Overview
- The unit is filming Sita’s swayamvar on a sprawling Mithila set at Film City in Goregaon, with Yash leading the sequence as Ravana.
- Sources describe giant palace courtyards, royal balconies and flowered floor patterns, with hundreds of junior artistes filling the court.
- This stretch features the famed bow-lifting moment tied to the Shiva Dhanush, staged to heighten tension around Ravana’s entrance.
- Sai Pallavi, who plays Sita, is slated to join the schedule later, while Ranbir Kapoor is not part of the current Mumbai leg.
- Nitesh Tiwari’s two-part Ramayana, produced by Namit Malhotra with music by A R Rahman, is slated for a Diwali release later this year.