Ramayan fame Sunil Lahri reveals his choice of Bollywood stars who could play Ram, Sita, Lakshman and Ravan
The greatest gift which Television viewers got amid the coronavirus lockdown in the country was the re-run of Ramanand Sagar's Ramayana on public broadcaster Doordarshan. Ever since it began, the fans just like the previous time went all gaga so much so that it recorded the highest TRPs for weeks. The actors who played the role of Ram, Sita, Lakshman-- Arun Govil, Dipika Chikhlia, and Arun Govil apart from the others came in the limelight and everyone wanted to know how they look now and their feeling after the show's success. Apart from this, there were many who wanted the epic to be created on the big screen including Bollywood biggies.
In the wake of the same, when actor Sunil was asked Bollywood celebrities who would fit well to the characters, he said that any big star has an image of his own and in the case of Ramayan, it becomes important for them to break their star image. Otherwise, the audience will not be able to connect with them. He also told a leading portal that the actors who were cast in Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan were not popular and this helped everyone to connect with the godly characters of Ram, Sita or Laxman.
Ram, Sita and Lakshman
Further, when he was asked about the actors and actresses who would fit well to the roles, Sunil said that according to him Ajay Devgan can play Ram's role since his face has a charismatic feel which fills the demand of the character. At the same time, Sunil Lahiri took the name of Hrithik Roshan for the role of Laxman. For Ravana and Hanuman, he refused to take the name and said that apart from Arvind Trivedi, the role of Ravana could be played well by Amrish Puri but now he is no more in this world.
Talking about his choice for the role of Sita, he took the name of actresses Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone. Previously, actress Dipika Chikhlia, who played the role of the Goddess chose Alia for Sita, Hrithik Roshan for Ram, Ajay Devgan for Ravana, and Varun Dhawan for the role of Laxman.
Whom do you think could fit well in the roles?
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