TV series
2024 · 1 season · 341 ep · Drama · Family
'Shrimad Ramayan' brings to life the timeless Hindu epic, the Ramayana, with a deep commitment to authenticity, cultural reverence and contemporary sensibility. The epic narrative of the Ramayana is rooted in the two words, 'Ram' and 'Ayana.' 'Ram' represents the human incarnation of Lord Vishnu, while 'Ayana' signifies a journey. Thus, the Ramayana unfolds through the voyage of Ram, a mortal who ascended to become Purushottam, the paragon among men, transcending his own inherent limitations.
Created by Loknath Pandey, Siddharth Kumar Tewary, Sumit Thakur
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Sujay Reuas Vishnu / Ram
Prachi Bansalas Laxmi / Sita
Nikitin Dheeras Raavan
Basant Bhattas Lakshman
Nirbhay Wadhwaas Hanuman
Arav Chowdharyas Dashrath
Aanandee Tripathias Kaushalya
Shilpa Saklanias Kaikeyi
Tarun Khannaas Shiva
Aishwarya Raj Bhakunias Parvati
Praneet Bhattas Shahastra Ravan
Jiten Lalwanias Janaka
Gurpreet Bedias MandodariKunal Bakshias VibhishanShrimad Ramayan (transl. Holy Ramayana) is an Indian Hindi-language television series that premiered from 1 January 2024 to 9 August 2024 on Sony TV and from 12 August 2024 to 10 March 2025 on Sony SAB. Produced by Siddharth Kumar Tewary under the banner of Swastik Productions, the series is based on the epic Ramayana. It starred Sujay Reu as Rama and Prachi Bansal as Sita.
The series showcases the life of Rama, the 7th incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It shows how he dealt with hardships in his life and how his life became an inspiration. It also showcases the ordeal and journey he went through to free his beloved wife, Sita (Incarnation of Goddess Lakshmi), from the rakshasa king Ravana, who abducted her.
Lord Ram is born to King Dasharatha and Kaushalya while Bharat (incarnation of Vishnu's Shankha) is born to Kaikeyi and Lakshman (Sheshanaga) and Shatrughan (Sudarshan Chakra) are born to Sumitra.
King Janak and Queen Sunayana get Sita from the Land.
She grows up with her sister Urmila (Nagalakshmi) and cousins Mandavi (Lakshmi's Shankha) and Shrutkirti (Lakshmi's Chakra) and Sita lifts Lord Mahadev's Bow pinaka.
After growing up Ram and Lakshman defeat Tataka and her sons with the guidance of Sage Vishwamitra and reaches Mithila.
Ram - Sita, Bharat - Mandavi, Lakshman - Urmila and Shatrughan - Shrutkirti get married.
Manthara, along with Kaikeyi sends them to exile. The rest of the story is about the difficulties and hardships they faced during and after the exile and how Lord Ram defeated Ravan without leaving Dharma(righteousness).The show then focuses on Lav and Kush, The sons of Lord Ram And Goddess Sita and their Reunion. Goddess Sita spends 12 years into the forest nurturing Lav and Kush as Sita is sent once again on exile when a launder questions Sita's purity. She lives in Lord Valmiki's Aashram. Lav and Kush eventually engage in war with Lord Ram without knowing Goddess Sita is their mother and Lord Ram is their father, this leads to the family's reunion but Sita's purity is once again in question so Sita returns to mother earth. As the time of Lord Ram's departure from mortal world nears, lakshman takes jal samadhi and returns to Sheshnaag form. Lord Ram later crowns Lav as King of North Ayodhya with Lavpuri as his capital kingdom and Kush is crowned as King of South Ayodhya with Kushavati as his capital kingdom. The sons of Bharat, Lakshman and Shatrughan are also given their respective kingdom's to rule. Bharat's son elder Pushkala ruled over Pushkalavati and younger son Taksha ruled over Takshila. Lakshman' s elder son Angad was given kingdom of Karupada and younger son Chandraketu ruled over a Kingdom named Chandrakanta. Shatrughna's elder son Subahu ruled over Madhupur and younger son, Shatrughati was crowned as King of Vidisha. At last Ram, Bharat and Shatrughna take jal samadhi while Hanuman and Vibhishan are asked to stay in mortal world until Lord Vishnu takes their final avatar in Kal Yug and help him in re-establish dharma in Kal Yug.
Sujay Reu as Rama / Lord Vishnu - Vishnu's 7th incarnation; and Kaushalya's son; Bharat, Lakshmana and Shatrughna's half-brother; Sita's husband; Lav and Kush's father
Tanmay Shah as Young Ram
Prachi Bansal as Sita / Devi Mahalakshmi - Lakshmi's incarnation; Janak and Sunaina's adoptive daughter; Urmila's elder adoptive sister, Mandavi and Shrutakirti's adoptive cousin; Rama's wife; Lav and Kush's mother
Hansika Jangid as Young Sita
Basant Bhatt as Lakshmana - Sheshanaga's incarnation; Dasharatha and Sumitra's elder son; Rama and Bharata's half-brother; Shatrughna's brother; Urmila's husband; Angada and Chandraketu's father
Subhan Khan as Young Lakshman
Nikitin Dheer as Ravana - Jaya's incarnation; King of Lanka; Vishrava and Kaikasi's second son; Sahastra Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's brother; Mandodari's husband; Meghanada, Akshayakumara and Atikaya's father
Athar Khan as Young Ravan
Nirbhay Wadhwa as
Hanuman - Lord Vayu's son; Kesari and Anjana's son; Rama's devotee ( Incarnation of Lord Shiva)
Karim Qureshi as Young Hanuman
Makaradhwaja - Hanuman's son
Nikhlesh Rathore as Bharata - Shankha's incarnation; Dasharatha and Kaikeyi's son; Ram, Lakshmana and Shatrughna's half-brother; Mandavi's husband; Taksha and Pushkala's father
Hassan Syed as Young Bharata
Samarthya Gupta / Purusharth Rawat as Shatrughna - Sudarshana's incarnation; Dasharatha and Sumitra's younger son; Rama and Bharata's half-brother; Lakshmana's brother; Shrutakirti's husband; Subahu and Shatrughati's father
Shabd Grover as Young Shatrughna
Vaidehi Nair as Urmila - Nagalakshmi's incarnation; Janak and Sunaina's biological daughter; Sita's adoptive sister, Mandavi and Shrutakirti's cousin; Lakshmana's wife; Angada and Chandraketu's mother
Purvi Mishra as Young Urmila
Sheersha Tiwari as Mandavi - Lakshmi shankh's incarnation; Kushadhvaj and Chandrabhaga's elder daughter; Sita and Urmila's cousin; Shrutakirti's sister; Bharata's wife; Taksha and Pushkala's mother
Dhwani Buch as Young Mandavi
Siddhi Sharma / Charmi Dhami / Sonal Singh as Shrutakirti - Lakshmi chakra's incarnation; Kushadhvaj and Chandrabhaga's younger daughter; Sita and Urmila's cousin; Mandavi's sister; Shatrughna's wife; Subahu and Shatrughati's mother
Dhivija Arora as Young Shrutakirti
Arav Chowdharry as Dasharatha - King of Ayodhya; Aja and Indumati's son; Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra's husband; Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna's father
Anandi Tripathi as Kaushalya - Dasharatha's first wife; Rama's mother
Shilpa Saklani as Kaikeyi - Dasharatha's second wife; Bharata's mother
Bhawna Aneja as Sumitra - Dasharatha's third wife; Lakshmana and Shatrughna's mother
Atharv J Jhony as Kusha - Ram and Sita's younger son; Lava's twin brother
Shourya Mandoriya as Lava - Ram and Sita's elder son; Kusha's twin brother
Jiten Lalwani as Janaka - King of Mithila; Kushadhvaja's brother; Sunaina's husband; Sita and Urmila's father
Via Roy Chaudhary as Sunayana - Janaka's wife; Sita and Urmila's mother
Rushiraj Pawar as Meghanada - Ravana and Mandodari's elder son; Akshayakumara and Atikaya's brother; Sulochana's husband
Gurpreet Bedi / Harleen Rekhi as Mandodari - Mayasura and Hema's daughter; Ravana's wife; Meghanada and Akshayakumara's mother
Pratik Vohra as Mayasura - Architect of Asuras, Hema's husband, Mandodari's father, Meghanada and Akshayakumara's grandfather
Sameer Khan as Kumbhakarna - Vijaya's incarnation; Vishrava and Kaikasi's second son; Sahastra Ravana, Ravana, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's brother; Kumbha and Nikumbha's father
Nishkarsh Dixit as Young Kumbhakarna
Kunal Bakshi as Vibhishana - Vishrava and Kaikasi's third son; Sahastra Ravana, Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Shurpanakha's brother; Rama's devotee
Vinit Kakar as Sambrasur
Sangeeta Odwani as Shurpanakha - Vishrava and Kaikasi's daughter; Sahastra Ravana, Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Vibhishana's sister; Vidyutjiva's wife; Shambuka's mother
Praneet Bhat as Sahastra Ravana - Vishrava and Kaikasi's eldest son; Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shrupanakha's brother; Indumukhi's husband and Chandrabahu's father
Akash Kapoor as Akshayakumara - Ravana and Mandodari's younger son; Meghanada and Atikaya's brother
Malhar Pandya as
Sugriva - King of Kishkindha; Vali's younger twin brother; Tara and Ruma's husband
Vali - King of Kishkindha; Sugriva elder twin's brother; Tara's husband; Angada's father
Abhishek Jangra as Angada - Prince of Kishkindha; Vali and Tara's son
Vanshika Yadav as Trinavati - Princess of Kishkindha; Sugriv and Ruma's daughter
Tarun Sharma as
Jatayu - Shyeni and Aruna's younger son; Sampati's brother
Jambavan - Rama's devotee; Jambavati's father
Tarun Khanna as Lord Shiva - Parvati's husband; Kartikeya and Ganesha's father
Aishwarya Raj Bhakuni as Devi Parvati/ Mahagauri - Shiva's wife; Kartikeya and Ganesha's mother
Ketan Karande as Nandi Lord Shiva's bull
Geeta Khanna as Manthara - Kaikeyi's maid
Surendra Pal / Krishnakant Singh Bundela as Vasishtha - Family priest of Ayodhya; Rama, Bharata, Lakshmana and Shatrughna's teacher
Vishnu Sharma as Vishvamitra - Rama and Lakshmana's teacher
Dhananjay Singh as Sumantra - Dasharatha's minister
Yogesh Mahajan as Shatananda - Gautama Maharishi and Ahalya's son; Janaka's advisor
Manish Khanna as Jabali - Dasharatha's advisor
Sandeep Arora as Nala - Vishwakarma's son; Nila's brother
Nitin Parashar as Nila - Vishwakarma's son; Nala's brother
Snehal Waghmare as Tara - Vali and Sugriva's wife; Angad's mother
Meghna Panchal as Rumā - Sugriva and Vali's wife
Jameel Chaudhary as Kesari - Brihaspati's son; Anjana's husband; Hanuman's father
Kinjal Pandya as Anjana - Kesari's wife; Hanuman's mother
Mrinal Shrivastav as Shabari - Rama's devotee; Matanga's student
Deepak Bhatia as Parashurama - Vishnu's 6th incarnation; Jamadagni and Renuka’s son; Shiva’s disciple
Garima Jain as Ahalya - Gautama's wife; Shatananda's mother
Arun Singh as Atri - Anasuya's husband; Rama's guide; One of the Saptarshis
Sampada Vaze as Anasuya - Atri's wife
Meenakshi Sethi as Gargi - Vachaknu's daughter
Raja Kapse as Kakabhushundi - Rama's devotee
Prithvi Sankhala as Valmiki - Author of Ramayana; Sita stays at his aashram during her exile; Lava and Kusha's guru; Brahma's avatar
Rivaan Thakkar as Angada - Lakshmana and Urmila's elder son; Chandraketu's elder brother
Samveg Kaudan as Chandraketu - Lakshmana and Urmila's younger son; Angad's younger brother
Rithvik Gupta as Taksha - Bharata and Mandavi's elder son; Pushkala's elder brother
Veer Sharma as Pushkala - Bharata and Mandavi's younger son; Taksha's younger brother
Prithil Jain as Subahu - Shatrughna and Shrutakirti's elder son; Shatrughati's elder brother
Goraksh Babel as Shatrughati - Shatrughna and Shrutakirti's younger son; Subahu's younger brother
Neha Nirwan as Sulochana - Vasuki and Shatashirsha's daughter; Meghanada's wife
Brownie Parashar as Shukracharya - Meghanada's teacher
Kamaljeet Rana as Khara - Dushana's twin brother; Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's step-brother
Amit Kalra as Dushana - Khara's twin brother; Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's step-brother
Arjun Kumar as Vidyutjiva - Shurpanakha's husband; Shambuka's father
Devish Ahuja as Shambuka - Shurpanakha and Vidyutjiva's son
Neetu Pandey as Kaikasi - Vishrava's wife; Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's mother
Yogesh Bhardwaj as Prahasta - Sumali and Ketumathi's son; Ravana's uncle; Lanka's chief commander
Vineet Asthana as Kumbha - Kumbhakarna and Vajrajvala's elder son; Nikumbha's brother
Touseef Raza Barkati as Nikumbha - Kumbhakarna and Vajrajvala's younger son; Kumbha's brother
Bhupinder Bhoopi as Kampana, Lankan Commander in Ravana’s army
Ansha Sayed as Tataka - Sunda's wife; Marich and Subhau's mother
Satendra Yadav as Subahu - Sunda and Tataka's son; Marich's brother
Asha Singh as Trijata - Sita's guard at Ashoka vatika
Ritu P Sood as Surasa - Daksha and Asikni's daughter; Kashyapa's wife
Mohammed Saud Suri as Shravana Kumara - Shantanu and Gyanvanti's son
Govind Namdev as Lord Brahma - Creator of the Universe; Saraswati's husband
Shreya Khanna as Saraswati - Goddess of Knowledge; Brahma's wife
Sarthak Dayma as Lord Ganesha - God of Wisdom and Luck; Shiva and Parvati's younger son
Devesh Gangawar as Surya - Spiritual teacher of Hanuman
Meer Ali as Indra - King of Devas; Jayanta's father
Gaurav Sharma as Jayanta - Indra's son
Praneet Bhat as Sahastramukh Ravan - Brother of Ravana. Father of Chandrabahu.
Bharat Bhatia / Akshay Dandekar as Kubera - God of Wealth; Vishrava and Ilavida's son; Ravana, Kumbhakarna, Vibhishana and Shurpanakha's step-brother
Sharma M Shishir as Shani - God of Karma
Aryan Hasan as Varshal Mahabal - Commander of Vanara sena
Sandeep Sharma as Narada - Messenger of the Devas
Punesh Tripathi as Jambumali - Prahasta's son; Ravana's cousin
Arnav as Somkaran - Luv and Kush's friend
Dhrisha Kalyani as - Prasuta; Sister in Law
Rudraksh nisiddh panchal as - Villager ; Gurukul's student ( Child Shree Ram Friend )
Siddharth Kumar Tewary announced Shrimad Ramayan, that is produced under his banner Swastik Productions in August 2023. It is an adaptation of the epic Ramayana, and is based on Valmiki's Ramayana and Tulsidas's Ramcharitmanas. In December 2023, Tewary stated that criticism to film Adipurush, was one of the reason to make the show. He added,
Honestly, I like the fact that audiences are sensitive towards the history of our country. It defines our history, culture and even our country. There is a reason why someone would get offended. And it's not my intention to offend anyone. I want them to come together and celebrate it with me. I have a proper research team and everything that's going out, every word about this show is properly vetted. So if anyone raises a question tomorrow, we have an authentic source that we can count on.
The team of Shrimad Ramayan also visited Ayodhya, before the launch of the series.
Sujay Reu and Prachi Bansal were cast as Rama and Sita respectively. The series marks Reu's third and Bansal's second project with the production house. Basant Bhatt and Vaidehi Nair were cast as Lakshmana and Urmila. Nirbhay Wadhwa was cast as Hanuman, in his fourth on-screen portrayal of the character.
In October 2023, Nikitin Dheer joined the cast as Ravana, marking his television comeback after 5 year. Aarav Chowdhary was cast as Dashratha. Nikhilesh Rathore was then cast as Bharata and Samarthya Gupta was cast as Shatrughna. Later, Anandi Tripathi was cast as Kaushalya, Bhawna Aneja as Sumitra and Shilpa Saklani as Kaikeyi. Neetu Pandey was cast as Kaikasi.
In January 2024, Gurpreet Bedi was cast to play Mandodari and Garima Jain was cast to play Ahalya. Sangeeta Odwani was cast to play Shurpanakha and Arjun Kumar was cast to play Vidyutjiva. Later, in February 2024, Rushiraj Pawar was cast to play Meghanada. In March 2024, Malhar Pandya was cast in the dual role of brothers Sugriva and Vali. In September 2024, Atharv J Jhony and Shourya Mandoriya were cast as Kusha and Lava respectively.
The series set covering 10 acres of land in Umargam, Valsad, Gujarat, is designed by art director Omung Kumar. Costume designer of the series is Shibapriya Sen. Sita's wedding look included 15kg lehenga and 15meter long head trail. The hand-made embroidery took 3 days and 18 hours, with the entire lehenga taking 5 days to complete. Sen added,
Designing Sita's wedding look was ethereal, where femininity met divinity. It was a blessing to design the wedding looks for Prabhu Shri Ram and Mata Sita. The costumes and accessories were heavy, but the actors embraced it. We've maintained the sanctity of the occasion through traditional craftsmanship.
Shrimad Ramayan is mainly shot in Umargam in Gujarat and has a high production and VFX value.
Since May 2024, Shrimad Ramayan has been dubbed in other languages such as in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Bangla. It is broadcast on Sun TV Network's group of channels in the respective languages. The show is also dubbed in Bengali language and is broadcast on Sony Aath since October 2024.
The soundtrack of Shrimad Ramayan has been composed by Lalit Sen with lyrics written by Vinod Sharma. The original title track and all major songs of the show were sung by Harshit Saxena. His soulful performance received widespread praise and earned him the Indian Television Academy Award for Best Singer in 2024. Composer Lalit Sen was also awarded Best Music for the same series. Subhadeep Das Chowdhury, Menuka Poudel, Vaibhav Gupta, Ananya Pal and Utkarsh Wankhede, the contestants of Indian Idol 14, have also sung a version of the title song.
Gayatri Nirmal from Pinkvilla stated, "The surprisingly fresh and convincing cast works. The rich storytelling and the VFX (visual effects) literally added life to the characters, and the dialogues, drawn from the original scripture of Valmiki, are both powerful and thought-provoking."
