Private Project

Monkey Enters Lanka (Japanese cut)

The ancient city of Lanka suffers under a tyrant. Concubines are being abducted from all over the world. One special princess disappears and that’s when a legendary folk hero is called for once again, his name, feared throughout the heavens and hells.. the Monkey King.

  • Saie Surendra
    Director
  • Saie Surendra
    Writer
  • Dhvel Patel
    Key Cast
    "Ravana"
  • Carmen Rain Lykoo
    Key Cast
    "Lady Sita, Guan Yin"
  • Saie Surendra
    Key Cast
    "Hanuman"
  • Vijay Sodhi
    Key Cast
    "Lord Rama"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    怒れ ハヌマーン! ランカの救出
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    thriller, drama
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes 54 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 16, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    18,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    Hong Kong, United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English, Hindi, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, Tamil
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Saie Surendra

Saie Surendra is a Motion Graphics & VFX artist who has worked on several Hollywood franchises. Also holds on-set experience on Bollywood and Kollywood films.

As a Monkey King enthusiast, has been part of several projects from designing and performing in theatre plays on the subject. Illustrated an English and Chinese language comic book. But most well known for his YouTube documentary series, 'Legend of a Monkey God'

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Director Statement

'Monkey Enters Lanka' is based on a famously retold folktale but from a more dark and gritty angle, focusing on the angle of Women Empowerment.

This is the miniature low-budget proof-of-concept version of my magnum opus.

As a IP without copyright, we have seen so many 'Monkey King' and 'Ramayana' Film and TV adaptations. I wanted to tell the story with a different type of flavour. Told from the Monkey's angle, in an Arthouse style combining Anime with Live-Action.

Over the course of 4 years, experimenting with different techniques, costumes and ideas, I took inspiration from some of my favourite films, ‘Sin City’ and ‘300’ and combined it with the folklore-superhero genre. This may well be a first!