Sampoorna Ramayana

Sampoorna Ramayana (English: The Complete Ramayana) is a 1961 Hindi language Indian mythological film, directed by Babubhai Mistry, based on the Hindu epic Ramayana by Valmiki, starring Mahipal and Anita Guha as Rama and Sita respectively. The film was a box office hit, and became a milestone in the history of Hindu mythology. It was the second significant Hindi film based on Rama, after Vijay Bhatt's hugely popular Ram Rajya (1943). Babubhai known for his special effects throughout his career, made extensive use of effects to enhance dramatics The film also made lead actor, Anita Guha who played the role of Sita, a household name.Lata Mangeshkar sang two most top class semi-classical songs in this movie, namely 'San sanan, sanan, sanana, ja re O Pawan' and 'Badalon barso nayan ki Or se' which are still very popular.

Contents

• Cast
• Soundtrack
• References

Cast

Mahipal as Rama

Anita Guha as Seeta

Sulochana Latkar as Kaikeyi

Lalita Pawar as Manthara

Helen as Surpanakha

Achala Sachdev as Kaushalya

Krishna Kumari

Raj Kumar

Anand Kumar

Uma Dutt

Badri Prasad

B.M. Vyas

Paul Sharma

Sushil Kumar

Gopi Krishna as dancer

Soundtrack

Films music was by Vasant Desai and lyrics by Bharat Vyas