A new film has hit the box office – ‘Hanuman’. There would hardly be anyone in India, or any Hindu in the world, who would not be familiar with this name. After the ‘Ramayana’ serial, he is also the favorite character of children.
‘Hanuman’ is not just a name, but it is synonymous with all the words that are formed by the combination of devotion to God, unconditional love, tact and mastery of warfare.
Now through the film ‘HanuMan’, an effort has been made once again to make people know this name, the film has given people an opportunity to awaken their feelings about Lord Hanuman.
Here we are not giving a technical or traditional review of the film, as many critics have done. If we know about the film in brief, the director of this film, originally made in Telugu, is Prashant Verma. This is only his fourth film as a director.
Prashant Varma, who made his feature film debut in 2018 with a psychological thriller named ‘Awe’, has also made the Telugu film industry’s first zombie movie ‘Zombie Reddy’ (2021). ‘Hanuman’ has been promoted as the first Telugu superhero film.
‘Hanuman’ Teja Sajja in lead role
The main character in the film is played by Teja Sajja, who was also in the lead role in Prashant Verma’s zombie film. This was his first film as a lead actor. However, Teja Sajja, who had entered the field of acting in his childhood, had worked in many films before this. He has experience of working with big actors of the Telugu film industry. He also played the lead role in the sci-fi romantic film ‘Adbhutam’ (2021) directed by Prashant Verma.
This duo of 34-year-old director and the 29-year-old actor has now come up with ‘HanuMan’. Since both have given successful films together before, their bonding is also visible in ‘Hanuman’. Initially, Tejas does not seem fit for a superhero film due to his height and physique, but as the film progresses, his character becomes more credible. Despite donning the ‘superhero’ avatar, he is a common man – he has a friend, a sister, a girlfriend, and a village.
As far as directing the film is concerned, Prashanth Varma’s style is a mix of those who make mass-masala films in the Telugu film industry and those who make classic films in village setups. He captures the beauty of a village well, tries to keep things simple, and uses songs appropriately as per the scene. The film is reminiscent of the scene in ‘Kartikeya 2’ in which Anupam Kher, as a blind professor, explains the merits of Lord Krishna.
Talking about the story, it has also not been kept complicated, which makes it a good film to watch with children or with the family. Politics going on in the village, a comedian each along with a hero and a villain, exploitation of the weak by the powerful, a lover protecting his beloved – we are not seeing all this in South films for the first time. Then, what’s new in this movie? So the simple answer is, that whatever is new in the film is in the name of the film itself – Hanuman.
It is not that Hanuman ji has been used in the film only to extract the emotions of the audience. It is not so, you get to hear this name from the beginning till the end of the film, but whenever this name comes, it shows how much reverence and respect the filmmakers have for Hanuman Ji. This is the same thing that was missing in the creators of ‘Adipurush’. Producers and directors of ‘Adipurush’ should take training from Prashant Verma.
Hanuman – just a name, a subject of reverence and respect
It is the art of Prashant Verma that he uses a monkey and a bird as characters, that too in the entire film. This is a way to explain and demonstrate the harmony of human society with nature, which they have used. When the word ‘Ram’ comes from the mouth of Hanuman ji, a different feeling spreads within you. Such a powerful voice, such vigorous energy, that voice goes straight into the heart as if it is a supersonic sound and we can hear it.
Cinematography and VFX of the film ‘Hanuman’ is an important part of it which adds to it. VFX does not look fake anywhere. The reason for this is that only as many sheets are required as are required. A low-budget film has been made better than films made by spending hundreds of crores of rupees. Be it river-lake-mountain scenes, underwater scenes, or scenes inside caves or forests, the film shows natural beauty as an ocean of mysteries.
Doesn’t seem like it happened. A lot of suspense has been created in the end for Part 2 and it also indicates that the next part is going to be higher budget, more grand, and more action-packed. The war between demons and humans in today’s times – If everything turns out to be as good as Part 1, then the next film will be even stronger.
Hanuman Hindi Trailer
Bollywood needs to learn
Watch ‘Hanuman’ also so that you can ask the question of despite having resources and talent, why such a film was not made in Bollywood. Did Bollywood, engrossed in the aura of Batman, Superman, and Spiderman, not consider one of its historical characters worthy of making a film on him and spreading the word of its culture across the world, or was it afraid that it would create a stigma for a particular class? Will resentment spread within Bollywood?
Here I am not comparing Hanuman Ji with those fictional superheroes and it should not be so, but the question should be asked that the things that were dismissed as ‘Mythology’ in India, were being inspired by them in foreign countries. How were films made that earned thousands of crores of rupees? Can a film like ‘Hanuman’ not be made in Bollywood because there is no scope to include a ‘good Muslim’ character in it?
Nowadays, it is the era of reels, what is seen on the screen is what is discussed. When children will not see anything related to Hanuman ji, the next generation will be deprived of the knowledge of an entire chapter of mythological history. When such films come out, children will watch them, their clips will go viral on social media, and children will search and read about those names on the internet – only then will they come to know about Ramayana and its characters. ‘Kartikeya 2’ and ‘Hanuman’ can prove to be an effort in this direction by the Telugu film industry.
In fact, the rich mythological stories in India have meanings, meanings, social messages, and instructions about the future. The more this ocean is churned, the more nectar will emerge. It is a pity that the people of our film industry did not consider it worthy at first. Clubs, parties, bikinis, item songs, obscene comedy, and anti-family sentiments, Bollywood films have not only spoiled their appearance by imitating Western culture but also filled many generations with an inferiority complex about their own country, history, and culture. Gave.