posted the news on its Twitter handle on late Thursday night.
“WORLD RECORD!! 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,” DD India tweeted.
WORLD RECORD!!
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/hCVSggyqIE— Doordarshan National दूरदर्शन नेशनल (@DDNational) April 30, 2020
‘Ramayan’ is being re-broadcast since March 28 on public demand after the nation started observing lockdown owing to coronavirus. Ramanand Sagar had made a total of 78 episodes of this serial based on Valmiki’s Ramayana and Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas.
The serial first was originally broadcast from January 25, 1987 to July 31, 1988. Then, every Sunday, at 9.30 a.m. the show was aired on TV. From 1987 to 1988, ‘Ramayan’ became the most-watched serial in the world.
