Arun Govil to Dipika Chikhlia; Here's how the Ramayan's Ram, Sita and others look now

Unable to produce fresh episodes due to the lockdown imposed owing to the deadly spread of coronavirus, some of the classic shows are being rerun. The first mythological show to re-telecast is Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan (1987). Now that the show has gone air, let's take a look at how the pivotal characters of the show look now: (Photo: Instagram)

Arun Govil portrayed the role of Lord Ram. The actor became synonymous to the character and was never approached with any other kind of character. In villages, people still have the poster of Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan in their homes and they worship it. (Photo: Instagram)

Dipika Chikhlia played the role of Sita, wife of Lord Ram. In an interview with ETimes TV, talking about the rerun of Ramayan, she said, "I was excited to watch it all over again with my family because when we were shooting we could only watch it on the edit table." (Photo: Instagram)

Sunil Lahri essayed the character of Ram's younger brother - Lakshman. The actor recently appeared on The Kapil Sharma Show with Arun Govil and Dipika Chikhlia. (Photo: Instagram)

Anjali Vyas played Lakshman's wife, Urmila. She was devoid of her husband's love as Lakshman left her and went on a 'sanyaas' with his elder brother Ram. (Photo: Instagram)

Bal Dhuri played the role of Dashrath, father of Lord Ram. He's now working in the Marathi film industry. This is how he looks now.(Photo: Instagram)

Arvind Tiwari portrayed the role of Raavan, which is still remembered. He has acted in both Hindi and Gujarati films. (Photo: Instagram)

Late Dara Singh got renowned for his role of Hanuman in this mythological show. His son Vindu Dara Singh had earlier stated that while his father was ill, he desired his wish to watch Ramayan. (Photo: Instagram)

Sameer Rajda was the younger brother Shatrughan of Lord Ram. He was seen in Gujarati films and television show Hamari Devrani. (Photo: Instagram)