Ram Rajya

<p>returns to after being banished for fourteen years to the forest by his father on the say of his second wife . Rama’s wife and his brother had accompanied him in his exile. Sita was kidnapped by , King of , a war ensued with the death of Ravan and rescue of Sita. in his hermitage has completed his epic , and sends a messenger to King Rama asking permission to have it recited to him at his court. Good news arrives that Sita is expecting. However, things are set in motion when a washerwoman comes for justice as her husband throws her out of the house when her virtue is questioned as under unforeseen circumstances she spends the night with a man other than her husband. Things spiral out of control when the washerman and the public of Ayodhya question Sita’s virtue following her forced captivity at Lanka. Sita has to go through a test of fire but even then the talk continues and Rama is forced to banish her to the forest. Lakshman takes her there and tells her of Rama’s intention of forsaking her. Appalled she jumps into the Ganga, but is saved by the sage Valmiki. Being pregnant, he reminds her of her duty as a queen and the need for her to provide heirs. She stays in the hutment anonymously and gives birth to twins called and . Time passes and Rama is miserable with the step he had to take. Sage has arranged for a to be performed by Rama. Valmiki’s Ramayana is read by the boys and they sing out the verses. The twins meet are taken by Valmiki to Ayodhya to attend the Yagna. The children are unaware of their lineage. Valmiki makes them recite the story he has written which impresses Rama but he too is unaware of who the boys are. Finally after a short war between father and sons, they are united along with Sita. The crew consisted of: Vijay Bhatt had earlier made several films based on the epic Ramayana, which included (1942), (1943) and (1948) and they had all proved successful at the box-office. Bhatt is cited by Rajadhyaksha and Willemen as stating that his “interest in Hindu fantasy was a logical extension of his Gandhian sympathies”. The highlight of the soundtrack was a composed by music director with lyrics by performed by dancer and actress Snehlata. Desai had a “penchant” for using in songs like “Dar Laage Garje Badariya” sung by . According to Raju Bharatan, Vasant Desai had been chosen as a recipient for the inaugural ‘Dr. Brihaspati Award”, later known as the “Saraswati Award”, but it was pointed out by composer that two of the songs from the 1967 were “replicate” songs from the original (1943) composed for it by Shankar Rao Vyas. The award (Saraswati Award) that year (1968) went to Naushad for the film Palki (1967). The playback singers were Lata Mangeshkar, , , and .</p>