Overview
- Rama, a nearly 2.5‑minute first look at Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, released Thursday on Hanuman Jayanti after a select Los Angeles screening last week.
- Nitesh Tiwari said reaching this moment took seven years, calling the long development a lonely process that he hoped would feel worth it once audiences reacted.
- The franchise is planned in two parts for a worldwide IMAX release, with Part 1 slated for Diwali 2026 and Part 2 for Diwali 2027, produced by Prime Focus Studios with DNEG and Monster Mind Creations.
- The cast includes Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, Sunny Deol as Hanuman and Ravie Dubey as Lakshman, and early praise came from Karan Johar, Siddharth Anand, Hrithik Roshan and Dipika Chikhlia.
- Social media users lauded Kapoor yet flagged glossy VFX and a continuity slip in a crowd shot, with some calling certain frames AI‑like, setting a high bar for the VFX‑heavy post‑production still underway.