Dashrath is delighted to see his four sons return from Gurukul. But his joy is short-lived as Ram and Laxman have to face a deadly demon named Tarika.

Ramayan is an Indian television series based on ancient Indian Sanskrit epic of the same name. The show was originally aired between 1987 and 1988 on DD National. It was created, written, and directed by Ramanand Sagar. The show is primarily based on Valmiki's 'Ramayan' and Tulsidas' 'Ramcharitmanas'.

The series had a viewership of 82 per cent, a record high for any Indian television series. The series was re-aired during the 2020 Coronavirus lockdown and broke several viewership records globally which includes setting the record for one of the most watched TV shows ever in the world, with 77 million viewers on 16 April 2020.

Produced & Directed by Ramanand Sagar
Associate Directors - Anand Sagar, Moti Sagar
Executive Producers - Subhash Sagar, Prem Sagar
Chief Technical Advisor - Jyoti Sagar
Screenplay & Dialogues - Ramanand Sagar
Music - Ravindra Jain
Title Song - Jaidev
Research & Adaptation - Phani Majumdar, Vishnu Mehrotra
Editor Subhash Sehgal
Cameraman - Ajit Naik
Lighting - Ram Madkaikar
Sound Recordist - Sripad, E Rudra
Video Recordist - Sharad Mukkannwar

Arun Govil as Ram
Deepika Chikhalia as Sita
Sunil Lahri as Laxman
Arvind Trivedi as Ravan
Dara Singh as Hanuman
Sanjay Jog as Bharat
Samir Rajda as Shatrughna
Shyamsundar Kaalaani as Sugriv/Vali
Vijay Arora as Indrajit (Meghnad)
Bal Dhuri as Dasharath
Jayshree Gadkar as Kaushalya
Padma Khanna as Kaikeyi
Rajni Bala as Sumitra
Mukesh Rawal as Vibhishana
Nalin Dave as Kumbhakarna
Aparajita as Mandodari
Satish Kaul as Indra
Lalita Pawar as Manthara
Renu Dhariwal as Shurpanakha
Mulraj Rajda as Janak
Urmila Bhatt as Sunaina
Sudhir Dalvi as Vasishta
Chandrashekhar as Sumant
Vijay Kavish as Shiva
Rajshekhar Upadhyay as Jambavan
Bashir Khan as Angad
Anjali Vyas as Urmila
Sulakshana Khatri as Mandavi
Girish Seth as Nal
Giriraj Shukla as Neel