Desi Twitter Celebrates The Return Of ‘Ramayan’ On Doordarshan With Memes

We were wondering how we’ll spend our first weekend in lockdown when Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar put all our viewing woes to rest. According to Business Today, he announced that Ramanand Sagar directed ‘Ramayan’ which first aired in 1987 will be retelecasted on Doordarshan National starting today.

IN FEW MINUTES –
REFRESH YOUR MEMORIES with #Doordarshan!!
A treat for the viewers as @DDNational to start airing the Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan from 9 am pic.twitter.com/XnzS1dEGTs

— Doordarshan National (@DDNational) March 28, 2020

Happy to announce that on public demand, we are starting retelecast of 'Ramayana' from tomorrow, Saturday March 28 in DD National, One episode in morning 9 am to 10 am, another in the evening 9 pm to 10 pm.@narendramodi@PIBIndia@DDNational

— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) March 27, 2020

The Economic Times quoted a Prasar Bharati official saying,

“The format in which the serial (Ramayan) has been stored is being enhanced for better broadcast quality. It was shot in low band using digibeta tools, which have been obsolete now for over 15-20 years. Now, it is all digital and advanced chip-based formats. We have retrieved the content for 50 episodes and are working on the rest of the content now. The music, the frames, everything remains the same.”

Desi Twitter expressed immense joy at the news by sharing memes and poked fun at contemporary streaming services declaring DD as the real gangsta.

Me and my bois tomorrow at 9 am pic.twitter.com/477hJA9npo

— Manish (@Man_isssh) March 27, 2020

Indians from tomorrow at 9 am and 9 pm.#Ramayan pic.twitter.com/PvlSuyjDuR

— CHEEKU 🌼 (@Okay_Bye___) March 27, 2020

Retweet if you are watching #Ramayan pic.twitter.com/7agoZz6UWQ

— ŤHĒ ŇB 🖤 | (@jaatharyana123) March 28, 2020

Doordarshan today 😎 #Ramayan pic.twitter.com/HboDuZUlQi

— Subodh Srivastava (@SriSubodhKmr) March 28, 2020

Other Entertainment channels right now- pic.twitter.com/zIq25qYgUu#Ramayan

— DEV (@TrollDevendra) March 28, 2020

Everyone is a Gangsta until the real Gangsta arrives 😊#DDNational #Ramayan #Jayshreeram pic.twitter.com/qwe69YGGWB

— Rohit_Sonagra (@rohit_sonagra) March 27, 2020

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— Navneet Kaur (@NKMangat) March 27, 2020

All indians now. #Ramayan pic.twitter.com/RWHXbhF5x6

— yinkakashi (@yinkakashi) March 28, 2020

When ramayan starts from 9 am and you wake up at 9 :45

Mom :-#Ramayan #DDNational https://t.co/uEJCyzevab pic.twitter.com/GYc5BEOdYz

— Vaibhav Hatwal ◟̽◞̽ 🤧 (@vaibhav_hatwal) March 28, 2020

Netflix, amazon prime, hotstar premium right now😂#Ramayan #mahabharata pic.twitter.com/DyjCrFoKEW

— The Sculpture (@_theSculpture) March 28, 2020

Netflix and Amazon prime right now –#Ramayan pic.twitter.com/OpqlIxirP9

— बंजारा (@tripylekhak) March 28, 2020

While #Ramayan retelecast gets announced,
Old Quarantined people be like : pic.twitter.com/ReXGAzPtBq

— Raj Ujjwal (@rajusual) March 27, 2020

https://twitter.com/Imabhinaysingh/status/1243747015210614785

90s born kids on #Ramayan being telecasted again! pic.twitter.com/LlyhjUhHDi

— Vinay Verma (@ChintuIndori) March 27, 2020

#Ramayan to be re-telecast on TV.
Me – pic.twitter.com/BrXf4nm2w7

— Jishan Ali (@Jishan_0715) March 27, 2020

#Ramayan
People: Ghar m bethe bethe bore hogye kya kre ab

DD national: pic.twitter.com/N8d2RNoQll

— Sir-Kid (@ooobhaishab) March 27, 2020

90s kids will be happy to know that BR Chopra’s Mahabharat, Byomkesh Bakshi, and Circus (starring Shah Rukh Khan) will also be broadcasted on TV with shows like Buniyaad, Mashal and Malgudi Days to follow very soon. Who knew the lockdown would have such nostalgic side effects?

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