Bollywood director Nitesh Tiwari, who is knwo for his masterpiece ‘Dangal’, is making a trilogy on the Indian epic Ramayan and the mega biggie features star hero Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram.
The movie featuring Kapoor along with actress Sai Pallavi, who will be seen as Sita will be announced on a special day.
Beside Kapoor and Pallavi, the movie stars South Indian star Yash, who will play the antagonist as Ravana. The movie will be formally announced on Sri Rama Navami which is observed on April 17.
Plans are being made to release the first part of this tent-pole project during the 2025 Diwali weekend. Sunny Deol, Rakul Preet Singh, and Lara Dutta are playing Lord Hanuman, Shurpanaka, and Kaikeyi, respectively. The casting for Lakshman’s role is yet to be completed.
Over the last two months, multiple look tests, pre-visualization and tech rehearsals of the leading actors have taken place in Mumbai and LA, but being a VFX-heavy legacy film, the makers are being double-sure before committing to anytime lines of release.
A dedicated team of the best VFX artists will exclusively work on Ramayana for 500 days starting from July. “It’s the most technically advanced feature film of Indian Film,” the source concluded. On calling it a wrap on Ramayana, Ranbir Kapoor will start shooting for the Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed Love and War with Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal.
Yash meanwhile will complete Toxic and then start shooting for Ramayana: Part 2, which primarily chronicles the story of Ravana, Sita, and Hanuman, leading to the big war in part 3.
