Madgulkar was given artistic liberty for the choice of the meters for the song, execution of the story line, and the message he could convey through it. Apart from the number of songs, Madgulkar and Phadke left music, lyrics and choice of singers ad libitum.
The series ended with the song "Gā Bāḷāno, Shrīrāmāyaṇ" where the part post crown ceremony was added. The programme was initially planned for a year (with 52 songs) with the concluding song Trīvār Jayajayakār Rāmā where Rama becomes the King, but 1955 in the Hindu calendar had an extra month ( Adhikmās) therefore, four songs were added to extend the series to a total of fifty-six. Every song would be aired first on a Friday morning and then again on Saturday and Sunday morning, between 8:45 am and 9:00am IST. The team of Madgulkar and Phadke would present a new song every week for a year. Madgulkar accepted the challenge, enlisting his music-director friend Sudhir Phadke (popularly known as "Babuji") for the collaboration. Since the Ramayana (written by Valmiki) is an Indian epic, Lad and Madgulkar came up with an idea of a version in singable verse. Madgulkar (popularly known as "Ga-Di-Ma"). He hence outlined his plan to poet and writer G. During the early days of All India Radio, Pune (also known as Aakashwani Pune), station director Sitakant Lad wanted to begin a radio programme which would be entertaining and provide moral education. Geet Ramayan was conceptualized in 1955, four years before the introduction of television in India in 1959. The central figures of the Ramayana: Rama, his wife Sita, the devotee Hanuman and Rama's three brothers (Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna) It has also been transliterated into Braille. With increasing popularity since its release, Geet Ramayan has been translated into nine other languages: five Hindi translations and one each in Bengali, English, Gujarati, Kannada, Konkani, Sanskrit, Sindhi and Telugu. The series is narrated by Kusha and Lava, twin sons of Rama and Sita, and the writer of Ramayana ( Valmiki) was also given one song in the series. Incidentally, the central antagonist of the Ramayana and Geet Ramayan, the demon-king Ravana, was not given any song.
Madgulkar expressed their various moods, ranging from their divinity to the human weaknesses. Rama ( avatar of Vishnu and hero of the Ramayana) being the lead character of the series was given maximum number of songs (10), followed by eight songs for Sita (Rama's wife and avatar of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi). The series showcased a total of 32 various characters from Ramayana. The poet and composer were praised for their contribution to the series. He also selected the raga and the Tāla of a song to suit the time of the incident and the narrative mood. Phadke mainly used ragas of Hindustani classical music to compose the songs. The Geet Ramayan is considered as "the crescendo of Madgulkar's literary vigour". Though Geet Ramayan is based on sage Valmiki's epic Ramayana, Madgulkar chose a different narrative format and was praised for the lyrics, and was called Ādhunik Valmiki (the modern Valmiki). The program's first song "Kuśa Lava Rāmāyaṇ Gātī" was aired on 1 April 1955. The team of Madgulkar and Phadke presented a new song every week for a year with every song being aired first on a Friday morning and then again on Saturday and Sunday morning, between 8:45 AM and 9:00 AM IST. It is considered a "milestone of Marathi light music" and the "most popular" Marathi version of Ramayana. Madgulkar and the songs being composed by Sudhir Phadke, Geet Ramayan was acclaimed for its lyrics, music and singing.
It was broadcast by All India Radio, Pune in 1955–1956, four years before television was introduced in India. Geet Ramayan ( Marathi: गीत रामायण, English: The Ramayana in Songs) is a collection of 56 Marathi language songs chronologically describing events from the Indian Hindu epic, the Ramayana. The book compiles narration and lyrics of all the songs from the radio program.