Technology, Celebrities To Draw Crowds At Delhi Ramlilas

NEW DELHI: Ramlila committees in the national capital have this year lined up a visual delight besides inviting a host of celebrities to leave the audiences awestruck.

There are hydraulic cranes to enact mid-air fight scenes, state-of-the-art surround sound systems and celebrities from Bollywood and the TV industry to grace the shows.

The 10-day celebrations will culminate on Dussehra Oct 3.

The Lav Kush Ramlila Committee that organises the event on the Red Fort grounds is using special effects in the stage show and for burning of the effigies of Ravana, Kumbhkarna and Meghnad.

Celebrities like Hrithik Roshan, Govinda, Raveena Tandon and Kapil Sharma will turn up here from Sep 29 to Oct 3.

Arjun Kumar, secretary of Lav Kush Ramlila Committee, told IANS: "During the fight scenes whenever swords or arrows will come in contact with each other, sparks will fly."

Kumar added that on Dussehra when the effigy of Ravana will be set on fire, its eyeballs will roll and it will also shout "Hey Ram". Around 10,000 crackers fitted into the effigies will amplify the sound.

A popular Ramlila in west Delhi's Punjabi Bagh area too is banking on technology and gimmicks to wow the crowd.

Satyadev Goyal of Shri Ramlila Committee in Punjabi Bagh told IANS that using hydraulic cranes, the characters of Ram and Ravana will be lifted 15 feet in the air and sparks will fly whenever their weapons strike against each other.

He said: "We will use special lighting and surround sound to make the scene more appealing."

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