Hanuman (2005 film)

Hanuman is a 2005 Indian animated feature film directed by V. G. Samant and produced by Shailendra Singh at Percept Picture Company and Silvertoons. The animated film dramatizes the life of its title character, Hanuman, a Hindu Deity. The animation was created by Silvertoons. It is India's first full-length fully animated feature film to be released theatrically (there were several earlier ones made by Pentamedia Graphics). The film popularised animation and kickstarted the growth of India's animation industry.

The Telugu version was shown by Sharath Marar under the banner of Hyderabad Innovatives.

Plot
This animated movie depicts Hanuman's life from birth. The narrator is actor Mukesh Khanna. The movie relays how Hanuman was born to Anjani (a female Apsara) and Kesari, by the blessings of Vayu-Dev, the Wind God. Hanuman, who is the 11th Rudra incarnation of Shiva was blessed with supreme intelligence, strength, and divine powers. As a baby, Hanuman was quite naughty and used his powers to pester the saints living in the nearby forest. Once when he was hungry, he leapt to catch the sun thinking it was a fruit.

On the insistence of Vayu, Indra and the other Gods came together to bless Hanuman with immortal life. Hanuman's blessings include: no fear/harm from the Brahmastra, no harm could befall him from weapons, fire, or water. He could overcome death and he could transform his body to take the smallest form or attain the biggest form of life. Blessed with divine powers Hanuman grew up to be powerful. He helped Lord Ram and Laxman in their search for Sita. Hanuman burned the golden city of Lanka and with his superpowers helped Lord Ram and Laxman defeat Ravana and secure the release of Sita. Seeing his devotion and love towards him, Lord Ram blessed Hanuman with the boon of immortality.

Voice cast

 * Mukesh Khanna as Hanuman
 * Chiranjeevi in Telugu version
 * Viraj Adhav as Ram
 * Sumit Pathak as Lakshman
 * Mona Shetty as Sita
 * Manoj Pandey as Meghnath / Vanararaj Kesari
 * Rajesh Jolly as Raavan
 * Amar Babaria as Angad
 * Sanjeev Jaiswal as Bali
 * Shahnawaz Pradhan as Sugreev
 * Manish Wadhwa as Indra Deva / A street performer (Lord Shiva in disguise)
 * Anup Shukla as Pavana Deva
 * Tirthankar Mitra as Maruti
 * Kumar Pravesh as Dasharath
 * Shailendra Pandey as Lord Surya
 * Chand Dhar as Lord Brahma
 * Saurabh Agarwal as Lord Kuber
 * Sandeep Karnik as Akshay Kumara / Lord Varuna
 * Sanket Jaiswal as Narada
 * Sushmita Mukherjee as A demoness who tests Hanuman's courage

Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Tapas Relia.
 * Akadam Bakadam Dekho Yeh Tikadam - Shravan
 * Hanumaan Chalisa - Vijay Prakash, Rashmi, Nandini Srikar
 * Jai Hanuman Gyan Gun Sagar - Shankar Mahadevan, Kailash Kher
 * Jai Bajrangbali - Palash Sen, Kinshuk Sen
 * Bridge Across The Ocean - Vijay Prakash
 * Destroying The Ashok Vatika - Vijay Prakash
 * Kumbhkaran - Vijay Prakash

Business
Percept entertained in to a merchandising deal with Kishore Biyani's Future Group, valued at ₹3.7 crore, with merchandise being sold exclusively, pan-India, at Big Bazaar.

Successor
A companion film, Hanuman Returns (later retitled Return of Hanuman), was released on 28 December 2007. The sequel project was helmed by director Anurag Kashyap and produced by Shailendra Singh and Percept Pictures.

A third film called, Return of Ravan, was announced by Shailendra Singh in 2013, but has yet to be completed.