Ramayana: The Epic 720p - (2010 Lang: English, Hindi)

This movie hurt my brain - nicely made !!

Ramayana-the epic is quite vibrant and colorful movie.Yes,we know the story.We know it better than our first nursery rhyme.But ,this is not what you will go to watch the movie for.Keep in mind that you are there for an animation movie,for which the industry is still preparing.

This movie has got effects better than the earlier animation movies produced by the industry.It reveals the very class that we will be showing in next few years.Many effects in this movie are quite spectacle and funny as well.The Ravana's palace,the sea,the battle and many other things say it loudly that a lot of effort was put up for this movie.

Packing such a huge epic in just 104 minutes is really a tough task,but luckily the director did it very well.I will say that this movie is a must watch if you appreciate bollywood a little.This movie is really nice.

Ramayana: The Epic is a 2010 computer-animated film from India's Maya Digital Media. Directed by Chetan Desai and produced by Ketan Mehta,[ it was released by Warner Bros. India on 15 October 2010.

The film is a retelling of the story of Lord Rama, from his birth until his battle with Ravan at Sri Lanka.

One of the best movie in 3D animation I ever watch. Superb Texturing, Superb VFX, Superb Modeling Of character Ravan & other Also. Special Effect r used in very very good manner. Monkey Model's Animation have Done Very Very Good, specially the Monkey Song "Jangal Ke Raja Hum Hai". Congratulation for the group member's who done great work on this Movie which became memorable history in Indian animated world.

Ramayana The Epic is a faithful but dreary retelling of one of our favourite and most familiar stories. Since almost everyone in a theater knows the plot, the pleasure in this animated version can only come from the telling of the tale.

Debutant director Chetan Desai gives us impressive visuals, grand battles and perhaps India's first Lord Ram with six-pack abs. But the plodding screenplay undermines these efforts. Ramayana The Epic doesn't soar enough or arouse the requisite shock and awe.

Thankfully, the animation here is more sophisticated than the average mythological such as Bal Ganesh or Ghatothkach.

Desai and his team of 400 animators have created a richly detailed world – so Ravan is always clad in various layers of gold Armour and lives in a golden fortress perched on the peak of a mountain.

There's also a ferociously etched battle between Bali and Sugreev who try to trump one another in pouring rain. But despite the arduous labour that has so obviously gone into making the film, the characters don't come alive.

Manoj Bajpai voices Ram, Juhi Chawla voice Sita and Ashutosh Rana voices Ravan but none of these fine actors manage to imbue the drawings with any personality.

Poor Ravan, like any age-old Hindi movie villain, is either snarling or laughing. Desai tries to pack as much of the sprawling epic as he can into a 104-minute film. So, the narrative feels episodic, almost like a best of Ramayana, rather than organic. I also wondered why a film aimed at children needed to have severed heads and why the eyebrows of every character, especially the wicked Manthara, seemed to have a life of their own.

Ramayana is an ambitious step toward better homegrown cinema for children. I just wish it had more crackle. I'm going with two and a half stars.

Ramayana - The Epic!