[EXCLUSIVE] Korean, Indian filmmakers to jointly produce movie on Ayodhya Princess becoming Korean Queen

NEW DELHI. The filmmakers from Korea and India are working together to jointly produce a movie based on an interesting mythical story of Princess Suriratna of Ayodhya, the holy city of India better known these days for Ram Temple – Babri Mosque controversy, becoming Korean Queen Huh Hwang-ok.

This princess Suriratna, the daughter of the King of Ayodhya, it is believed, had traveled to Korea, and married to the Korean King Kim Su-ro in 48 AD, some 2000 years back and became Korean Queen and set up Karak dynasty there.

However, the proposed movie will be far away from touching the controversial issue of Ram Temple.

Sounds interesting? So this mythical story whose historical facts are yet to be verified may be reproduced in the form of a movie in many languages including Korean, English, and Hindi.

While disclosing this to Asian Community News (ACN) Network, Yoo Chang-ho, Consulate Minister, Political Affairs, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in India said that there were some interests shown by the movie makers of India and Korea to shoot a film together around Indian princess becoming Korean queen.

“They (filmmakers) find the story fascinating and there can be a good collaboration between the Korean and Indian movie industry. There is some discussion on ground happening but I cannot share any details as it is too early and something happening is at the very initial stage. They want to know how they can make it happen,” said the Korean minister.

While further disclosing the matter, Yoo Chang-ho said the Korean-Indian film industry’s’ joint initiative will entail filming a part of the movie in India and some in Korea too.

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“The idea behind this movie is to make the world aware about the deep-rooted historical relations and strong bonds that Koreans and Indians shared between themselves, and also the fact they share same blood and DNA of their ancestors,” said the minister adding that Korean movie industry is very big, and its just not limited to Korea alone.

“Korean film industry is good at techniques, and even Hollywood is sourcing techniques from Korea. Making a movie together of Korean and Indian filmmakers will be a great development,” Yoo Chang-ho observed.

The story of Indian princess marrying Korean King is being jointly promoted by the Indian and Korean government. Recently only, bothe sides jointly released postal stamps on the theme “Queen Huh Hwang-ok of Korea. At some places, the queen’s name is also spelled as Heo Hwang-ok.

The Uttar Pradesh Government too allocated a huge chunk of land for developing Queeeb Memorial in the state. Such efforts symbolize the strengthening of ties between India and South Korea.

Earlier too, the world-famous K-pop groups too have exhibited a great amount of interest in joining hands with the Indian film industry, especially the Bollywood following an increasing number of Korean music fans in India.

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Some of the K-pop groups like IN2IT and Alexa who visited India twice this year have tweaked their number to suit the taste of Indian fans. Alexa, in fact, danced to the tunes of Shah Rukh Khan starrer Bollywood Hindi movie Kabhie Khushi Kabhi Gham’ song Bole Chudiya, Bole Kangana during first Indian tour in April this year.

The story around the princess of Ayodhya:

Some Chinese-language texts claim that the then King of Ayodhya had a dream where God ordered him to send his 16-year-old daughter to South Korea to marry King Kim Suro.

The royal couple prospered. They had 10 sons and both lived to be over 150 years old.

An anthropologist named Kim Byung-mo Ayuta appeared to confirm the widely held belief that Ayuta was actually Ayodhya, as the two names are phonetically similar.

According to BBC, people from the Karak dynasty have also preserved the rocks that are said to have been used by the princess during her sea voyage to Korea to keep her boat stable. Former South Korean president Kim Dae-jung and former prime minister Kim Jong-pil claim their ancestry to the Karak dynasty. Then in 2001, more than 100 historians and government representatives, including the North Korean ambassador to India, unveiled Queen Hwang-ok’s memorial in Ayodhya. Queen Hwang-ok’s story has been and can be the “foundation for building better relations” between South Korea and India.