Siya Ke Ram
| Siya Ke Ram | |
|---|---|
| File:SiyaKeRam.jpg Siya Ke Ram Opening Sequence | |
| Genre | Historical Television Drama |
| Created by | Aniruddh Pathak |
| Based on | Ramayana |
| Written by | Story Anand Neelakantan Dialogues Subrat Sinha Screenplay Bhavna B |
| Directed by | Nikhil Sinha Dharmesh Shah |
| Starring | See Below |
| Opening theme | Siya Ram |
| Composers | Sunny Bawra Inder Bawra |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of episodes | 122 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Nikhil Sinha |
| Editor | Satya Sharma |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Plus |
| Release | 16 November 2015 – Present |
Siya Ke Ram (Hindi: सिया के राम) is an Indian historical epic TV series on Star Plus directed by Nikhil Sinha under the banner of Triangle Films.[1]: 9 The show features Ashish Sharma and Madirakshi Mundle playing as Lord Rama and Sita.[1]: 6 The show premiered on 16 November 2015.[1]: 2 The series will showcase the story of Rama and Sita. The main plot is taken from the Hindu epic Ramayana which has been written by Valmiki and will highlight the story through Sita's eyes.[2]
Plot
Janak is the childless King of Mithila. While Mithila has suffered drought for 12 years, elsewhere Ram and his brothers are under tutelage of Guru Vashista. Janak builds a golden sickle and unearths a baby girl as he begins to plough. The baby's first cry leads to rainfall. Janak wants to find out whether or not the baby has a family. He is shocked to see the baby lift the Shiv Dhanush. Rishi Yagyavalkya suggests to keep the baby and Janak names her Sita.
It is shown that after 8 years Sita and her sisters are playing the act of Goddess Durga who destroyed a Rakshasha. Soon, afterwards Sita comes to know about Gautam Rishi and the curse he gave to his wife, Ahilya. Meanwhile, King Dasharatha is travelling to Guru Vashistha's ashram to see his sons and get's inspired by Ram. Ram comes to his kingdom and meets his mothers. Meanwhile, he comes to know that he has an elder sister called Shanta.
Later it is shown that both Ram and Sita have grown up. In Ayodhya, King Dasharatha conducts the Ashwamedha Yagna for the well-being of his sons and his kingdom. While travelling towards Mithila Sita dares to stop the ceremonial horse and comforts it. After coming back Ram tells not to kill the horse but spare its life.
Guru Vishvamitra take Ram and Laxman from Ayodhya to destroy the demoness queen Taraka. Sita and her sisters also travel to see Guru Vishvamitra and give Laxman the food. Soon Taraka and her son Subahu is killed by Ram and Laxman. Guru Vishvamitra tells that he wants to take both of them to Mithila and seek the blessings of Shiv Dhanush. While travelling to Mithila he sees Rishi Gautam and Ahilya's ashram and cures her curse. Gautam Rishi seeks his greatness to Ram. Meanwhile, Sita comes to know about her birth. Sita has fallen in love with Ram without seeing him. Ram comes to Mithila and they both meet for the first time at the Gauri temple. Soon after Sita's Swayamvar is announced. Lanka king Ravana's grandfather and minister Malyavan travelled to Mithila to see the greatness about the kingdom and argues with Sita. Then he says to Ravana that Taraka is killed.
In the swayamvara, nobody is able to lift the Shiv Dhanush except Ram. Ram's marriage is fixed with Sita. On the other hand, Ravan is angry that he was unable to lift the Shiv Dhanush and Janak has insulted him. So he vows to avenge the king. Afterwards he comes to know that he will die because of a woman. Ravan remembers the day he tried to force himself upon a chaste woman, Vedavati. She had then cursed him that the cause of his death will be a woman. Remembering this, Ravan goes to Yamlok, the abode of Yama, in the hope that if he keeps Yama under his thumb, he can elude death. However, Goddess of Death Mrityu Devi appears and a terrible fight ensues between her and Ravan. Ravan soon gets overpowered. Ram and Sita gets married along with Ram's brothers and Sita's sisters(Lakshmana-Urmila,Bharatha-Mandvi, Shatrughan-Shrutakirti). Meanwhile, in Lanka Mandodri gets worried about the death of Ravan and decides to seek help from a Vishnu devotee. Mithila bids farewell to Sita and her sisters.
Mandodari tells her father Mayasura that Ravan's life is in danger, but he refuses to help. Her mother, however, guides her in getting the Amrit. Mandodari goes to Chandralok to get the Amrit kalash. Vibhishana warns Mandodari that Ravan should not find out about his immortality. Mandodari succeeds in her plan of making Ravan immortal. Elsewhere Ram, Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughan reach Ayodhya with their brides. Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra welcome them. An Aghori predicts Manthara’s future and tells her that she will be thrown out of the palace. Ravan challenges the gods to stop him from conquering the world. Ravan confronts Surpanakha for marrying a demon, Vidyutjivah. Meanwhile, Bharata and Shatrughan set off to meet Ashwapati.
Dasharath announces Ram to be his heir to the throne.Kaushalya, Sumitra and Lakshman are ecstatic to know that Ram will be crowned the king of Ayodhya. Manthara is determined to stop Ram from becoming the king. Manthara reminds Kaikeyi about Dasharath's promise to Ashwapati. She tells Kaikeyi about Dasharath's conspiracy against her. Kaikeyi decides to stop Ram's coronation. Kaikeyi reminds Dasharath about the boons that he had gave to her. He promises to fulfill two wishes. Kaikeyi tells him to crown Bharata the king of Ayodhya and send Ram into exile for 14 years.
Cast
- Madirakshi Mundle as Sita[2]
- Ashish Sharma as Ram[3]
- Karthik Jayaram as Raavana[4]
- Danish Akhtar Saifi as Hanuman[5]
- Karan Suchak as Lakshmana
- Sujay Reu as Bharata
- Pratham Kunwar as Shatrughna[1]
- Yukthi Kapoor as Urmila[6]
- Prithvi Hatte as Mandavi[7]
- Tanvi Madhyan as Shrutakirti[7]
- Dalip Tahil as Dasharatha
- Snigdha Akolkar as Kaushalya
- Grusha Kapoor as Kaikeyi[1]
- Sampada Vaze as Sumitra[1]
- Zalak Desai as Shanta
- Sanyogeeta Bhave as Manthara[1]
- Bijay Anand as Janak[1]
- Bhargavi Chirmule as Sunaina
- Hemant Choudhary as Kushadhwaja[1]
- Anjali Rana as Chandrabhaga[7]
- Romanch Mehta as Shatananda[7]
- Manish Wadhwa as Vishwamitra
- Richa Soni as Gargi[8]
- Sudesh Berry as Parashurama
- Piyali Munsi as Mandodari[1]
- Sara Khan as Surpanakha[9]
- Pratima Kazmi as Kaikesi
- Sailesh Gulabani as Vibhishan[10]
- Pankaj Berry as Mayasura
- Rohit Bakshi as Lord Shiva[11]
- Rimpi Das as Goddess Parvati[2]
- Anuya Bhagwat as Mrityudevi Goddess of Death
- Kashmira Shah as Tadaka
- Ananya Agarwal as young Sita
- Yash Mistry as young Rama
- Vedant Sawant as teenage Rama[1]
Crew
- Creator- Aniruddh Pathak (Star Plus)
- Producer- Nikhil Sinha (Triangular Films Company)[1]: 9
- Director- Nikhil Sinha,[1]: 9 Dharmesh Shah
- Director of Photography- Veerdhawal Puranik, Deepak Garg
- Composer- Sunny Bawra & Inder Bawra
- Main Theme- Sandeep Mukherjee
- Chief Story Consultant- Devdutt Pattanaik[1]: 9
- Story- Anand Neelakantan[1]: 9
- Dialogue- Subrat Sinha[1]: 9
- Screenplay- Bhavna B
- VFX- Hardik Gajjar (Vertex Vault)
- Editor - Satya Sharma
- Costume Designer- Neerushaa Nikhat
- Art Design- Chokkas Bhardwaj [1]: 11
- Creative Team- Sohana Sinha, Tushar J. Bhatia
- Star Plus Creative Team- Animesh Verma, Shweta Mishra, Anjali Venugopalan
- Project Head (TFC)- Amish Vasani
Special Episodes
- Aa Rahe Hain Shree Ram - aired on 14 December 2015
It shows the Birthday of Rama after 8 years leap. From this episode Ashish Sharma will play the role of adult Rama , before this role of teenage Rama was played by Vedant Sawant.
- Swayamvar Saptaah - aired from 18 January to 23 January 2016
It shows the Swayamvar of Goddess Sita organised by her father Janak. Sita will marry with the man who could string the Shiv Dhanush by lifting it as easily as she did.God Rama, on the day of Swayamvar, lifted the bow effortlessly and won Sita’s hand in marriage.[12]
- Vivah Utsav - aired from 3 February to 13 February 2016
Vivah Utsav of Rama and Sita Starts with Haldi Ceremony. On occasion of Deep Milan Utasv King Dasharatha fixed the marriage of his other Children with the other daughters of Janak and Kushadhwaja. Bharata weds with Mandavi, Lakshmana weds with Urmila and Shatrughan weds with Shrutakirti. This Vivah Utsav ends with the Vidai Ceremony.
Dubbed versions
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- Sita in Bengali, broadcast on Star Jalsha
- Seedhaiyin Raaman in Tamil, broadcast on STAR Vijay
- Janaki Ramudu in Telugu, broadcast on MAA TV.
- Seethayanam in Malayalam, broadcast on Asianet.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Siya Ke Ram: Everything you want to know about the show". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ a b c "New TV show 'Siya Ke Ram' to tell 'Ramayan' from Sita's perspective". The Indian Express. Indo-Asian News Service. 29 October 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
{{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|auhtor=(help) - ^ Mehta, Ankita (2 November 2015). "Ashish Sharma to romance newcomer Madirakshi in his comeback TV show 'Siya Ke Ram'". International Business Times. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ Mehta, Ankita (7 January 2016). "Kannada star Karthik Jayaram will play role of Ravana in TV show Siya Ke Ram". International Business Times. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ SAHADEVAN, SONUP (3 March 2016). "Wrestler Danish Akhtar Saifi to play Hanuman in Siya Ke Ram". The Indian Express. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ Razzaq, Sameena (12 March 2016). "A match made in heaven". The Asian age. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ a b c d [www.vinodadarshan.com/2016/03/seethayanam-serial-cast-actor-actress.html?m=1 "Seethayanam Malayalam Serial on Asianet"]. www.vinodadarshan.com. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Richa Sony roped in for Siya Ke Ram". The Hans India. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
- ^ Mehta, Ankita (7 March 2016). "Sara Khan of Total Siyapaa actress will play Surpanakha in the mythological show Siya Ke Ram". International Business Times. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ SAHADEVAN, SONUP (23 February 2016). "Sailesh Gulabani to play Vibhishan in Siya Ke Ram". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Razzaq, Sameena (10 January 2016). "Rohit Bakshi to play Shiva in Siya Ke Ram". The Asian age. Retrieved 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Siya Ke Ram's Dhanush Yatra wins hearts everywhere". Hindustan Times. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.