
It was here that cupid struck between the duo and they had a happily ever after. It was in 2008 when Anand Sagar came up with another version of the epic saga, which had the stellar cast of Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee. Such is the power of Ram….nothing is impossible to achieve….Arambh se Anth tak …. We all know that Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan will always be etched in our minds.
#Ramayan 2008 sita swayamvar update#
Even, the security guys at the Mumbai airport were puzzled as to why so much flowers were taken to Baroda till I told them that the flowers are for Ram-Sita Wedding and by then the security staff at both airports Mumbai and Baroda knew my name and recognized me personally because I used to update them with the shooting details.

In all of his years during his vanvas, he goes through and meets a lot of people, but he is never swayed by any woman and has eyes only for his wife Sita.When Lakshman is injured, Ram leaves no stone unturned to bring his brother back to life. Lord Ram is loyal to his subjects, his friends and to his wife, Sita. Yet Rama, with the blessings and permission of Vishwamitra, picked it up with ease and broke it into two pieces. Also watch: Small Children Saying Ramayan Loyalty. It was the mighty bow of Shiva, which could not be moved by even many strong warriors like Ravan and Banasur. The garland that Ram and Sita used for the ‘Varmala’ was flown from Mumbai by me. Along with Rama and Lakshman, Vishwamitra went to Janakpuri, where the bow sacrifice was being held for the Swayamvar of Sita. of time he took both of them to Janakpuri, to attend Sita swayamvar. I flew daily from Mumbai to Baroda loaded with 10 kg of Roses and Mogra flowers for the duration of shoot. Debina Bonnerjee, Sita, Female Protagonist. So the only creative decision was to fly them every day for the shoot from Mumbai. The flowers were withering away in minutes. This was shot in the sweltering heat of Baroda with mercury touching over 42 degrees without AC, it was like a furnace. Reminiscing the behind the scene preparation, Shahab Shamsi, the Creative Director for Ramayan says, “The most ethereal moment in the history of mankind is the Swayamvar of Ram and Sita.

Around 10 kgs of Roses and Mogras would reach the set daily for this particular scene much before anyone even reached the set. Moreover, considering Ramayan was shot in Baroda where the temperature where the temperature was over 40 degrees, flowers were taken daily from Mumbai by the first flight for an entire week to ensure the grandness of the episode. While shooting for Ramayan in Baroda back in 2008 with Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee who play Ram and Sita, and to ensure that the scene was as real and natural, a specially erected set of 100 meters by 100 meters was created back then. The Swayamvar in Ramayan happens to be one of the most iconic scenes of the epic.
