Ramayana Hanuman Chalisa: five voices, one hidden Hanuman

On the day Ramayana: Rise of a Legend opened in cinemas, its team pulled a slick rescue. A post-credit sequence had already leaked online, so the makers released the official Hanuman Chalisa video themselves, giving fans a first sanctioned look at Sunny Deol as Lord Hanuman.

A five-voice devotional, a deliberately hidden reveal

The track joins Sukhwinder Singh, Diljit Dosanjh, Mohit Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan and Kailash Kher. Visually, it does not give everything away: Hanuman appears as a huge silhouette from behind, and the 69-year-old actor’s face stays lost in shadow. The sequence shows him taking a gigantic leap and chanting ‘Jai Shri Ram’, closing the first part on a tease rather than a full introduction.

Why Hanuman’s entry is a sequel-sized promise

In Valmiki’s Ramayana and Tulsidas’s Ramcharitmanas, Lord Hanuman is revered as an incarnation of Lord Shiva and the ultimate symbol of devotion to Lord Rama. His crucial entrance comes after Goddess Sita’s abduction, when he finds her and helps lead the army against Ravana. Since the first instalment focuses on the events leading up to that abduction, the post-credit scene is the film’s bridge to its second part.

• Cast: Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi as Goddess Sita, Ravie Dubey as Lakshman and Yash as Ravana.
• Music: Score by AR Rahman and Hans Zimmer; the Hanuman Chalisa is carried by five leading voices.
• Producers: Prime Focus Studios and Monster Creations, under Namit Malhotra and Yash.
• Certificate and runtime: U certificate, 195 minutes (3 hours 15 minutes).

What the official release changes

By releasing the full track instead of only fighting the leak, the makers give audiences a devotional video that works on its own while the post-credit tease does the heavier storytelling. For a two-part epic, that split matters: the first film must feel complete, and it must make the sequel feel inevitable. Fans who stay through the credits now leave with a song and a clear promise of Hanuman’s full-fledged entry in Part 2.

Source: India Today