Ramayana to break new ground

Actress Soni Razdan says Ranbir Kapoor’s Ramayana will offer audiences a cinematic experience unlike anything seen before

Veteran actor Soni Razdan says Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana, starring her son-in-law Ranbir Kapoor alongside Sai Pallavi and Yash, will be a cinematic experience unlike anything audiences have seen before. Produced by Namit Malhotra, Ramayana has been mounted as an ambitious global-scale adaptation, with Oscar-winning filmmaker Hans Zimmer and Grammy-winning composer James Newton Howard attached to the music.

It features Kapoor, who is married to Razdan’s daughter Alia Bhatt, as Lord Ram, Pallavi as Goddess Sita and Yash as Ravana. “I think it’s going to be a fantastic journey. An experience and something which we’ve not seen before. So that is, I think, what came to me from the trailer. It looks like it’s going to take us places we haven’t been before. I think for me, that’s the most exciting part of it,” Razdan told PTI.

The 69-year-old actor was seen in slice of life film Om Ka Hari. Her co-actor and producer of the film Anshuman Jha said the trailer of Ramayana was “spectacular”. “I think our history is very strong... I think it’s imperative. Mahabharata and Ramayan are part of our history… I think doing it at that scale, and with that sort of glorification is beautiful. I personally feel and I’m really looking forward to the picture,” he said.

Kapoor family bids Bappa goodbye

Ganpati visarjan brought the Kapoor family together for a special farewell to Bappa. Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Neetu Kapoor and little Raha were seen participating in the celebrations on Friday evening. The family bid an emotional and festive farewell to Lord Ganesha amid paparazzi presence and traditional dhol beats.