Nirmala Sitharaman recalls watching Ramayana The Legend of Prince Rama for the first time: ‘A Japanese cultural treasure’

While the Hindu epic Ramayana has inspired numerous adaptations and served arsenic the foundation for galore much works, the Japanese anime Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama (1993) stands retired arsenic 1 of the astir celebrated. Conceived by Yugo Sako and Vijay Nigam, the anime was directed by Koichi Sasaki and Ram Mohan. Now, 32 years aft its archetypal release, the movie is each acceptable to instrumentality to the large screens. Among its galore admirers worldwide, who are awaiting the movie’s re-release, is Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman.

Ahead of the film’s caller premiere date, Sitharaman took to societal media to stock her fond memories of watching it for the archetypal time. “A beauteous animated Ramayana. Fondly retrieve watching this Japanese taste treasure sometime back. Was screened astatine International Film Festival of India (IFFI) successful 1993. It present releases successful the large surface (sic),” she wrote connected X (formerly Twitter) portion sharing the trailer of the anime’s Tamil version.