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He is the OG binge-worthy director. For Millennials: He is the soundtrack of our childhood Sundays.

At that moment, the world stopped. Lakhs of households were transported to Ayodhya, the battlefield of Kurukshetra, or the mystical forests of ancient India. ramanand sagar

What made Sagar special? He treated the audience with respect. He understood that Indians don't just watch mythology; they feel it. He gave faces to the gods we had only imagined in our minds. He is the OG binge-worthy director

Yet, despite his success in masala entertainment, his heart lay elsewhere: in the epics he grew up listening to from his grandmother. In the mid-1980s, Doordarshan was the only channel in India. When the government decided to bring mythology to the state broadcaster, the pressure was immense. Ramanand Sagar took on the Herculean task of adapting Valmiki’s Ramayana for television. Lakhs of households were transported to Ayodhya, the

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