Hanuman Da Dumdar started as a great movie with Salman Khan as the lead actor playing Hanuman. I started loving the movie in the first five minutes itself, as when Valmiki went to Hanuman and I heard Hanuman saying common phrases from Hindi movies, I laughed so hard. I was actually very skeptical of having Salman Khan as the actor playing anyone and I thought it might not be a great movie because of that, as I thought that Salman Khan would probably not be that great of a voice for Hanuman. Although, when the actual movie started with young Hanuman, I started believing that the movie would be more fun, which turned out to be true.
Although the animation of the movie was not that good, I really like how the movie was written and the movie is a great story. I am sure that this movie is historically or mythologically inaccurate, but I still enjoyed the movie a lot because it showed more of a story of Hanuman as a kid. The movie works really well with the actual mythology itself. We see that, in the movie, Hanuman does not remember the great feats he had achieved as a kid. This also happened in the real story where Hanuman forgets his brave feats that he achieved as a kid because of a curse placed upon him by a sage. In the real story, Hanuman does not remember his past until he's reminded by Jambhuvan, a bear who is also a good friend of hanuman. Even though in this movie Hanuman is performing a lot of brave acts, he does not really remember his past and the great stories as a kid that we remember from the mythology.
Having this story relate to the actual mythology, even loosely, is good to see. I enjoyed the movie because it was a great way of narration of the story that was captivating, and also just learning about how the different characters connect in the actual story is fun in itself. We see some other characters from Hindu mythology such as Vishnu, Indra, etc. The most fun part of the movie for me was when Hanuman pushes an entire island off mainland India. I literally felt shivers run down my spine when I saw that moment in the movie. Again, this is most likely not what really happened in the actual stories (definitely didn't happen in real life), but I still loved the moment.
Overall, it is a great watch and very enjoyable with the modern, funny lingo which captivates younger audiences as well. The songs in this movie are very childish but other than that, this is a good story and it's worth a watch, especially if you are aware of the Hindu mythology.
Many people in the comments are saying that they didn't like the modern adaption of the language and the way they made the story does not make sense because it is mythologically inaccurate. While I agree that that is most likely the case, and that the story in this movie is not correct according to Valmiki's Ramayana or any other depictions of it, I also think that mythology in part is about telling the stories, in any form. Let's face it, all mythological stories are false and every adaptation of Ramayana is kinda like a fan fiction version of the original Ramayana. Looking at it from that perspective, this is a great movie and I would give it a 7/10, considering the other things I mentioned above. But the other part of mythology is conserving the culture and passing it down through generations. In that aspect, the rating would drop down really low.
