Released:
1939-01-01

Overview:
Big-budget miracle-laden saint film on Tulsidas (16th C). who rewrote Valmiki's 'Ramayana' in Hindi. To the despair of his teacher Narahari Guru, who hopes that Tulsidas will make the classic text accessible to the people, the poet spends time with his beloved wife Ratnavali. The dramatic pivot of the story comes when Tulsidas discovers his life's vocation amid howling wind and a river in spate. He becomes an ascetic and settles down in Benares where his translation threatens the brahmanical clergy, until then sole proprietors of the wisdom of the Sanskrit text.

Director:
Jayant Desai

Runtime:
2h 34min

Genre:

• Cast:
• 
  Vishnupant Pagnis
  as
  Tulsidas
• 
  Leela Chitnis
  as
  Ratnavali
• 
  Keshavrao Date
  as
  Bhatteshwar Shastri
• 
  Bandopant Sohoni
  as
  Narahari Guru
• 
  Vasanti