Also Known As: Ramayana: Part 1 & Namit Malhotra’s Ramayana: Our Truth. Our History.
TL;DR – A grand epic in every way.
Post-Credit Scene – There is a mid-credit scene.
Disclosure – I paid to watch this film.
Ramayana Review Introduction
Today we are looking at a very interesting film. It is the cinematic representation of one of India’s and Hinduism’s epic Sanskrit poems, one of those foundational literary works that impacts the world thousands of years later. It is also the biggest wide release of an Indian Film that I have seen near me since RRR. So, time to sit in the comfy Gold Class chairs, order some food, and get ready for the almost four-hour runtime.
So, to set the scene, throughout the eons, the Asuras and the Devas have been waging war after war to claim the three kingdoms. In one battle, the Devas almost overcome the Asuras, when at the last second Indra (Kunal Kapoor), blessed by Vishnu, flies in on his elephant and seizes triumph from the claws of defeat for the Asuras. The Devas are forced to live in poverty, and Ravana (Yash/Sharad Kelkar) is urged to put down his instrument and avenge his people. Oh, he does, and Ravana endured a dangerous quest to make a bargain with Brahma that grants him almost immortality. The only thing that can harm him is a human, which means that if Vishnu wants to come as an avatar, then he needs to inhabit a flawed, fragile human body, which is right when the Prince Rama (Ranbir Kapoor) is born.
