Ram Rajya (1943 film)

Ram Rajya
Ram Rajya
Directed byVijay Bhatt
Story byKanu Desai
Based onRamayana
by Valmiki
Starring
Music byShankarrao Vyas
Release date
  • 1943 (1943)
Running time
132 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Ram Rajya (lit.'Kingdom of Rama') is a 1943 Hindi 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 did not think much of the medium, ever saw.[4] It was the first Indian movie that premiered in the USA.

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  2. ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema. British Film Institute. ISBN 9780851706696. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Top Earners 1943". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. 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 978-9004168619.