Ranbir Kapoor Unveiled as Lord Rama in ‘Ramayana’ Trailer

One of the most anticipated Indian movies in years has taken its first bow. On the event of Hanuman Jayanti, the makers of “Ramayana” unveiled a new trailer, providing audiences their most substantial look yet at Ranbir Kapoor in the position of Hindu God Lord Rama.

The movie is directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios in affiliation with eight-time Oscar-winning VFX home DNEG and Yash’s manufacturing outfit Monster Mind Creations. The movie is based on Valmiki’s historic Sanskrit epic.

The movie’s ensemble solid is anchored by Kapoor as Rama, Sai Pallavi as Sita and Yash as Ravana. Ravi Dubey performs Lakshmana and Sunny Deol takes on the position of Hanuman. Kajal Aggarwal portrays Mandodari and Rakul Preet Singh performs Surpanakha, alongside Arun Govil, Kunal Kapoor, Adinath Kothare, Sheeba Chaddha and Indira Krishnan. Lara Dutta seems as Kaikeyi.

The movie’s score is being composed by Hans Zimmer and A.R. Rahman. It is deliberate as a two-part global release, with Part 1 arriving during Diwali 2026 and Part 2 following on Diwali 2027. Both elements have been filmed for Imax.

Tiwari beforehand helmed the blockbuster wrestling drama “Dangal,” which stays the highest-grossing Indian movie of all time. The movie follows the exiled prince Rama and his spouse Sita as their forest idyll is shattered by Sita’s abduction at the fingers of the demon king Ravana, setting in movement an epic warfare between the forces of righteousness and evil. Part 1 is predicted to culminate with the abduction, with Part 2 charting Ram’s campaign to reclaim his spouse and vanquish Ravana.

The historic Hindu epic has impressed display screen diversifications across a number of generations and codecs. The most beloved in common reminiscence stays Ramanand Sagar’s landmark tv sequence, which aired on Indian state broadcaster Doordarshan from 1987 to 1988 and drew audiences of a whole lot of thousands and thousands across India, turning it right into a cultural event of unprecedented scale. Decades earlier, the story had discovered its strategy to cinema by way of Vijay Bhatt’s 1943 devotional movie “Ram Rajya” – notable, among other distinctions, for being the only movie Mahatma Gandhi ever watched.

On the worldwide entrance, a 1993 Japanese-Indian animated co-production, “Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama,” introduced the epic to global animation audiences by means of a collaboration between Indian animation pioneer Ram Mohan and Japanese director Yugo Sako.

Watch the trailer right here: