New Delhi: Ramanand Sagar’s popular TV serial ‘Ramayan’ which is re-airing on Doordarshan became the world’s most-watched show on April 16 with 7.7 crore viewers, DD India posted on its official Twitter handle on late Thursday night.
Since March 28, when its rerun began on DD National, Ramayan continued to be the most-watched show in India, week after week. The show was back on Doordarshan to keep the viewers hooked to television so that they could stay at home.
The official handle of DD India wrote: “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.”
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/edmfMGMDj9
— DD India (@DDIndialive) April 30, 2020
Ramanand Sagar had made a total of 78 episodes of this serial based on Valmiki’s Ramayana and Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas.
For the first time in the country, the serial 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.
Before concluding, Ramayan broke another record, as it became the most-watched show in the world with 77 million impressions on April 16, according to date issued by BARC India. In the same week, DD National had garnered 2.68 billion viewership for the week.
