Bharat Milap 1942

Bharat Milap is a 1942 Indian Bollywood mythological, musical film released on Jan 01, 1942. The film is directed by Vijay Bhatt, produced by Prakash.

Chronicling the upheaval created by Maharani Kekaiyi, on the behest of her maid, Manthra, into coercing her husband, Maharaj Dashrath, to grant her two boons. The first, to let her son, Rajkumar Bharat, be crowned as Ayodhya's Maharaja, and the second, and more fatal and drastic, to impose a fourteen year exile for Maharani Kaushalya's son, Bhagwan Shri Ram.

Bhatts first of many films based on the Ramayana tried to be biggest and the most faithful adaptation of the epic to date. Credits include dozens of literary sources and the expertise of several historians and curators. This plot tells of Bharat, the third of Dasharaths four sons, and his unstinting devotion or Rama, his eldest brother. Kaikeyi incited by her maid Manthara, takes advantage of royal boon to force Dahsrath to exile Rama on the eve of his coronation and to have her own son Bharat made king of Ayodhya. Bharat refuses the throne and goes to the forest to recall Rama. When Rama insists on honouring his fathers promise, Bharat spends 14 years waiting for the heir to return and assume his rightful place king. The film omits most of the mandatory miracle sequences and looks more like a period romance with expensive sets and battle scenes, e.g. when Bharat is attacked by Nishadrajs army. Notwithstanding the films textual claims to authenticity, its general effect is that contemporary calender art with its vaguely neo-classical decor. [Source: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema] Check out this page for more updates on Bharat Milap.