{"id":4334,"date":"2024-01-22T06:56:31","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T06:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashokkarania.com\/?p=4334"},"modified":"2024-01-22T06:56:31","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T06:56:31","slug":"shri-ram-bollywood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashok-karania-wordpress.staging9.com\/index.php\/shri-ram-bollywood\/","title":{"rendered":"Shri Ram & Bollywood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The great Indian epics Ramayana and Mahabharata have inspired several Hindi movies, regional movies, TV serials and even Hollywood movies (Think Matrix).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we gear up for one of the most important events of the great Indian nation, let us recap how Ramayana has influenced our screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. As noted in my PhD thesis, \u2018Ram Leela\u2019 plays have been an integral part of our entertainment history. The early films were dominated by religious and mythological stories, littered with special effects and relating tales based on the great Hindu epics, \u2018The Mahabharata\u2019 and \u2018The Ramayan\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Lanka Dahan \u2013 One of India\u2019s first superhits: The 1917 movie on Ramayan by Father Of Indian Cinema, Shri Dadasaheb Phalke, was a cult hit. The shows ran every hour from 7 am to midnight making it one of the most watched movies of the early Indian Cinema. Shri Phalke was inspired to make the movie after watching \u2018The Life Of Christ\u2019 and felt a strong urge to tell the Indian mythological gem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Seeta: The first significant talkie was Debaki Bose\u2019s Seeta where Prithviraj Kapoor played Ram and Durga Khote was Seeta. Another movie of same time was Ram Janma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Ram Rajya: Vikram Bhatt\u2019s grandfather Vijay Bhatt made couple of movies on Ramayana – Bharat Milap and Ram Rajya. Both were super hits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Ram Rajya was one of the only two-three movies that Mahatma Gandhi watched in his lifetime. Gandhi started using the word Ram Rajya as a welfare benign state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. Sampoorna Ramayana: The classic of the 60s is still one of the popular movies for legendary epic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. Bajrangbali: Lord\u2019s biggest bhakt Shri Hanuman takes centre stage in the movie. Dara Singh is Hanuman in this epic. Mahabali Hanuman, Hanuman Paatal Vijay & Shri Ram Bhakta Hanuman are other representations of Shri Hanuman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. Luv Kush: Jeetendra & Jaya Prada starrer focusses on the Lord Ram\u2019s two sons after the Lord sends Sitaji to exile<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. Ramayana – The Legend Of Prince Rama: The India-Japanese anime movie has been a favourite with the 90s kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10. AdiPurush: One of the most disastrous movies of recent times which was criticised across the board for damaging our holy imagery of Ramayana and the crass treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, several regional movies are inspired by Ramayana and the legendary NTR\u2019s work is very prominent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The epic Ramayana has influenced the Indian cinema in other indirect representations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Hum Saath Saath Hain: Trust Rajshri to give us a perfect family values packed entertainment. This is the most popular replication of Ramayana in a modern context. Shobhana Samarth\u2019s grandson Mohnish is the Ram like figure in the movie. Incidentally, Shobhana Samarth was Sita in Bharat Milap (She is Nutan\u2019s mother and Kajol\u2019s grandmother).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Raavan: Maestro Mani Ratnam gives the perspective of Raavan in Abhishek – Aishwarya movie starrer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. Baahubali & RRR have episodic influence of Ramayana. Even Ram Teri Ganga Maili as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. Ram Setu, Rudraksha are other movies linked to Ramayana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. Hey Ram is not about Ram, it\u2019s about Gandhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. The message of \u2018Victory of Good Over Evil\u2019 has been central to the innumerable movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramanand Sagar\u2019s Ramayana remains the most popular and Ramayana – a cult whose telecast timing stopped the nation. Its repeat telecast broke records in Covid times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shri Rama has remained in Indian consciousness since ancient times and Indian Cinema has continued to revisit Shri Ramayana and bring it in the main discourse in multiple ways. The trend will continue\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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