It is said that an actor has to work hard to look real on screen. Only then does his acting shine. Let us tell you that something similar happened with actor Arun Govil, who played the role of Ram in Ramayana telecast on Doordarshan. Yes, Arun Govil had a bad habit and in order to become Ram in Ramayana, he left this bad habit. Well, there is no doubt that those who could not read Ramayana in books and could not know about Ramayana, would have come to know a lot about Ramayana by watching it on TV.
The thing to be noted here is that all its characters have a big role in making Ramayana complete. Especially Arun Govil, who by playing the role of Ram forced the audience to bow before him with love. However, you will be surprised to know that earlier Arun Govil was rejected for this role. Yes, while talking about this, Arun Govil had told that earlier Ramanand Sagar had refused to give him this role.
Gave up this bad habit to become Maryada Purushottam Ram:
That’s because Ramanand Sagar believed that the person who would play the character of Maryada Purushottam Ram on screen should not have any bad habits. But at that time Arun Govil had a very bad habit of smoking cigarettes. So, to get this role, Arun Govil stopped smoking cigarettes. That is, if we say in simple words, this character shaped his life. Let us tell you that apart from this, Arun Govil has also worked in many films and shows, but he did not get as much fame and love from this show as from any other show.
People started worshiping him like God:
Yes, you can guess his fame from the fact that during that time, people used to worship Arun Govil by putting up his posters in their homes and even during the shooting, people used to come to him and tell him their problems. In such a situation, it would not be wrong to say that Arun Govil has worked very hard to present this character alive to the audience and to become Ram.