Sita Ramam

Sita Ramam (transl. Sita and Ram) is a 2022 Indian

Sita Ramam released theatrically on 5 August 2022 to generally positive critical reviews praising Hanu's direction, story, screenplay, writing, soundtrack, musical score, emotional weight and performances (particularly those of Salmaan and Thakur). The film emerged as a major commercial success, grossing ₹100 crores at the box office, becoming the ninth highest-grossing Telugu film of 2022.^[6]

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The story is set against the background of

At present, Vikas reveals to Afreen and Balaji that he could not meet Ram after that due to his personal problems and gives them Durjoy's address and Vishnu's contact information. Afreen calls Vishnu through a telephone booth at a bus station, but he is about to disconnect the call as the bus to Hyderabad is about to leave. But he becomes curious that someone wants to know about Ram. Vishnu then postpones his plans to search for Afreen. They later meet Durjoy and learn what happened after Sita left. Ram and Durjoy went to a magic show, which Sita said she wanted Ram to take her to in one of her letters. They successfully managed to find Sita, and Ram conversed with her friend Rekha, who disclosed that Sita was the Bharatanatyam teacher to Princess Noor Jahan. Ram and Sita began to spend time with each other. Ram dared to fool the accountant Subramanyam into getting into the palace and meeting Sita, whom he proposed, but she left yet again as something interrupted her from accepting the proposal. Currently, Durjoy gives Afreen and Balaji a photo of Sita that Ram clicked from his camera, which Afreen takes to Subramanyam for him to identify her, but he realises through a portrait in the palace that Sita is in fact Princess Noor Jahan, coming as a big shock to Afreen and Balaji.

Afreen and Balaji meet Rekha, who reveals that Noor was in love with Ram but that her destiny prevented her from accepting him. As her family's assets in Oman were captured due to the financial crisis, her brother engineered a truce offer to get her married to the Prince of Oman. Rekha advised Noor to divulge her identity to Ram, and she intended to do it by accompanying him to his family, who wrote him letters. However, during those days, Noor felt attached to Ram and could not reveal her identity while leaving for Kashmir—not before expecting Sita to go with him, but she could not as the Prince of Oman accepted to marry her. Unbeknownst to them, a journalist named Marthandam clicked their pictures and published them in the newspaper, publicising Noor Jahan's love for a common man. When the Prince of Oman requested an explanation from Noor through an ambassador, Noor's brother asked her to say that she had nothing to do with Ram, but she conveyed that she was in love with Ram and was ready to give her property up for him. She left for Kashmir despite receiving opposition from her brother, and without passing on her true identity, she spent a few days with Ram and got acquainted with his colleagues and superiors.

Now, Rekha gives Noor's contact information to Afreen and Balaji, who learn that she is in Kashmir and leave to meet her over there. Upon landing in Kashmir, Afreen is apprehended by Vishnu, who tells her the rest of the story. Sita and Ram were unexpectedly dining with Vishnu and his wife, Vaidehi, when the Pakistani teenager attempted to murder Vishnu, who was rescued by Ram. Ram convinced the teenager of Ansari's intentions, got to know his whereabouts, and promised the teenager that he would protect his sister Waheeda from Ansari's clutches. Brigadier Y.K. Joshi and Major Selvan assigned Vishnu, Ram, and a few other officers on a covert mission to assassinate Ansari off the record and declared that those who wouldn't return would be declared deserted soldiers of the army. Bidding a tearful farewell to Sita, who wanted to tell him the truth once he returned, Ram departed for his mission and, along with his team, managed to successfully kill Ansari in Pakistan. However, while trying to rescue Waheeda from fire, Ram and Vishnu were arrested by the then-

However, the Pakistani Army only wanted to release one of the two, and eventually, Vishnu was sent to India at Ram's behest. In the present, Vishnu reveals to Afreen that after that incident, the Pakistani army orchestrated attacks on Indian Army bases in Kashmir, killing 32 soldiers, which made the army presume that Ram was a traitor, and Sita had to bear the humiliation for that misinterpretation. However, Vishnu expresses his trust in Ram and also discloses that Afreen is in fact the girl Waheeda, whom Ram tried to protect and because of whom he was separated from Sita. Afreen is devastated. Meanwhile, Balaji delivers the letter to Sita, who has been living her life with Ram's memories, and through the letters, she learns that the Pakistani Army put a condition on Ram and Vishnu that whoever would reveal the details about Indian Army bases in Kashmir would be released. When Ram refused, Vishnu gave in to protect Vaidehi and his children from the terrorists.

This is why he has been living his life in regret, stopped Afreen, and does not want the letter to be delivered to Sita. Sita learns that Ram was executed in prison through the letter and is distraught. She also finds a newspaper clipping attached to it that was published by Marthandam, revealing that Ram knew who Sita was and was proud and happy that she left her palace to stay with Ram. Sita, through the letter, exposes Vishnu, causing an inquiry committee to be set up on him, and goes to meet Afreen, to whom she reveals that Ram is dead. Afreen blames herself and hugs Sita. While Vishnu shoots himself with his service revolver out of disgrace, Sita receives a medal for Ram's patriotism from the President of India, with Afreen restoring his reputation in the army. Afreen is revealed to have apologised to Mehta and has also had 18 prisoners of India released from Pakistan's prison.

Hanu Raghavpudi got the idea for the film when he bought a book that had an unopened inland letter. Regarding the same, he told The Hindu, "The letter I found in that book, in 2007, was from a mother to her son. I gathered that their family is from Vijayawada and the son is living in a hostel. She had enquired about his well-being and asked when he would be home. It got me thinking, what if the contents of the letter had something crucial that could change the course of events?".^[8] An army backdrop was later included in the story as suggested by Rajkumar Kandamudi. Sheetal Sharma was brought in as the costume designer for the film.^[9] The film was announced in July 2020.^[10] In April 2022, its title Sita Ramam was announced.^[11][12]

The principal photography for the film, commenced in April 2021 in Kashmir and the first schedule wrapped up in July 2021. The primary locations in Kashmir were Srinagar's Dal Lake, Jalali House and Sonamarg's Thajwass Glacier.^[16][17] After two subsequent schedules in Russia and Hyderabad, the final schedule took place in April 2022.^[18] Some parts of the song "Kaanunna Kalyanam" was also reshot and added in the Tamil version as "Kannukkule".^[19]