Lanka Dahan

1917
6m

IMDb RATING

YOUR RATING

A retelling of the familiar 'Ramayana' story of Rama's wife Sita being abducted by Ravana, the demon king of Lanka, and Rama's triumph with the aid of men, monkeys and bears. From the trees ... Read allA retelling of the familiar 'Ramayana' story of Rama's wife Sita being abducted by Ravana, the demon king of Lanka, and Rama's triumph with the aid of men, monkeys and bears. From the trees Hanuman the brave monkey observes Sita held captive in the tulasi garden where Ravana come... Read allA retelling of the familiar 'Ramayana' story of Rama's wife Sita being abducted by Ravana, the demon king of Lanka, and Rama's triumph with the aid of men, monkeys and bears. From the trees Hanuman the brave monkey observes Sita held captive in the tulasi garden where Ravana comes to intimidate her. The main part of the film covers Hanuman's rage while in Lanka when h... Read all

Director
- Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
Writers
- Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
- Valmiki
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
Writers
- Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
- Valmiki
Stars

2User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Photos

User reviews2

6.655

Featured reviews

10jetkot

Excellent. It was a treat

For a movie buff. This is gold .A clip from this movie shows a Visionary Dadasaheb Phalke create magic on screen. It was mesmerizing. It brought me tears to think that in that day and age ; Dadasaheb Phalke made such a movie possible. The stunts of Hanuman were excellent. Anna Salunkhe plays the first double role and he looks great as both Rama and Sita.

6boblipton

Six Minutes?

The IMDb time for this movie claims it is six minutes long. The film I looked at was six minutes in length, but claims to have been the first part of a feature.

It's part of the Indian epic Ramayana, in which Lanka, the wife of an Indian prince, is abducted by Hanuman for his master; I am familiar with part of it from the cartoon SITA SINGS THE BLUES. Anna Salunke play Lanka; Ganpat Shinde plays Hanuman, capering about with a long tail and occasionally doubled by a monkey.

There's a lot of cultural cues here which escape me, but are apparent from what survive. It's an early and interesting surviving fragment.

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
Anna Salunke played the first double role in Indian cinema, by playing both the male role of the hero Rama and the female role of his wife Sita, the heroine.