Tuesday, April 14, 2020

UNFORGETTABLE_FACE_OF_RAMAYAN : Mulraj Rajda and Sameer Rajda as King Janaka and Prince Shatrughna




If the artistes portraying King Dasharatha and Queen Kaushalya were real time husband wife, we have the Rajda family of Mulraj and Sameer sharing the Ramayan Television series as King Janak and Prince Shatrughna. They were the father-son duo.

Mulraj Rajda was an actor and writer in Gujrati theatre and films. He wrote the screenplay of Mitti Aur Sona in 1989 and Aaj Ki Taaza Khabar in 1973. Apart from that he also wrote and directed Gujrati tv serials. He passed away in 2012. His son, Sameer Rajda is one of a popular actor in Guajarati films.
King Janaka was the adopted father of Sita whom he found on the field while ploughing at the time of terrible famine. Shatrughna was one of the two sons of Queen Sumitra; Lakshmana was his half-brother. Shatrughna was married to Shrutakirti and had two sons - Shatrughati and Subahu. With Rama in exile for 14 years, Prince Bharata also lived a life of a hermit at Nandigramam and ruled Ayodhya from there. It was Prince Shatrughna who was the solace to three Queen mothers and took care of the administration of the whole kingdom.

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