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Hanuman

October 21, 2005 Theatrical Sahara One Motion Pictures

Studio
Sahara One Motion Pictures, Percept Picture Company Pvt. Ltd. in Association with Silvertoons
Animation studio
Silver Line

Synopsis

Hanuman is born to Anjani, a female Apsara, and Vayu the Wind God. He is blessed with supreme intelligence, strength and divine powers. As a baby, Hanuman is quite naughty and uses his powers to pester the saints living in the nearby forest. Once, when he is hungry, he leaps to catch the sun, thinking that it is a fruit.

On the instance of Vayu, Indra and the other gods come together to bless baby Hanuman with immortal life. Blessed with divine powers, Hanuman grows up to become powerful and mighty. No harm can befall him from any weapons; fire and water cannot harm him. He can overcome death and, above all, he can transform his body to take the smallest form or attain the biggest form of life.

He befriends Lord Ram and Laxman in their search for Sita. With his superpowers, Hanuman helps Lord Ram and Laxman defeat Ravan and secure Sita's release. Seeing his devotion and love toward him, Lord Ram blesses Hanuman with the boon of immortality.

Characters

Hanuman, Ram, Laxman, Sita, Ravana

Credits

Directing

Director
V.G. Samant
Supervising Director
Milind Ukey

Producing

Producer
Sumit Kumar, Purva Naresh (Supervising Producers)

Writing

Writer
Milind Ukey

Voices

Voice
Mukesh Khanna (Hanuman)

Music

Music
Tapas Relia (Musical Director)
Lyrics
Satish Mutatkar

Editing

Editor
Huzefa Lokhandwala

Crew

Singers
Sonu Nigam, Shankar Mahadevan, Saapna Mukherji, Dr. Palash Sen, Kailash Kher, Sneha Pant, Sujata Bhattacharya (Madhrushree), Shantanu Mukherji (Shaan)
Project Manager
Nitin Honavar
Production Manager
Bipen Samant
Dialogue
Sulkha Bajpai, Milind Ukey, Shantanu Rode
Technical Supervisor
Sheel Nimbalkar
Sound Design
Javed Khan (Studio One)
Mixing Engineer
Ajaykumar P.B

Companies and other credits

  • Digital Post-Production: Prime Focus Ltd

Production notes

Based on the Hindu epic "Ramayana."

India's first animated film about Hanuman, it is based on his life and revolves around his many extraordinary feats of valor.

The film charts the birth of Hanuman as an incarnation of Lord Shiva with the sole purpose of assisting Lord Ram in his crusade to fight the evil on earth.

The movie includes over 40 characters. Over 200,000 individual images were created during the animation process.

Sahara One Motion Pictures made 130 million rupees ($2.9 million U.S.) from the film.