Ram Rajya

Ram Rajya
Directed by	Vijay Bhatt
Story by	Kanu Desai
Based on	Ramayana  by Valmiki
Starring	Prem Adib Shobhna Samarth
Music by	Shankarrao Vyas
Release dates	1943
Running time	132 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Ram Rajya is a 1943 Hindi mythological film, directed by Vijay Bhatt, with Prem Adib and Shobhna Samarth in the lead roles of Rama And Sita.^[1][2] It was the third highest grossing Indian film of 1943.^[3]

The film gained significance, as for title it used the term Ram Rajya (Rule of Rama), Mahatma Gandhi often used to define democratic-righteous rule during the Indian independence struggle, and it was the only film he, who didn't think much of the medium, ever saw.^[4] It was the first Indian movie that premiered in the USA.

Cast

• Prem Adib as Rama
• Shobhna Samarth as Sita
• Umakant Desai - as Laxman
• Badri Prasad
• Chandrakant

References

1. "-". Gomolo.com. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
2. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
3. "Top Earners 1943". Box Office India. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
4. Freek L. Bakker (2009). The Challenge of the Silver Screen: An Analysis of the Cinematic Portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad. BRILL. p. 91. ISBN 9004168613.

External links

• Ram Rajya at the Internet Movie Database