According to a tweet on the national channel’s official Twitter account, Ramayan’s replay broke audience records worldwide and became the world’s most-watched entertainment show with 7.7 crore viewers on April 16. .
Take a look at the tweet:
WORLD RECORD!! The replay of #Ramayana on #Doordarshan breaks audience records in the world, the show becomes the most… https://t.co/db5WZi2o79
– Doordarshan National (@DDNational) 1588264140000
With the fear of the coronavirus the whole country is on lockdown and no new episodes are shown on TV as the filming of TV shows, movies and web series is also halted from March 17 last month. . The channels broadcast a lot of old shows and some of them had excellent airing during its original airing.
Ramayan and Mahabharat are very efficient and Internet users are addicted to these mythological spectacles. Every day, episodes and scenes are discussed on social networks.
Ramayan’s lead cast Arun Govil, Sunil Lahri and Dipika Chikhlia have also been in the limelight since the replay episodes aired. The actors are also delighted with all the love the fans have received and the responses they have received.
Initially, when Ramayan aired his first rerun episode that week, he garnered 17 minutes of viewership.
Other iconic shows like Buniyaad, Shaktimaan, Shrimaan Shrimati and Dekh Bhai Dekh are also doing well on the TRP charts.