Ramayana is being positioned as one of the grandest films ever mounted in Indian cinema. With Ranbir Kapoor playing Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi portraying Goddess Sita and Yash taking on the role of Ravana, Nitesh Tiwari’s ambitious project brings together some of the industry’s biggest names.
But beyond its scale and technological ambition, the film presents a fascinating star-power experiment. Can Yash, who became a pan-Indian phenomenon through KGF, attract as much attention as Ranbir Kapoor, the actor playing the central protagonist?
The question isn’t about which character is more important to the story. Lord Rama is the moral and narrative centre of the epic, while Ravana represents its formidable opposition. Rather, it concerns an interesting phenomenon in commercial cinema. Audiences are often fascinated by a larger-than-life antagonist.
Hindi cinema has a long history of memorable villains. Gabbar Singh, Mogambo and several other iconic antagonists continue to occupy an extraordinary place in popular culture. In more recent years, major action films have relied increasingly on powerful adversaries whose personalities, appearances and dramatic entrances become central attractions. Yash’s casting brings another dimension to this tradition.
Through KGF, the Kannada superstar demonstrated that an actor could transcend linguistic boundaries and become popular across the country. Rocky Bhai’s appeal rested on his attitude, dialogue delivery, visual presentation and larger-than-life personality. Now Yash is stepping into an altogether different universe.
Ravana is not a conventional action-film villain. He is a complex mythological figure traditionally depicted as immensely powerful, knowledgeable and accomplished, but ultimately brought down by his own choices. For Yash, this offers an opportunity to create a character that combines physical presence with dramatic complexity.
Ranbir, meanwhile, faces a different challenge. Portraying Lord Rama requires restraint, dignity, composure and emotional depth. The character’s appeal cannot depend entirely on spectacular dialogue or aggressive screen presence.
In that sense, Ramayana represents two …read more
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