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Sampoorna Ramayanam (1958)

Sampoorna Ramayanam poster
Original title
சம்பூர்ண ராமாயணம்
Directed by
K. Somu
Genre
history, drama, war
Country
India
Runtime
3h 24m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a film adaptation of the Hindu epic Ramayana. It follows the story of Prince Rama, his exile, and his quest to rescue his wife Sita from the demon king Ravana.

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What happens

Sampoorna Ramayanam (transl. The Complete Ramayana) is a 1958 Indian Tamil -language Hindu mythological film directed by K. Somu. It is based on Valmiki's Ramayana. The film stars N. T. Rama Rao in the lead role of Rama and Sivaji Ganesan as Bharatha. It was released on 14 April 1958 and ran for over 264 days in theatres, thereby becoming a silver jubilee hit. The film was dubbed into Hindi as Ramayan in 1960. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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