Ramayana : The Legend of Prince Rama 1997
Directed by Ram Mohan, Yûgô Sakô, Koichi Sasaki
- Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
- 135 min
- PG
Has there ever been a story in which nature, God, man, and animals were so united in sorrow, fighting, and rejoicing together?
In Ayodhya, the royal palace of Kosala Kingdom in Ancient India, four princes were born to three queens, each of whom grew to great stature. Banished for 14 years due to court intrigue, Prince Rama retreated to the forest with his beautiful wife Sita. When Rama vanquishes the demons of the forest, he invites the wrath of the demon king Ravana, who kidnaps Sita. Based on the Indian epic the Ramayana.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Aug 20237/10
The evil king Ravana has his heart set on the kingdom of Ayodhya and his opportunity to sow the seeds of mayhem comes when he manages to kidnap the beloved wife of the recently manipulated and exiled prince "Ram". Distraught, he and his brother "Lakshman" determine to rescue her and what now ensues is a wonderfully executed animated adventured packed with myth and legend, mystical monsters, swash and buckle, romance, tragedy, politics - indeed just about everything that you'd expect from an Indian epic (with quite a lot of stunning Japanese creative investment). The style of the drawing is not especially detailed, but it is vivid, colourful and flows perfectly from scenes of isolation and intensity to the grand battle scenarios and a flying chariot (that reminded me a little of the "Thief of Bagdad" from 1940). The story itself is the stuff to make Machiavelli blush - intrigues, betrayal and treachery all feature as "Ram" has to thwart the evil ambitions of his nemeses - and the powerful "Ravana" isn't his only one of these! The score has a slightly classical style to it that works well with rich string arrangements assisting the artwork to do a fair degree of the heavy lifting and
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Cast
- Nikhil KapoorRama (Voice)
- Raell PadamseeSita (Voice)
- Uday MathanRaavana (voice)
- Mishal VermaLakshman (voice) (English)
- Noel GodinHanuman (Voice) (English)
- Denzil SmithSugreeva (voice) (English)
- Rahul BoseBharatha (voice) (English)
- Bulbul MukherjeeDasharatha (voice) (English)
- Madhulika VarmaKaikeyi (voice) (English)
- Pearl PadamseeManthara (voice) (English)
Crew
- Ram MohanDirector
- Yûgô SakôDirector
- Koichi SasakiDirector
- Narendra SharmaScreenplay
- Rani BurraScreenplay
- Koichi SasakiScreenplay
- ValmikiNovel
- Makoto AraiEditor
- Wayne SchmidtEditor
- Yûgô SakôProducer
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