Ramayana : The Legend of Prince Rama (1997)
Has there ever been a story in which nature, God, man, and animals were so united in sorrow, fighting, and rejoicing together?
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Director: Yûgô Sakô, Ram Mohan, Koichi Sasaki · Writers: Rani Burra, Narendra Sharma, Yûgô Sakô, Koichi Sasaki
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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Director
Yûgô Sakô
Ram Mohan
Koichi Sasaki
Cast
Nikhil Kapoor
Rama (Voice)
Raell Padamsee
Sita (Voice)
Uday Mathan
Raavana (voice)
Mishal Verma
Lakshman (voice) (English)
Noel Godin
Hanuman (Voice) (English) 
Denzil Smith
Sugreeva (voice) (English) 
Rahul Bose
Bharatha (voice) (English)
Bulbul Mukherjee
Dasharatha (voice) (English)
Madhulika Varma
Kaikeyi (voice) (English) 
Pearl Padamsee
Manthara (voice) (English)
Shagufta Jaffrey
Surpanakha (voice) (English)
Easo Vivin Mathew
Indrajit (voice) (English) User Reviews (1)
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…
