from the production House.
Enclosed is a chat with Shiv Sagar who details what is new in the
Sagar narration of the story of Hanuman who is believed to be living
even today, responding to the call of his unconditional believers. As a
manifestation of Shiva, Hanuman has most of the virtues of Shiva and
is a yogi like Shiva. Hanuman is portrayed in all Hindu spiritual
literature as a karma yogi forever immersed in the service of Ram. He
is also a destroyer like Shiva when the need arises. His BAAN (arrow)
is the club he carries which he uses to destroy enemies. In a more
spiritual sense the destruction we associate with Shiva is the
destruction of the ego of those who think they are invincible like
Ravan for example. Hanuman does exactly that when he confronts
Sahara One its most ambitious show, Jai Bajrangbali, ready to go on air from 6
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June, Monday to Friday at 8:30pm. The soap is creatively spearheaded from
the Sagar Parivar by Shiv Sagar, grandson of Dr Ramanand Sagar.
Shiv Sagar, a rank holder in Business Management from ISB, Hyderabad, is currently
receiving well deserved compliments for the unprecedented TRPs for Saturday 8 pm
slot his presentation of the story of Shani, the most feared planet in Indian Astrology,
is getting on Turner Imagine. The soap, Mahima Shanidev Ki , has been garnering a
TRP which at times is the highest on the channel's TRP chart.
In a candid interview, Shiv Sagar talks about his forthcoming show centering on
Hanuman on Sahara One and his plunge into the family's core business of software
production after securing high academic qualifications in other specialities.

two Ramayans produced by your family.
Frankly when I was told that we have to make Bajrangbali for television as a
mythological soap my instant reaction was : "no, not again". As you have pointed out
our family has the credit of making Ramayan twice and Hanuman was immortalized by
Dara Singh in the first version which has remained a classic and a benchmark for my
generation even though we have advanced technically since my grandfather made the
first version and created world records.
So, the question before me was how to make it differently and grab the attention of
viewers who have a keener sense of visual entertainment thanks to the array of
television content they are being exposed to. Our research yielded us an interesting
and authentic base for telling the story from the angle of Hanuman being an avtar of
Shiv and as one of the four divinity living in the Kal Yug. We begin our narration with
recited by Tulsi on the banks of the Ganga at Varanasi. Hanuman gives him darshan
and tells him to write Ramcharit Manas in simple language so that it can be
understood by the masses.
Tulsi then travels from Kashi to Ayodhya to begin his writing. Since Tulsi is blessed