Kakabhushundi Ramayan – Anasuni Kathayein

Kakbhushundi Ramayan – Anasuni Kathayein is a Hindi TV series that aired from 18 November 2024 on DD National. It is produced and directed by Prem Sagar, Neelam Sagar and Shiv Sagar under the banner Sagar World.^[1] It is a television adaptation of the ancient Indian epic Ramayana. It is inspired byRamayan (1987 TV series) and is primarily based onValmiki Ramayana, Tulsidas Ramcharitmanas and Kakabhushundi Ramayan.^[2][3]

Kakabhushundi Ramayan – Anasuni Kathayein
Based on	Based On Tulsidas Ramcharithamanasa & Kakabhushundi Ramayan & Valmiki Ramayan
Screenplay by	Shailesh Singh Dialogues Gopal Verma Shailesh Singh
Story by	Prem Sagar
Directed by	Jaidev Chakravorty
Creative director	Shiv Sagar
Starring	Devesh Sharma Vaibhavi Kapoor Pawan Sharma
Opening theme	Kakbhushundi Ramayan Theme
Composers	Surya Raj Kamal Lenin Nandi (BG)
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
Production
Producers	Prem Sagar Neelam Sagar Shiv Sagar
Editor	Shums Mirza
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22-24 minutes
Production company	Sagar World
Original release
Network	DD National
Release	18 November 2024 (2024-11-18) – present

Kakabhushundi is believed to be one of the greatest devotees of Rama who has witnessed Ramayan 11 times. The show is Mainly based on: Ananda Ramayana, Madhava Kundali Ramayana, KakaBhushundi Ramayana, Adhyatma Ramayana, Yoga Vashishta, Bramha Purana, Skanda Purana, Vishnu Purana. Other sources used were: Tamil - Kamba Ramayanam, Marathi - Bhavartha Ramayana, Bengali - Krutivas Ramayan, Telugu - Sri Ranganatha Ramayanam, Kannada - Ramachandra Charita Puranam, Malayalam - Adhyatma Ramayanam.^[4]

Plot

The show is based on the conversation regarding Ramayan between Kakabhushundi and Garuda, both devotees of Rama.

Cast

• Pawan Sharma as Vishnu / Rama
• Vaibhavi Kapoor as Lakshmi / Sita
• Devesh Sharma as Lakshman
• Sandeep Mohan as Dasharatha
• Jaydeep Dabgar as Rajkumar
• Jal gandhi as child Ram
• Swastik joshi as child laxman
• Jainil panchal as child Shatrughan
• Shourya rawat as child bharat
• Rudraksh nisiddh panchal as child ram Friend ( villager )
• Sugandha Srivastava as Kausalya
• Gurpreet Kaur Sandhu as Sumitra
• Sonia Singh as Kaikeyi^[5]
• Rachana Goyal as Manthara
• Satyyaa Patel as Agni
• Vidhi Shah as Vedavati
• Aryan Mishra as Bharata
• Pushya Mitra as Shatrughna
• Naviya Saini as Urmila
• Harshita Patharia as Mandavi
• Bhumika Gaur as Shrutakirti
• Devanand Pathak as Janaka
• Alka Nair as Sunayana^[6]
• Manya Nagdev as Chandrabhaga
• Vishal Nayak as Bhagwan Shiv
• Neha Pardeshi as Parvati
• Sagar Kale as Kakabhushundi
• Akshay Nalawade as Garuda
• Amit Pachori as Vali / Sugriva
• Pankaj Kamad as Angada
• Swayam Prakash Parashar as Vasishtha
• Shravani Goswami as Arundhati
• Gopal Verma as Vishwamitra
• Raviz Thakur as Ravana
• Harleen Kaur Rekhi as Mandodari
• Durgavati Swami as Kaikasi
• Akki Nath Sisodiya as Meghanada
• Abhishek A Arti as Guha
• Shailendra Prajapati as Guha's minister
• Shubham Jaibeer Saharawat as Vidyutajihva
• Deepti Kumar as Shurpanakha

Production

It was produced and directed by Prem Sagar and Shiv Sagar.^[4][7]

It is the fourth television adaptation based on Ramayana from the family of Sagar after Ramayan (1987 TV series), Ramayan (2008 TV series) and Ramayan (2012 TV series) ^{[citation needed]}