Ramayan (1954)

Original title

रामायण

Directed by

Vijay Bhatt

Genre

drama

Country

India

Runtime

2h 12m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film tells the story of Rama and Sita focusing on their twin sons Luv and Kush. It is based on the epic Ramayana and features a cast that had played these roles before in earlier films.

mythologicalspiritualreverentstatelyemotionally seriousmusicalancient legenddramatic

What happens

Ramayan is a 1954 Hindi religious film based on Valmiki's Ramayana, produced and directed by Vijay Bhatt for Prakash Pictures. The music directors were Shankar Rao Vyas and Hariprasanna Das and the lyrics were written by Ramesh Gupta, Pandit Indra, Neelkanth Tiwari, Baalam Pardesi. The film starred Prem Adib and Shobhana Samarth once again as Rama and Sita. The two actors had earlier acted in a trilogy of Bhatt's films based on the Ramayana, Bharat Milap (1942), Ram Rajya (1943) and Rambaan (1946). All three had been extremely successful, with the audience accepting them in the traditional roles. The other costars included Shahu Modak, Durga Khote, and Umakant. The story revolved around the latter part of the epic Ramayana, focussing on Rama and Sita's twin sons Luv and Kusha. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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