Bhagmati – The Queen of Fortunes is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language partly-animation film written and directed by Ashok Kaul, and it is the first Indian film which is almost two-thirds animated, with "live actors" doing the rest. The film is based on the love story between Prince Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah of Hyderabad and Bhagmati.
At 2 hours and 40 minutes, the film was billed as "the world's longest animated film that also has living characters". Plot
Cast Tabu as Shivaranjani/Bhagmati Milind Soman as Aseem/Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah Ashok Kaul as Professor Bhanupratap J. V. Somayajulu Mahima Chaudhry (voice)https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/animation-action-in-debut-run/cid/1259154 Hema Malini (cameo)
Production The live-action parts of the film were shot in Hyderabad and some other parts of Andhra Pradesh.
Soundtrack "Alvida" – Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana Sargam "Falsafi O Falsafi" – Ravindra Jain "Ishq Abhi Tak Zinda Hai" – Farid Sabri, Vinod Sehgal "Jiya Jaye Amma" – Asha Bhosle, Roop Kumar Rathod "Kaise Kahan Kab Ho Gaya" – Suresh Wadkar "Meri Jaan Meri Jaan Meri Jaan Meri Jaan" – Rekha Bhardwaj "Prem Diwani" – Asha Bhosle "Suraj Ki Aag Mein" – Roop Kumar Rathod, Sujatha Mohan
Reception Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama rated the film one out of five stars and wrote, "On the whole, BHAGGMATI - THE QUEEN OF FORTUNES is a poor show".
See also List of Indian animated feature films
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