Overview
- The teaser, unveiled Thursday in Mumbai after a Los Angeles preview, introduced Kapoor as Lord Rama and drew praise for scale alongside complaints that some VFX looked cartoonish.
- Kapoor confirmed in a Collider interview that he also plays Lord Parshuram, an earlier avatar of Vishnu, explaining he used distinct body language and voice for each role.
- He said the saga spans nearly six hours across two films and disclosed that his scenes for Part 2 are already about halfway filmed.
- Part 1 is set for Diwali 2026 with Part 2 in 2027, and the reported ₹4,000 crore production features Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, Sunny Deol as Hanuman and Ravie Dubey as Lakshman.
- Veterans split on the glimpse, with Nitish Bharadwaj and Dipika Chikhlia praising its scale, Sunil Lahri calling Kapoor’s look less “innocent,” and Hrithik Roshan urging more informed criticism of VFX style.