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Featuring Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, the multi-million epic brings together Indian storytelling and Hollywood expertise in a bid to captivate audiences worldwide.

Indian cinema has never been short of ambition. But Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana , starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash, is taking that ambition to another level. With a reported combined budget exceeding 4,000 crore rupees ($445 million), the two-part adaptation of the Hindu epic is being described as the most expensive Indian film project ever. Produce

The ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to poet and sage Valmiki is the basis for Ramayana: Part 1 , directed by Nitesh Tiwari. With an ensemble cast including Ranbir Kapoor , Sai Pallavi, Yash, Lara Dutta, Vivek Oberoi and Anupam Kher, the film traces the diverging paths of Rama and Ravana on an extraordinary scale. The two-part project has a combined budget o

The ancient Sanskrit epic attributed to poet and sage Valmiki is the basis for Ramayana: Part 1 , directed by Nitesh Tiwari. With an ensemble cast including Ranbir Kapoor , Sai Pallavi, Yash, Lara Dutta, Vivek Oberoi and Anupam Kher, the film traces the diverging paths of Rama and Ravana on an extraordinary scale. The two-part project has a combined budget o

As “Ramayana Part 1” opens worldwide on Nov. 5, producer Namit Malhotra says the decision to adapt the Indian epic at this scale came once the talent, experience and filmmaking muscle needed to do the story justice were finally in place. Directed by Nitesh Tiwari (“Dangal,” “Chhichhore”), the first of two films stars Ranbir Kapoor […]

Gkids’ release of Toho’s Godzilla Minus Zero — now who the heck saw this coming? In what’s expected to be a slower November, at least stateside, sans a Wicked, a Moana or a Zootopia movie in the marketplace, along comes Takashi Yamazaki’s sequel to the Oscar-winning 2023 Japanese-language, English-subtitled movie with a $25 million-$30 million […]

Black Bear’s period comedy “Wicker,” directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson and starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, and Elizabeth Debicki, clinched the top spot at the U.K. and Ireland box office, debuting at No. 1 with £1.76 million ($2.34 million). The film narrowly edged A24’s psychological thriller “Primetime,” direct

With music by AR Rahman and Hans Zimmer, the two-part epic promises a grand retelling of the Ramayana

Nitesh Tiwari’s “Ramayana: Part One,” starring Ranbir Kapoor and Yash, will be available to buy on demand from streamer JioHotstar in India after its theatrical run. The deal between JioHotstar and Prime Focus Studios will see the film sold as a separate on-demand purchase on the platform. The companies described it as the first pay-per-view […]