Ramayana (2026) at a glance
- Film
- Ramayana: Part 1, released internationally as Ramayana: Rise of a Legend
- Director
- Nitesh Tiwari
- Producers
- Namit Malhotra and Yash (Prime Focus Studios, Monster Mind Creations, DNEG)
- Cast
- Ranbir Kapoor (Rama), Sai Pallavi (Sita), Yash (Ravana), Ravie Dubey (Lakshmana), Sunny Deol (Hanuman), Arun Govil, Lara Dutta, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh
- Release
- 5 November 2026 worldwide, ahead of Diwali; Part 2 is planned for Diwali 2027
- Music
- Hans Zimmer and A. R. Rahman, lyrics by Kumar Vishwas
- Runtime
- About 3 hours 15 minutes; Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam; IMAX, 4DX, Dolby Cinema and ScreenX
- Budget
- About ₹4,000 crore across both parts, the most expensive Indian film
The royal treasury
The count of every coin taken at the box office. India reports in crore (ten million rupees); net leaves out ticket tax. Strike a coin to see every figure in your currency.
The playhouse
The story so far, performed in drawn scenes, and the official trailers hung as banners. The scenes are original artwork; the trailers open on YouTube or Facebook.
The first trailer passed 1 billion views across platforms and languages within a week, the first Indian trailer to do so.
Across the sea
Far to the south, on a rock in the ocean, stands a city of gold.
Its king has ten heads, and he has taken Sita.
To reach her, Rama must cross the sea.
The war to come
Across the sea, golden Lanka waits.
Rama's flaming arrow against Ravana's ten heads and twenty arms.
That war belongs to Part 2, at Diwali 2027.
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The court of two kingdoms
Fourteen principal figures stand in the niches of a turning mandapa. Drag it, use the arrows, or tap a niche to call that figure to the dais.
The full court
Ayodhya & allies
House of Raghu, Mithila, the sages and the vanara
Lanka
Ravana's golden court and kin
Hanuman, son of the wind
Strength in the service of devotion.
Sunny Deol takes the role, held back from every trailer so far.
His leap across the ocean to Lanka arrives in Part 2.
The music pavilion
Hans Zimmer and A. R. Rahman's first collaboration, weaving Sanskrit verse into the score, with lyrics by Kumar Vishwas. T-Series holds the music rights for both parts.
A temple built course by course
The film rose like a shikhara, one course of stone at a time, from the first announcement to the kalasha still to be placed.
The gurukul
The guru's palm-leaf pothi: turn a leaf to learn a word. Below, the questions students ask.
The edict pillars
Official word from the makers, cut into three pillars. Every link opens in a new tab.