Warrior Prince (The Story of Lord Rama) -- Animated Ramayana
Animated Ramayana: Warrior Prince is a $12 million-dollar film based upon the Ramayana. It’s a 170-minute action packed, feature film that explores the animation style called "FUSION" which consists of 3 different schools of animation: Manga from Japan, Disney from the USA and Ravi Varma from India. Directed and conceived by Japanese master filmmaker YUGO SAKO, The Legend of Lord Rama is based on Valmiki’s Ramayana treasured Indian epic.
The Ramayana comprises about 24,000 Slokas (verses) in Sanskrit and is one of the two great epics of ancient India - the other being Mahabharata. The story of Ramayana was orally handed down from one generation to the other from around 10th century B.C. and it is said that the poet Valmiki gave its present shape around 200 A.D.
* Warrior Prince was awarded Best Animation Film of the Year - Santa Clarita International Film Festival - 2000
* Warrior Prince was honored as Opening Film - Lucca Animation Film Festival in Italy - 2000
* Warrior Prince was shown as a work in progress at Toronto Film Festival
* Warrior Prince was the highlight of the Cardiff Animation Film Festival - UK
* Warrior Prince is a $12 million production featuring the amazing and sophisticated Fusion style of animation!
Directed and conceived by Japanese master filmmaker YUGO SAKO, The Legend of Lord Rama is based on Valmiki’s Ramayana treasured Indian epic. This stunning FUSION animation features narration by James Earl Jones and music by Academy Award winner Alan Howarth and Vanraj Bhatia.
In the Ramayana, the hero, Rama, lived his whole life by the rules of righteousness. Prince Rama was the eldest of four sons and was to become king when his father retired from ruling. His stepmother, however, wanted to see her son Bharata, Rama’s younger brother, become king. Remembering that the king had once promised to grant her any two wishes she desired, she demanded that Rama be banished and Bharata be crowned. The king had to keep his word to his wife and ordered Rama’s banishment. Rama accepted the decree unquestioningly. When Sita, Rama’s devoted and chaste wife, heard Rama was to be banished, she begged to accompany him to his forest retreat. Rama agreed, and Rama, Sita and his brother Lakshmana all went to the forest to live in exile for 14 years. Later in the story, when Ravana, the evil King of Lanka, abducted Sita, Rama mustered the aid of an army of monkey soldiers to built a causeway across to Lanka to released Sita and bring her safely back to Ayodhya.
Language: English and Hindi
Subtitles: English and Hindi |
