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MUMBAI:
NDTV Imagine is getting Sagar Arts to remake Ramayan that
had caught Indian television audiences spellbound 20 years
back.
The
mythological in its new avtar will air on NDTV's Hindi general
entertainment channel from Monday to Thursday at 9.30 pm.
 NDTV
Imagine will start beaming from 21 January, as reported earlier
by indiantelevision.com.
The
characters in Ramayan will be essayed by a new generation
of actors where Gurmeet Choudhary will play the lead of Lord
Ram, while Debina Bonnerjee plays Sita. The production is
being executed at Sagar Film City in Baroda.
"The
epic is being retold with grand sets, a new star cast and
lilting music," NDTV Imagine said in a release.
The
music of Ramayan has been composed by Ravindra Jain
while Kavita Krishnamurthy and Suresh Wadkar have lent their
voices for the title track. The sets have been designed by
art director Omang Kumar.
 NDTV
Imagine CEO Sameer Nair said, "Ramayan is a tale
for every generation. It is multi-layered, multi-faceted,
multi-dimensional.... Television is all about great stories
well told, and for us, Ramayan is India's greatest
story ever and we hope to re-tell it in a compelling, entertaining
manner. The Sagars are powerful storytellers and the final
word in creating mythological epics for television."
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