Ramanand Sagar (2025)

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

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. ramanand sagar

He is the OG binge-worthy director. For Millennials: He is the soundtrack of our childhood Sundays. At that moment, the world stopped