A Tale Of Epic Proportions: Cinema And Ramayan In The Last Century swarajyamag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from swarajyamag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The lavish multilingual spectacle "Adipurush", starring Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Sunny Singh and Saif Ali Khan, which hit the screens on Friday, is only the latest iteration of the Ramayana. Here are some other retellings of the mythological epic - animated, small screen and big - down the ages.
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Films based on the Ramayana have been made in India since the very birth of Indian film-making. Adaptations have ranged from straightforward mythological epics to movies set in more modern times, dealing with contemporary themes and issues.
Since cinema has been a tangible portrayal of good, evil and everything in between, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre has found expression in films down the ages and not just the ones by Indian filmmakers