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{{Infobox film
| name = Ram Rajya
| image = Ram_Rajya_(1967).jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director = [[Vijay Bhatt]]
| producer = Shankarbhai Bhatt
| writer =
| story =
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Ramayana]]''|[[Valmiki]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Bina Rai]]|Kumar Sen|[[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]]|[[Farida dadi]]}}
| music = {{ubl|[[Vasant Desai]]|Bharat Vyas (lyrics)}}
| cinematography = Pravin Bhatt
| editing = Pratap Dave
| studio = Shri Prakash Pictures
| distributor = Moonlight Film Distributors
| released = 1967
| runtime = 175 min
| country = [[India]]
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Ram Rajya''''' (The Kingdom Of Rama) is an [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Bollywood films of 1967|1967]] [[Hindi]] religious film based on [[Valmiki]]'s [[Ramayana]] and directed by [[Vijay Bhatt]].<ref name="Cowie1977">{{cite book|author=Peter Cowie|title=World Filmography: 1967|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jp7ayTLX1D8C&pg=PA278|accessdate=19 January 2015|year=1977|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press|isbn=978-0-498-01565-6|pages=278–}}</ref> The film was produced by Shankarbhai Bhatt. The music director was [[Vasant Desai]] with lyrics written by [[Bharat Vyas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/ram_rajya_1967.htm |title=Ram Rajya 1967|publisher=Hindi Geetmala|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref> The cinematographer was [[Pravin Bhatt]] and the film starred [[Bina Rai]], Kumar Sen, Badri Prasad, [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]], [[Farida dadi]], Anil Kumar, Jay Vijay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film287518.htm|title=Ram Rajya 1967|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>

The film was a combination of Valmiki's Ramayana, with [[Tulsidas]]' [[Ramcharitmanas]] and Bhavbhuti's play "Uttar Ramcharit" according to the credit roll, and a remake of Bhatt's classic film of the 1940s of the same name.<ref name="Bharatan2013">{{cite book|author=Raju Bharatan|title=Naushadnama: The Life and Music of Naushad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg09BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT162|accessdate=18 January 2015|date=1 August 2013|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-63-0|pages=162–}}</ref> This time the film was in colour and instead of Shobhana Samarth, it had Bina Rai as Sita. However, as cited in "[[Illustrated Weekly of India]]", Rai's role as the "masochistic Indian woman" towards the end of Rai's career as an actress disappointed the audiences and she was unacceptable as Sita.<ref name="IWI">{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8GUdAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=18 January 2015|date=October 1986}}</ref>

==Plot==
[[Rama]] returns to [[Ayodhya]] after being banished for fourteen years to the forest by his father [[Dashratha]] on the say of his second wife [[Kaikeyi]]. Rama's wife [[Sita]] and his brother [[Lakshmana]] had accompanied him in his exile. Sita was kidnapped by [[Ravana|Ravan]], King of [[Lanka]], a war ensued with the death of Ravan and rescue of Sita. [[Valmiki]] in his hermitage has completed his epic [[Ramayana]], and sends a messenger to King Rama asking permission to have it recited to him at his court. Good news arrives that Sita is expecting. However, things are set in motion when a washerwoman comes for justice as her husband throws her out of the house when her virtue is questioned as under unforeseen circumstances she spends the night with a man other than her husband. Things spiral out of control when the washerman and the public of Ayodhya question Sita's virtue following her forced captivity at Lanka. Sita has to go through a test of fire but even then the talk continues and Rama is forced to banish her to the forest. Lakshman takes her there and tells her of Rama’s intention of forsaking her. Appalled she jumps into the Ganga, but is saved by the sage Valmiki. Being pregnant, he reminds her of her duty as a queen and the need for her to provide heirs. She stays in the hutment anonymously and gives birth to twins called [[Lava (Ramayana)|Luv]] and [[Kusha (Ramayana)|Kusha]]. Time passes and Rama is miserable with the step he had to take. Sage [[Vashishta]] has arranged for a [[Yagna]] to be performed by Rama. Valmiki's Ramayana is read by the boys and they sing out the verses. The twins meet are taken by Valmiki to Ayodhya to attend the Yagna. The children are unaware of their lineage. Valmiki makes them recite the story he has written which impresses Rama but he too is unaware of who the boys are. Finally after a short war between father and sons, they are united along with Sita.

==Cast==
* Kumarsen
* [[Bina Rai]]
* Badri Prasad
* [[Gopi Krishna (dancer)|Gopi Krishna]]
* [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]]
* Aruna Rai
* Jeevankala
* Narbada Shankar
* Ved Puri
* Manjari
* Snehlata
* Bhavna

==Crew==
The crew consisted of:<ref name="Cowie1977" />

* Director: [[Vijay Bhatt]]
* Producer: Shankerbhai Bhatt
* Distributors: Moonlight Film Distributors.
* Editing: Pratap Dave
* Music: [[Vasant Desai]]
* Lyrics: [[Bharat Vyas]]
* Camera: [[Pravin Bhatt]]
* Choreographer: [[Gopi Krishna (dancer)|Gopi Krishna]]
* Art and set Director: Kanu Desai

==Vijay Bhatt And Ramayana==
Vijay Bhatt had earlier made several films based on the epic Ramayana, which included ''[[Bharat Milap]]'' (1942), ''[[Ram Rajya]]'' (1943) and ''[[Rambaan]]'' (1948) and they had all proved successful at the box-office.<ref name="Pauwels2007">{{cite book|author=Heidi R.M. Pauwels|title=Indian Literature and Popular Cinema: Recasting Classics|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAI0scTDAjIC&pg=PA52|accessdate=16 January 2015|date=17 December 2007|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-06255-3|pages=52–}}</ref> Bhatt is cited by Rajadhyaksha and Willemen as stating that his "interest in Hindu fantasy was a logical extension of his Gandhian sympathies".<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA64|accessdate=19 January 2015|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=64–}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The highlight of the soundtrack was a [[Ragmala]] composed by music director [[Vasant Desai]] with lyrics by [[Bharat Vyas]] performed by [[Kathak]] dancer [[Gopi Krishna (dancer)|Gopi Krishna]] and actress Snehlata. Desai had a "penchant" for using [[Raga Malhar]] in songs like "Dar Laage Garje Badariya" sung by [[Lata Mangeshkar]].<ref name="GokulsingDissanayake2013">{{cite book|author1=K. Moti Gokulsing|author2=Wimal Dissanayake|title=Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QwGgF-rDucEC&pg=PT456|accessdate=19 January 2015|date=17 April 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-77291-7|pages=456–}}</ref> According to Raju Bharatan, Vasant Desai had been chosen as a recipient for the inaugural 'Dr. Brihaspati Award", later known as the "Saraswati Award", but it was pointed out by composer [[Naushad]] that two of the songs from the 1967 ''Ram Rajya'' were "replicate" songs from the original ''Ram Rajya'' (1943) composed for it by Shankar Rao Vyas. The award (Saraswati Award) that year (1968) went to Naushad for the film Palki (1967).<ref name="Bharatan2013" /> The playback singers were Lata Mangeshkar, [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Manna Dey]], [[Suman Kalyanpur]] and [[Usha Timothy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myswar.com/album/ram-rajya-1967 |title=Album-Ram Rajya 1967|publisher=MySwar|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>

===Songlist===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !!Singer
|-
| 1
| "Koti Koti Kirnon Wale Aditya Surya Bhagwan"
| [[Manna Dey]]
|-
| 2
| "Gaao Ri Shubh Din Aaya"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| 3
| "Tha Andhera Chhaya Huaa"
| Manna Dey
|-
| 4
| "Aaja Tujh Bin Sadhna Meri Adhoori"
| Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
|-
| 5
| "Dar Laage Garje Badariya"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| 6
| "Hato Jaao Mat Chhedo Balam"
| Lata Mangeshkar, [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| 7
| "Rain Bhayi So Ja Re Panchhi"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| 8
| "Vidhi Ne Dekho" (Male)
| Mohammed Rafi
|-
| 9
| "Vidhi Ne Dekho" (Duet)
| [[Suman Kalyanpur]], Mohammed Rafi
|-
| 10
| "Neele Neele Gagan Tale"
| [[Usha Timothy]], Manna Dey
|-
| 11
| "Haule Haule Jhulaniya Re Jhulao"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| 12
| "Valmiki Ke Mahakavya Ki"
| Usha Timothy, Asha Bhosle
|-
| 13
| "Aaj Chali Main Maa Ki God Mein"
| Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id =0156931 |title =Ram Rajya (1967) }}
{{Vijay Bhatt}}
{{Ramayana films}}

[[Category:1967 films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Hindu mythological films]]
[[Category:Films based on the Ramayana]]
[[Category:Films directed by Vijay Bhatt]]

Ram Rajya (1967 film) - Revision history

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