Hanuman (2005 film)

Plot

This animated movie depicts Hanuman's life from birth. The narrator is actor Mukesh Khanna. The movie relays how Hanuman was born to Anjani (a female apsara) and Kesari with the blessings of Vayu, the Wind God. Hanuman, who is the 11th Rudra incarnation of Shiva, was blessed with supreme intelligence, strength, and divine powers. As a baby, Hanuman was quite naughty and used his powers to pester the saints living in the nearby forest. Once when he was hungry, he leapt to catch the sun thinking it was a fruit.

On the insistence of Vayu, Indra and the other gods came together to bless Hanuman with immortal life. Hanuman's blessings include: no fear or harm from the Brahmastra; no harm could befall him from weapons, fire, or water. He could overcome death, and he could transform his body to take the smallest form or attain the biggest form of life. Blessed with divine powers, Hanuman grew up to be powerful. He helped Rama and Lakshmana in their search for Sita. Hanuman burned the golden city of Lanka and with his superpowers, helped Rama and Lakshmana defeat Ravana and secure the release of Sita. Seeing his devotion and love towards him, Rama blessed Hanuman with the boon of immortality.

Voice cast

• Mukesh Khanna as Hanuman
  • Chiranjeevi in Telugu version
• Viraj Adhav as Rama and Vishnu
• Sumit Pathak as Lakshmana
• Mona Shetty as Sita
• Manoj Pandey as Meghanada/ Kesari/ a demon working for Ravana
• Rajesh Jolly as Ravana
• Amar Babaria as Angada
• Sanjeev Jaiswal as Bali
• Shahnawaz Pradhan as Sugriva
• Manish Wadhwa as Indra/A street performer (Shiva in disguise)
• Anup Shukla as Vayu
• Tirthankar Mitra as Maruti
• Kumar Pravesh as Dasharatha
• Shailendra Pandey as Surya
• Chand Dhar as Brahma
• Saurabh Agarwal as Kubera
• Sandeep Karnik as Akshaya Kumara/Varuna
• Sanket Jaiswal as Narada
• Sushmita Mukherjee as Surasa devta dragon
• Pinky Rajput as Anjani
• Kishore Bhatt as Shiva
• Anju Jamwal as Parvati
• Vinod Kulkarni as Sampati
• Parminder Ghumman as Kumbhakarna
• Pawan Shukla as Vibhishana
  • Anil Datt in the alternate version

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Tapas Relia.

• Mahabali Maharudra - Vijay Prakash, Sonu Nigam, Shaan, Palash Sen, Kailash Kher, Madhushree, Sneha Pant
• Akadam Bakadam Dekho Yeh Tikadam - Shravan
• Hanumaan Chalisa - Vijay Prakash, Rashmi, Nandini Srikar
• Jai Hanuman Gyan Gun Sagar - Shankar Mahadevan, Kailash Kher
• Jai Bajrangbali - Palash Sen, Kinshuk Sen
• Bridge Across The Ocean - Vijay Prakash
• Destroying The Ashok Vatika - Vijay Prakash
• Kumbhkaran - Vijay Prakash

Business

Percept entertained in to a merchandising deal with Kishore Biyani's Future Group, valued at ₹3.7 crore, with merchandise being sold exclusively, pan-India, at Big Bazaar.

The distribution rights of the Telugu dubbed version were brought by Sharath Marar under the banner, Hyderabad Innovatives.

Successor

A companion film, Hanuman Returns (later retitled Return of Hanuman), was released on 28 December 2007. The sequel project was helmed by director Anurag Kashyap and produced by Shailendra Singh and Percept Pictures.

A third film called, Return of Ravan, was announced by Shailendra Singh in 2013, but has yet to be completed.

References

References

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