Hanuman (2005 film)

Hanuman is a 2005 Indian animated feature film directed by V. G. Samant and produced by Shailendra Singh at Percept Picture Company[1] and Silvertoons. The animated film dramatizes the life of its title character, Hanuman, a Hindu Deity. The animation was created by Silvertoons. It is India's first full-length fully animated feature film to be released theatrically[2] (there were several earlier ones made by Pentamedia Graphics). The film popularised animation and kickstarted the growth of India's animation industry.[3]

Hanuman
Directed byV. G. Samant
Written byMilind Ukey
Sulekha Bajpai
Shantanu Ganesh Rode
Produced bySilvertoons
Percept Picture Company
Sahara One Motion Pictures
Edited byHuzefa Lokhandwala
Music byTapas Relia
Production
companies
Silvertoons
Percept Picture Company
Distributed bySahara One Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 21 October 2005 (2005-10-21)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget4.6 crore[1]
Box office12-15 crore[1]

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, by the blessings of Vayu-Dev, 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/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 Lord Ram and Laxman in their search for Sita. Hanuman burned the golden city Lanka and with his super powers helped Lord Ram and Laxman defeat Ravana and secure the release of Sita. Seeing his devotion and love towards him, Lord Ram blessed Hanuman with the boon of immortality.

Voice cast

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Tapas Relia.[4][5]

  • 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 INR,[1] with merchandise being sold exclusively, pan-India, at Big Bazaar.[6]

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.[7][8]

A third film called, Return of Ravan, was announced by Shailendra Singh in 2013, but has yet to be completed.[1]

See also

References
  1. Sinha, Ashish (11 December 2007). "Battling Ravan in Manhattan". Business Standard India. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  2. Deka, Kaushik. "Can Hanuman lift animation industry?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. "Percept's 'Hanuman' to popularise animation. - Exchange4media". Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  4. "Hanuman Songs: Hanuman MP3 Songs by Vijay Prakash Online Free on Gaana.com". gaana.com.
  5. "Hanuman (2005) - Tapas Relia". mio.to.
  6. Editorial, B. O. C. (17 December 2007). "Percept rolls Hanuman Returns' merchandise". Business Of Cinema. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  7. "Movie Review: Return of Hanuman - Indian Express".
  8. "Return of Hanuman Review 3/5 | Return of Hanuman Movie Review | Return of Hanuman 2007 Public Review | Film Review". Bollywood Hungama.
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