A tradition that originates from the Indian subcontinent, the play is staged annually often over ten or more successive nights, during the auspicious period of 'Sharad Navratras', which marks the commencement of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Allahabad: Make-up applied on an artist dressed as Kumbhkarna to the start of a stage show 'Ram Leela' in Allahabad, Ramlila (Ramlila) (literally 'Rama's lila or play') is a dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Rama, ending up in ten-day battle between Rama and Ravana, as described in the Hindu religious epic, the Ramayana. Photo by Anshuman Akash/ABACAPRESS.COM Credit: Abaca Press/Alamy Live News Īllahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. Where people celebrate Ram Leela and Durga Pooja. Navratra is an Indian festival which is celebrated in north India. Artists get ready in the green room backstage before their performance in 'Sampoorna Ramlila dance-drama', on the evening of Navmmi during the Holi festival of Navratra at Shriram Bharatiya Kala Kendra theater in New Delhi on Thursday 14th October 2021. Photo by Anshuman Akash/ABACAPRESS.COM Credit: Abaca Press/Alamy Live News New Delhi, India. Credit: Prabhat Kumar Verma/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News
Dussehra is also referred to Vijayadashami, a festival that signifies the triumph of good over evil. Allahabad: Young Indian artists dressed as Hindu Gods Rama (c) his brother Laxman(L) and Sita(R) perform a traditional Ram Leela drama, which narrates the life of Hindu god Rama, as they celebrate The Dussehra Festival at Daraganj area in Allahabad on September 19, 2017. Credit: Prabhat Kumar Verma/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. The film is rated A for unrelenting romance, eroticism and presumed high body count.Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Starring: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Richa Chadda, Supriya Pathak, Sharad Kelkar, Gulshan Devaiah, Barkha Bisht, Abhimanyu Singh, Anshul Trivedi and Priyanka Chopra (special appearance in the song "Ram Chahe Leela") Bhansali Production Design by Wasiq Khan Music by Mr. Bhansali, Garima and Siddharth (based on Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare) Cinematography by Ravi Varman Editing by Rajesh G. Bhansali, Chetan Deolekar, Kishore Lulla and Sandeep Singh. It would have simply been an instant classic.ĭirected by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Produced by Mr. If the cinematic maven would have stuck to the former, the film’s attraction wouldn’t only have to rely on superficial physical lure, and later, the tendency to go bloody boom. Bhansali’s frames, as he makes “Ram-Leela” a deliberate cross-breed between “Hum Dil De Chukay Sanam” and “Devdas”.
Bhansali’s film has a disarming flair for theatricality, from the word go: in his town gun stalls are set-up like grocery stands and ammunition is stored in everything from achaar jars, flour drums and front bonnets of rusty cars. The Saneras “Juliet” is Deepika Padukone’s Leela, whose natural beauty scarcely measures up to her primed carnal sense (lips are locked whenever the two hone in on each other). Ram played by Ranveer Singh, the local “Romeo” (the roadside kind, with a tinge of Disney’s Aladdin) with a sweet trimmed physique and a lack of body-hair, is from the Rajadis. The reasons behind their grudge is never fleshed out, but whatever it is, I can guess that it will be as single dimensioned and soft-cored as the immediate physical attraction between Ram and Leela. The town is divided by five hundred year old rivals: the Rajadis and Saneras – two local gangs who rarely do anything nasty (I didn’t see one kidnapping, assassination or any other misdeed from anyone).