As anticipation builds for ‘Ramayana‘ with Part One slated for a Diwali 2026 release, leading man, Ranbir Kapoor who plays Lord Ram, has shared fresh details about the ambitious saga.Speaking to The Direct during the ‘Ramayana’ team’s appearance at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) 2026, Ranbir, co-star Yash, director Nitesh Tiwari and producer/DNEG CEO Namit Malhotra discussed bringing one of India’s greatest epics to the big screen.
Ranbir Kapoor on adapting ‘Ramayana’
At a time when Christopher Nolan gave the world a modern interpretation of the Greek epic ‘The Odyssey’, the ‘Ramayana’ team was asked how the film takes a modern approach to adapting the epic, Ranbir said, “I think the modern approach is the technology that’s used to make a film like this. What we probably didn’t have 30 years ago, 40 years ago, in telling this story, the story has been told over various mediums, if it’s a musical, radio show, theatre, and a film made on the Ramayana requires the kind of technology that we have available today. So I think that’s the only thing. But apart from that, I think the more closer you are to the simple soul of the story, it always reaches out to a larger audience.”
Ranbir Kapoor assures makers not taking ‘creative liberties’ with ‘Ramayana’
The actor also dismissed the idea that ‘Ramayana’ needed creative liberties to make it a blockbuster. He said, “I don’t think a story like Ramayana needs that. I think the text has stayed over 4000 years. You know, Lord Rama has been the conscious gatekeeper of millions of people around the world, and I think everything that it talks about courage, good over evil, rightfulness, forgiveness, compassion, ego it’s a life lesson.People who really understand the Ramayana, really deeply understand the Ramayana, really come out as a better person. I think that’s always the endeavor whenever somebody has to know the Ramayana, great.”
Ranbir Kapoor says ‘Ramayana’ needs to be 10-part movie
Ranbir also shared his honest thoughts about the film needing to be a 10-part saga to fully bring the story to screens. “To be honest, to tell Ramayana, you probably need a 10-part movie, but the kind of conciseness in two parts was very hard, especially for the scriptwriters Nitesh Tiwari and the other scriptwriters involved,” he said.
Ranbir Kapoor on ‘Ramayana: Part 2’
While going on to share a production update, he added, “We’re already 50% down shooting Part Two even before the first part is released, because it’s a continuing story. But the second part is obviously going to be even larger, even more entertaining, and there’s a character called Hanuman, which has been a crowd favourite, a god that’s been worshipped and loved by children and elderly people.”
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As per reports, fans will have to wait a tad longer (until 2027) to watch Ranbir’s Lord Rama clash with Yash’s Ravana. During the promotions, the actors revealed that their characters had not yet come face-to-face during the months-long production of Part One. Producer Namit also revealed that the first part of the two-part saga will end on a cliffhanger, leaving fans waiting for Diwali 2027.
