“Ramayana”

“Ramayana” (Part 1) is Sony Pictures new live-action, Hindi and English- language mythological feature, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, based on the ancient ‘Sanskrit’ epic “Ramayana” by Valmiki, which chronicles the life and trials of ‘Prince Rama of Ayodhya’, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Ravi Dubey,  Sai Pallavi, Sunny Deol, Yash, Anupam Kher, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Vivek Oberoi, Kunal Kapoor, Adinath Kothare, Arun Govil, Indira Krishnan and Lara Dutta, with a music soundtrack co-composed by Hans Zimmer and A.R. Rahman, targeting a November 6, 2026 worldwide theatrical release:

“…’Rama’ establishes his martial and spiritual virtue by vanquishing the malevolent ‘Rakshasi’. 

“His journey progresses to the kingdom of ‘Mithila’, where he successfully strings the ‘Pinaka, divine bow of ‘Lord Shiva,  during a royal  ‘swayamvara’, securing the hand of ‘Princess Sita’ in marriage. 

“However, the rightful succession is disrupted by dynastic intrigue when his stepmother, ‘Queen Kaikeyi’,  invokes ancient boons to demand Rama's disenfranchisement and his subsequent fourteen-year exile. 

“Bound by unwavering piety, Rama renounces the throne and departs for the perilous ‘Dandaka Forest’, accompanied by his wife and brother, ‘Lakshmana’. 

“The exiles' existence is violently upended when ‘Ratana’, the formidable monarch of ‘Lanka’, orchestrates Sita's abduction through the illusory manifestation of a golden deer….”

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