The first mythological serial 'Ramayanam' was telecast on Doordarshan in 1986-87.
“Dubbing was not allowed then. 'Ramayanam' was then only in Hindi. The Tamil-dubbed version of 'Shri Krishna' was aired on DD Metro in 1993. It ran for 50 to 60 episodes. Due to viewers' demand, Shri Krishna was aired on DD 1 again,” recalls dialogue writer D Mohan Kumar, who translated the first daily soap on Doordarshan, 'Shanthi', into Tamil.
His father K Devanarayanan is a veteran dialogue writer. He translated 'Shri Krishna', 'Jai Mahalaxmi' (aired on DD in 1996-97) into Tamil. Devanarayanan also did Vikramathithyan Kathaigal on Jaya TV in 1999 and Kothaiyin Kathai on Goddess Andal in 1995-96 on Sun TV.
“Mythological stories are back as they are evergreen subjects. Every channel should take an initiative to air such mythologies. We have our own Shivapuranam, mythologies on Vinayagar and Murugan,” says Mohan Kumar.
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