Siya Ke Ram

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Siya Ke Ram
सिया के राम
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Also known as 'Maryada Purushottam Siya Ke Ram'
Genre Historical Television Drama
Created by Aniruddh Pathak
Based on Ramayana
Written by Story
C.L.Saini, Anand Neelakantan
Dialogues
Subrat Sinha
Screenplay
C.L.Saini, Bhavna Vyas
Directed by Nikhil Sinha
Dharmesh Shah
Starring See Below
Opening theme Siya Ram
Composer(s) Sunny Bawra
Inder Bawra
Country of origin India
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of seasons 5
No. of episodes 200
Production
Producer(s) Nikhil Sinha
Editor(s) Satya Sharma
Running time 30 minutes
Production company(s) Swastik Pictures
Release
Original network Star Plus
Picture format 576i(SDTV)
1080i(HDTV)
Audio format Dolby Digital Plus
Original release 16 November 2015 (2015-11-16) –
Present
External links
Official website

Siya Ke Ram (English: Sita's Ram) is an Indian historical epic TV series on Star Plus directed by Nikhil Sinha under the banner of Swastik Pictures. The show features Ashish Sharma and Madirakshi Mundle playing as Lord Rama and Sita. The show premiered on 16 November 2015 and airs everyday at 08:00 pm. The series showcases the story of Ram and Sita.

Plot

The main plot is taken from the Hindu epic Ramayana which has been written by Valmiki and will highlight the story through Sita's eyes.[1]

Story

Season 1

Janak is the childless King of Mithila. While Mithila has suffered drought for 12 years, elsewhere Ram and his brothers are under tutelage of Guru Vashista. Janak builds a golden sickle and unearths a baby girl as he begins to plough. The baby's first cry leads to rainfall. Janak wants to find out whether or not the baby has a family. He is shocked to see the baby lift the Shiv Dhanush. Rishi Yagyavalkya suggests to keep the baby and Janak names her Sita.

It is shown that after 8 years Sita and her sisters are playing the act of Goddess Durga who destroyed a Rakshasha. Soon, afterwards Sita comes to know about Gautama Maharishi and the curse he gave to his wife Ahilya. Meanwhile, King Dasharatha is travelling to Guru Vashistha's ashram to see his sons and get's inspired by Ram. Ram comes to his kingdom and meets his mothers. Meanwhile, he comes to know that he has an elder sister called Shanta.

Season 2

Later it is shown that both Ram and Sita have grown up. In Ayodhya, King Dasharatha conducts the Ashwamedha Yajna for the well-being of his sons and his kingdom. While travelling towards Mithila, Sita dares to stop the ceremonial horse and comforts it. After coming back Ram tells not to kill the horse but spare its life.

Guru Vishvamitra take Ram and Lakshman from Ayodhya to destroy the demoness queen Tataka. Sita and her sisters also travel to see Guru Vishvamitra and give Lakshman the food. Soon Taraka and her son Subahu is killed by Ram and Lakshman. Guru Vishvamitra tells that he wants to take both of them to Mithila and seek the blessings of Shiv Dhanush. While travelling to Mithila he sees Rishi Gautam and Ahilya's ashram and cures her curse. Gautam Rishi seeks his greatness to Ram. Meanwhile, Sita comes to know about her birth. Sita has fallen in love with Ram without seeing him. Ram comes to Mithila and they both meet for the first time at the Gauri temple. Soon after Sita's Swayamvar is announced. Lanka king Ravana's grandfather and minister Malyavan travelled to Mithila to see the greatness about the kingdom and argues with Sita. Then he says to Ravana that Taraka is killed.

Season 3

In the swayamvara, nobody is able to lift the Shiv Dhanush except Ram. Ram's marriage is fixed with Sita. On the other hand, Ravan is angry that he was unable to lift the Shiv Dhanush and Janak has insulted him. So he vows to avenge the king. Afterwards he comes to know that he will die because of a woman. Ravan remembers the day he tried to force himself upon a chaste woman, Vedavati. She had then cursed him that the cause of his death will be a woman. Remembering this, Ravan goes to Yamlok, the abode of Yama, in the hope that if he keeps Yama under his thumb, he can elude death. However, Goddess of Death Mrityu Devi appears and a terrible fight ensues between her and Ravan. Ravan soon gets overpowered. Ram and Sita gets married along with Ram's brothers and Sita's sisters(Lakshmana-Urmila, Bharatha-Mandvi, Shatrughan-Shrutakirti). Meanwhile, in Lanka Mandodri gets worried about the death of Ravan and decides to seek help from a Vishnu devotee. Mithila bids farewell to Sita and her sisters.

Mandodari tells her father Mayasura that Ravan's life is in danger, but he refuses to help. Her mother, however, guides her in getting the Amrita. Mandodari goes to Chandralok to get the Amrit kalash. Vibhishana warns Mandodari that Ravan should not find out about his immortality. Mandodari succeeds in her plan of making Ravan immortal. Elsewhere Ram, Lakshman, Bharat and Shatrughan reach Ayodhya with their brides. Kaushalya, Kaikeyi and Sumitra welcome them. An Aghori predicts Manthara's future and tells her that she will be thrown out of the palace. Ravan challenges the gods to stop him from conquering the world. Ravan confronts Surpanakha for marrying a demon, Vidyutjivah. Meanwhile, Bharat and Shatrughan set off to meet Ashwapati.

Season 4

Dasharath announces Ram to be his heir to the throne. Kaushalya, Sumitra and Lakshman are ecstatic to know that Ram will be crowned the king of Ayodhya. Manthara is determined to stop Ram from becoming the king. Manthara reminds Kaikeyi about Dasharath's promise to Ashwapati. She tells Kaikeyi about Dasharath's conspiracy against her. Kaikeyi decides to stop Ram's coronation. Kaikeyi reminds Dasharath about the boons that he had gave to her. He promises to fulfill two wishes. Kaikeyi tells him to crown Bharat the king of Ayodhya and send Ram into exile for 14 years.

Dasharath hesitantly agrees to crown Bharat the king and send Ram away. Sita urges Ram to take her along with him. Urmila supports Lakshman's decision of accompanying Ram. Ram leaves Ayodhya on his exile with Sita and Lakshman. Bharat and Shatrughan receive a message asking them to return to Ayodhya. A grieving Dasharath passes away. Sumitra blames Kaikeyi for his death. Bharata asks Mandvi and Vashistha about Ram. When he learns about Kaikeyi’s misdeed, he blames her for Dashrath’s death. He confronts her for her actions against Ram. Bharata refuses to become the king of Ayodhya. Bharata and Janak decide to bring Ram back to Ayodhya. Kaikeyi is grateful to Janak for reminding her about her love for Ram. She requests Bharata to take her along with him to meet Ram.Ram is depressed on learning about Dasharath's death. Bharath requests Ram to return to Ayodhya, but he refuses.He tells Janak that he will not return because he wants to fulfil the promise he had made to Dasharath. Bharata asks Ram for his sandals. Bharata places Ram's sandals on the throne. He apologises to Vashisth saying he cannot take over Ram's place. Shatrughan confronts Bharata for his decision of becoming a tapaswi. Bharata assures Kaushalya that he will stay near Ayodhya. He asks Shatrughan to help him in keeping his promise to Ram to take care of Ayodhya. Lakshman tells Ram and Sita that Goddess Nidradevi has given him a boon to stay awake so that he can serve them. Lakshman's request, Nidradevi has given his share of sleep to Urmila, until he returns to Ayodhya.

Season 5

Ram conveys to Sita about his wish to protect the Rishis and people from the demons. Sugriva tells Hanuman about Roma. Hanuman conveys to Roma that Sugriva loves her and wants to marry her.Bali decides to get Sugriva married to Roma. Ravan decides to send Khar and Dushan for contoll in Dandakaranya. Surpanakha insists Ravan to let her go to Dandakaranya. Malyavan shares with Meghanad, his plan to take over Kishkindha. Dundubi comes up with a plan to kill Bali and Sugriva.Dundubi disguises as a buffalo and battles with Bali. Bali kills Dundubi. Rishi Matang curses Bali for breaking his meditation. Ram kills Ravan's soldiers and saves the residents of Panchvati. Surpanakha falls in love with Ram. Mayavi decides to take Bali to the Rishimukh mountain. Bali follows Mayavi into a cave and asks Sugriva to wait outside until he returns. However, Sugriva is shocked on hearing Bali's screams.he closed the mouth of cave by a big stone as he assume that Bali was killed by Mayavi.Sugriva suggests that Tara make Angad, the king of Kishkindha. Surpanakha urges Ram to marry her but he tells her that he is already married. Surpanakha plans to prove herself better than Sita. Ram gets irate when Surpanakha comes to him dressed like Sita. She attacks on Sita. Lakshmana cuts Surpanakha's nose. Surpanakha asks Khara to kill Ram, Sita and Lakshman. Khara attacks Ram with his asuras. Ram kills Khara and Dushan by using his powers. Shurpanakha reaches Lanka, tells everyone about the attack. Surpanakha asks Ravan to avenge her insult by Ram. Ravan decides to punish Ram for his deeds. Sugriva's coronation ceremony begins. Hanuman crowns Sugriva as the king of Kishkindha. A furious Bali returns to Kishkindha and attacks Sugriva for locking him up in the cave. Hanuman rescues Sugriva from Bali. Ravan got information about Ram and that Sita is Ram's weakness. Ravan decides to abduct Sita. Ravan tells Marich about Surpanakha's humiliation and seeks his help to avenge her insult. Hanuman takes Sugriva to Rishimukh mountain.

Cast

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Crew

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  • Creator- Aniruddh Pathak (Star Plus)
  • Producer- Nikhil Sinha (Triangle Films Company)[7]:9
  • Director- Nikhil Sinha,[7]:9 Dharmesh Shah
  • Director of Photography- Veerdhawal Puranik, Deepak Garg
  • Composer- Sunny Bawra & Inder Bawra
  • Main Theme- Sandeep Mukherjee
  • Chief Story Consultant- Devdutt Pattanaik[7]:9
  • Story- C.L.Saini, Neelkanthan[7]:9
  • Dialogue- Subrat Sinha[7]:9
  • Screenplay- C.L.Saini, Bhavna B
  • VFX- Hardik Gajjar (Vertex Vault)
  • Editor - Satya Sharma
  • Costume Designer- Neerushaa Nikhat
  • Art Design- Chokkas Bhardwaj [7]:11
  • Creative Team- Sohana Sinha, Tushar J. Bhatia
  • Star Plus Creative Team- Animesh Verma, Amitabh Raina, Shweta Mishra, Anjali Venugopalan
  • Project Head (TFC)- Amish Vasani

Special Episodes

It shows the Birthday of Rama after 8 years leap. From this episode Ashish Sharma will play the role of adult Rama , before this role of teenage Rama was played by Vedant Sawant.

It shows the Swayamvar of Goddess Sita organised by her father Janak. Sita will marry with the man who could string the Shiv Dhanush by lifting it as easily as she did. God Rama, on the day of Swayamvar, lifted the bow effortlessly and won Sita’s hand in marriage.[15]

  • Vivah Utsav - aired from 3 February to 13 February 2016

Vivah Utsav of Rama and Sita Starts with Haldi Ceremony. On occasion of Deep Milan Utasv King Dasharatha fixed the marriage of his other Children with the other daughters of Janak and Kushadhwaja. Bharata weds with Mandavi, Lakshmana weds with Urmila and Shatrughan weds with Shrutakirti. This Vivah Utsav ends with the Vidai Ceremony.

Dubbed versions

Awards

Year Award Category Nominee Result
2016 Star Parivaar Awards Favourite Beta Ashish Sharma Won
Favourite Naya Sadasya - Female Madirakshi Mundle Nominated
Favourite Jodi Ashish Sharma/Madirakshi Mundle Nominated
Favourite International Jodi Ashish Sharma/Madirakshi Mundle Nominated
Favourite Digital Sadasya - Male Ashish Sharma Nominated
Favourite Beti Madirakshi Mundle Nominated
Favourite Patni Madirakshi Mundle Nominated
Favourite Pati Ashish Sharma Nominated
Favourite Nayi Soch Ki Madirakshi Mundle Nominated

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