Sita Ramam

Sita Ramam is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language period romantic drama film written and directed by Hanu Raghavapudi. Produced by Vyjayanthi Movies and Swapna Cinema, the film stars Mrunal Thakur and Dulquer Salmaan in the titular roles, with Rashmika Mandanna, Sumanth, Sachin Khedekar, Jisshu Sengupta, Murali Sharma and others in the supporting role. The movie marks Thakur's debut in Tollywood. Set in 1964, Lieutenant Ram, an orphaned army officer serving at the Kashmir border, gets anonymous love letters from Sita Mahalakshmi, after which Ram is on a mission to find Sita and propose his love. Principal photography commenced in April 2021 and ended in April 2022 with filming taking place in Hyderabad, Kashmir and Russia. The film's music was composed by Vishal Chandrasekhar with cinematography by P. S. Vinod and Shreyaas Krishna and editing by Kotagiri Venkateswara Rao. 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 Thakur and Salmaan). The film emerged as a major commercial success, grossing crores (11 million USD) at the box office, becoming the ninth highest-grossing Telugu film of 2022. Plot