BOMBAY – Indian filmmaker and writer Ramanand Sagar, whose television series portraying Hindu gods battling demons captivated tens of millions and drew crowds of people who couldn’t afford TVs around shop windows on Sunday nights, has died.
He was 87. He made more than 50 Hindi-language films.But his biggest success came after he shifted his attention to television in the mid-1980s, keeping millions of Indians glued to their screens each week with series based on Hindu epics, like ‘Ramayan’, enthralling city dwellers and village denizens alike.- Nampa-APHe made more than 50 Hindi-language films.But his biggest success came after he shifted his attention to television in the mid-1980s, keeping millions of Indians glued to their screens each week with series based on Hindu epics, like ‘Ramayan’, enthralling city dwellers and village denizens alike.- Nampa-AP
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