Read Entertainment Desk. A special preview of ‘Ramayan’ was held at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi today, where the team of the film came together ahead of the trailer’s worldwide release on July 24. Among the speakers was poet and lyricist Dr Kumar Vishwas, who has written the lyrics for the film’s soundtrack along with composers AR Rahman and Hans Jaffmar.
At the event, Kumar Vishwas recalled the moment when Ranbir Kapoor, playing Lord Ram in the film, asked him a question about the character. In his own words:
“Ask very good questions again and again. Even today I remember asking him in such an innocent manner, ‘Sir, can I ask you a small thing?’ I said, ‘Ask.’ ‘Is Ram God or a human being?’ And after we talked for about an hour to make him understand, I asked him, ‘What did you understand? Is Ram God or a human being? So he said, ‘Sir, I have understood. Ram is everything.’”
Kumar Vishwas has written the lyrics for the soundtrack of Ramayana, which is the first of its kind. A collaboration with Oscar winners AR Rahman and Hans Zimmer, who are composing music together for an Indian film for the first time. This association was first announced on July 9. AR Rahman said that Kumar Vishwas brings “an unmatched command of the language” and a “deep cultural understanding of the Ramayana” to the project, adding that his words “elevate” the music rather than merely support it.
Ramayan is a two-part adaptation of the age-old Indian epic by director Nitish Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra of Prime Focus Studios. The film depicts the journey of Shri Ram during his exile as the prince of Ayodhya and his fight against Ravana. It is reported that it has been made with a budget of around Rs 4,000 crore, part 1 of which will be released in theaters on Diwali 2026 and part 2 on Diwali 2027. Visual effects were handled by DNEG, the Oscar-winning studio behind Dune and Interstellar, and both parts were shot for IMAX screens.
Ranbir Kapoor will play the role of Shri Ram and will also play the second role of Lord Parashuram. Sai Pallavi will play the role of Sita, Yash will play the role of Ravana, Sunny Deol will play the role of Hanuman and Ravi Dubey will play the role of Laxman. This team also includes Arun Govil in the role of King Dashrath, Kajal Aggarwal in the role of Mandodari, Lara Dutta in the role of Kaikeyi, Rakul Preet Singh in the role of Surpanakha and Amitabh Bachchan who voices Jatayu.
