Originally posted by: Sabhayata
Ok i am not saying that piyush isnt good as Ram he is very good.But i am talking about audiences.SRJ definately had more fans and when Ramayana track was announced most people were excited to see SRJ as Ram.When it was announced that he wont pLay Ram many people lost intrest including me.WHat i am saying is that yes Ramyana track was handled badly but if SRJ was palying Ram even if Ramayana was stretched SRJ fans would have seen it for his sake and thus TRP's wont have reduced.This is my POV
I am gonna assume here that the storyline that the CVs chose would have remained unchanged regardless of whether Rama was played by Piyush or Saurabh.
In which case, it would have bombed anyway. I think Piyush by himself portrayed an excellent Rama, just like Rubina did a very good Sita. That was not the problem. The problem was that in trying to artificially insert Mahadev into every event in Rama's life, which was ahistorical, they came up w/ some ridiculous depictions, such as Taraka as an environmentalist, eliminating Vashistha's role as Rama's guru (heck, that's what Vashistha's best remembered for!!!), showing Rama & Lakshman in vanvasi attire while in Mithila and distorting even fringe Ananda Ramayan stories, showing Ganesh instead of Dasharatha saving Kaushalya. Or even events before, like showing Mahadev being ready to kill Ravan for defiling Vedavati.
For a Mahadev serial, the only time it would have made sense to show Rama would have been during the establishment of the Rameshwaran jyotirlingam. Had this serial been respectful of Parvati & Mata Durga/Kali, another occasion to show them would have been during the Akal Bodhan, when Rama performed Durga Puja to win over Ma Durga's support from Ravan to himself.
Kumkum Bhagya
