Ranbir Kapoor will play Lord Ram in Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana. The first teaser, released in July, excited fans. However, Mukesh Khanna, known for playing Bhishma Pitamah in BR Chopra’s Mahabharat TV series, shared doubts in an interview with Galatta India about whether Ranbir can portray Lord Ram’s Maryada Purushottam image.
Mukesh said he planned to share a reaction video to the Ramayana teaser, which showed Ranbir as Lord Ram climbing a tree and shooting an arrow, but his team stopped him, saying it was AI-generated. When told it was part of the official teaser, Mukesh was asked to comment on Ranbir playing Lord Ram despite past remarks about eating beef. Mukesh declined, saying Ranbir might no longer eat beef.
He objected to showing Lord Ram as a warrior in the teaser, stating, “Ched chaad karoge toh phasoge. Aap Ram ko yodha bata rahe ho, vo Maryada Purushottam the. They’re showing Lord Ram climbing trees and shooting arrows. Krishna or Arjuna can do that, but Rama wouldn’t do it. If Rama proclaimed himself as a warrior, he would never ask monkeys to help him. He was enough, one man against Ravana.”
He added, “From what I can see, I don’t know if Ranbir Kapoor can pull off the Maryada Purushottam image of Rama. He’s a good actor, but he has an image chasing him — and that’s Animal. I don’t have an objection to it. He could do it. But I think agar aapne Rama ko Yodha Rama bataya, toh log accept nahi kar paayenge. Iske upar gadbad ho sakti hai.”
Mukesh Khanna on Ranbir Kapoor as Ram and the presentation of Ram in Ramayana movie
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Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra, Ramayana stars Sai Pallavi as Sita, Ravie Subey as Lakshman, Sunny Deol as Lord Hanuman, and Yash as Ravana. The film will release in two parts, on Diwali 2026 and Diwali 2027. The teaser highlighted Ranbir as Lord Ram and Yash as Ravana, with impressive VFX that fans praised as better than Om Raut’s Adipurush.
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