Why was Ramayan's Sita Deepika Chikhalia unable to celebrate Diwali at home for 4 years?

Why was Ramayan's Sita Deepika Chikhalia unable to celebrate Diwali at home for 4 years?

Deepika Chikhalia, who played the role of Sita in Ramayana, could not celebrate Diwali at home for 4 years. She explained the reason for this in an interview and shared her experience of celebrating Diwali on the set during shooting.

Entertainment Desk. Diwali, the festival of lights, is being celebrated with great pomp in the country and the world. However, many times it happens that for some reason, some people are not destined to celebrate Diwali. Something similar happened with Deepika Chikhalia, who played the role of Sita in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayana, when she could not celebrate Diwali at her home for 4 years. Deepika revealed why this happened in a recent interview. Let's know the full details...

Did not celebrate Diwali for 4 years- Deepika Chikhalia

Deepika Chikhalia, who played the role of Sita in Ramayana, told in an interview that the shooting of Ramayana serial was done in Umargaon near Maharashtra border. This village was very far from the homes of the star cast and crew members of the serial, so they could not go home frequently. Everyone lived together in this village. Deepika told that the shooting of Ramayana lasted for about 4 years and during this time she got only 3-4 holidays. The situation was such that during the shooting of the serial, she could not even celebrate Diwali at her home for 4 years. She told that the shooting schedule was so tight that it was difficult to go home. Therefore, everyone used to celebrate Diwali by lighting diyas on the set itself.

Diwali sequence was shot for Ramayana

During the interview, Deepika Chikhalia also revealed how the Diwali sequence was shot in the Ramayana serial. She told that the Diwali sequence in the serial was shot in about 7 days. During these 7 days, the actors and crew of the serial used to light diyas together by chanting the name of Ram. Deepika told that the set of Ayodhya was prepared in Umargaon itself to shoot the Diwali sequence. Every day the set was decorated as per Diwali.

Most famous tv serial ramayan

Ramayan serial was produced, written and directed by Ramanand Sagar. The serial aired on DD National between 1987 and 1988 and was narrated by Ashok Kumar and director Ramanand Sagar. The music in the Ramayan serial was by Ravindra Jain. Let us tell you that during its broadcast, this serial became the most watched television show in the world. This serial was rebroadcast at different times on 20 different channels in 17 countries. This serial was watched by more than 650 million viewers.

One episode of Ramayana was made in 9 lakh rupees

According to media reports, one episode of Ramanand Sagar's Ramayana serial was made in 9 lakh rupees and Doordarshan earned 40 lakh rupees from each episode. In Ramayana serial, the role of Ram was played by Arun Govil, the role of Laxman was played by Sunil Lahiri, the role of Sita was played by Deepika Chikhlia, the character of Ravana was played by Arvind Trivedi, the role of Hanuman was played by Dara Singh. Apart from these, Sanjay Jog, Sameer Rajda, Bal Dhuri, Jayshree Gadkar, Padma Khanna, Rajnibala, Anjali Vyas, Vijay Arora, Lalita Pawar and other actors also played lead roles in Ramayana serial.