

She recalled, "We did not even have prosthetics at that time. For one instance, coconut shells were placed on the faces of the Vaanar Sena to give them the required look!" We just went ahead with whatever was available to us. So we created everything out of whatever resources we had at hand.

Speaking of the hurdles which they faced, Dipika said, "To be honest, we had no comparative parameters then. Technology might be ruling the world today, but 33 years ago, things were not the same when it came to television and film shootings. I also feel possibly there is that magic to it."īut, the show also had challenges of its own. Ramanand Sagar always said - 'I've not made this Ramayan Ye upar se bann ke aayi hai'. Dipika said, " Ramayan has been made very differently. Ramayan, which aired its first episode on January 25, 1987, was a one-of-a-kind show at that time.
