Ramanand Sagar Was Embroiled In Many Court Cases For Including Some Scenes In Ramayan, Reveals Actress Dipika Chikhlia
Ramanand Sagar Had Court Cases Due To Dhobi Scene
Updated : May 23, 2020 06:09 PM IST
The entire country is reeling under the coronavirus and therefore a lockdown has been put in place by the government. As a result of which there are no new shows that are being produced for the TV. The studios are shut and no shoots are happening. The new releases of Bollywood too have been stalled and many producers are eyeing towards the OTT platforms for the release of their films.
In the midst of all this, the television world is replete with old shows from the 80s and the 90s. Out of all the shows, Ramayan has emerged to be a colossal winner. Yes, the show topped the TRP charts and has in fact even beaten the viewership of Game of Thrones!
While talking to Pinkvilla Dipika Chikhlia spoke at length about having to face any of the controversies about Sita’s ‘agnipareeksha’.
Dipika told Pinkvilla, "Every Mother's Day, Women's Day, where they are talking about ‘abla naari’, I would hear about Sita. There was this fundamental darkness of a certain subject and when people are not ready to listen, it gets difficult to explain. But, when they saw it this time (the re-telecast), people in the majority realised that they were bombarded with such wrong stories about Ramayan, about dhobi. Now, people are sort of okay as they know the reality. Yes, of course, all these years I had to keep explaining myself. Now, I feel my life is a little easier because people know what happened and why."
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Sunil Lahiri who played the role of Ramayan in the show has been further quoted by Pinkvilla as saying, "In fact, I had a little discussion with Sagar Sahab about the agnipareeksha scene. I did come to Sagar Sir and asked him why this scene is there. Ram is a god and he must know that Sita is pure, so why this agnipareeksha? I asked him will this not give out a wrong message and he explained to me the purpose, what you see on screen as well. There was a little correction that took place while writing where Laxman get angry on Ram for the same."
Dipika then went on to say, “Papa ji (Sagar Sahab) had a lot of cases against him. Actually, the story about the dhobi is not part of the original Ramayan, it is more of a folktale. Over the years, it has developed into a story. Papaji had a lot of cases against him. While we shot for Uttar Ramayan, he wasn't even there half the time because he was juggling between court and shoot. There was a lot of fury, there were scholars who did not accept this version."