Trivia

In this film, there is one Lata Mangeshkar's song ' chalo bhaag chaale purab ki....' this song was recorded in 1970's for Manoj Kumar's. Purab Aur Pachim, but it was not used in the film, instead Manoj Kumar after 17 years. used it. in. this film.

Hanuman and Sita: modern controversyThe air is heavy with incense. Shoes begin to pile up before the auditorium door. But behind that door lies no temple. It is Kalyug Ki Ramayan, actor-director Manoj Kumar's controversial new film which is being screened for the office-bearers of the Rasbtriya Suraksha Samiti, the All India Hindu Shiv Sena, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and several other Hindu organisations. Recently, the Rashtriya Suraksha Samiti burned audio cassettes from the film in Amritsar's Durgiana Mandir and All India Radio banned three of its songs according to Kumar. Says Baldev Chawla, the Samiti's president: "We burned these cassettes because we can't allow a song like Kalyug Ki Sita; nor can we approve of a title like Kalyug Ki Ramayan. How can you have kalyug and Ramayan in the same sentence." The controversy the film has inspired even before its release is understandable. Ram sends Hanuman down to earth to see what is happening in the dark age of Kalyug: in other words, present times. Hanuman flies like a costumed superman with a mace and an upturned tail through whirling galaxies and clouds of red powder and lands on earth in the middle of a Ram Lila in Ayodhya in which Sita is played by a hijra. Ram is slighty tipsy and Hanuman is missing. But the story really begins with Hanuman shedding his celestial form and taking on the contours of Manoj Kumar, aptly called Pawan Kumar, for the rest of the film. His mission on earth is apparently to set in order the lives of a family which has obviously strayed from the right path. Dashrath (Om Prakash) is all right but his wife Kaushalya (Bindu as vampish as ever) has appropriated all his wealth. Their two sons Ram and Lakshman are as crooked as any villain of the Hindi movies, if not worse. Lakshman not only hits his mother and brother but covets his sister-in-law, Sita. And Ram's wife, Sita (Madhavi) with her come-hither eyes and provocative dances, with which she tries to seduce a bashful, shocked Pawan Kumar, could not be further from the original Sita.The film, if not taken too seriously, has its spoofy. funny moments and, in the end, the characters become as virtuous as their namesakes in the epic. But more celestial intervention will be needed before Manoj Kumar succeeds in quelling the loud murmurs of protest after the screening of the film. Most representatives of the various Hindu organisations present demanded that the title of the film and of certain songs be changed: some even wanted the names of the characters to be changed. Opinions varied. For B.L. Sharma, President of the Delhi branch of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, this was "an excellent film which reinforces what the Parishad is lighting for." Dr Chawla of the Hindu Suraksha Samiti also wanted a few lines and scenes cut. Others believe Hanuman should have been an ordinary mortal and the film hurt their sentiments.Manoj Kumar sits silently through it all, confident that this saga would have a happy ending. "I went to these people morally and not legally. I have been abused for Upkar, Purab Aur Paschim, Kranti, Roti Kapada Aur Makan. I am a son of India and I make a film for the good of this country. I told these people that they should also be concerned about issues like dowry, corruption, westernisation, the fragile state of the country. the lack of patriotism," he said. With this film, Mr Bharat - as Manoj Kumar has been christened by the press because of his films with their heavy quota of patriotism - might now be .

Manoj Kumar had titled the film " Kalyug Ki Ramayan" . The censor board refused to pass the film as they felt that the film's title might hurt religious sentiments. Manoj Kumar finally relented and changed the title.

Manoj Kumar had a tough time for this film with the censors, they tittle, they objected, it had to be changed, then also many scenes had to be deleted and this had effected the film.

Manoj Kumar had in mind to take his discovery Menakshi Seshadri in the role which Madhvi had done But because of date problems, Manoj Kumar signed Madhvi instead.