Ramayana is one of the most sacred texts in India and for Hindus, it represents Lord Ram's unflinching nature, attitude and courage to take on the mightiest of all Asuras. Him being stripped off all the luxuries and being cornered as an underdog but still raising above all limitations, victorious made him earn respect for generations. While the debate about this being history or mythology has been still prominent, Namit Malhotra with an approach to call it history and take Indian story to the world, produced Ramayana's latest adaptation with DNEG and Yash as co-producers.
An Oscar winning VFX company like DNEG, who works regularly for big Hollywood films, working so extensively for this Indian film with Hans Zimmer scoring music alongside AR Rahman, further increased the anticipation. Still, the promotional material with Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi, Yash did not really hit it out of the park and expectations have been limited. Now, many are asking is it at least better than Prabhas and Om Raut's Adipurush that claimed huge but delivered a nightmare.
The movie's VFX, Ravan portrayal, making it look so amateurish in the name of modern retelling left scars in the minds of audiences, hence, the first impression or review needed to address that concern. The movie Hollywood screening, that is, English 3D version screening has been held recently and first impressions from the show state that the makers had ambitious vision, spent every penny to execute the visuals on screen and yes, it is better than Adipurush.
But, the major concern still remains that the two-part division has dragged and over-stretched the film. That too, when the English version is cut 30 minutes down, it left such a feel. While Yash as Ravana scores high, the first reviews did not really find Ranbir and Sai Pallavi being exceptional. Director Nitesh Tiwari's vision is grand but the pacing and tight screenplay are missing as they tried to imbibe larger world building to fit in leads for next part war and ultimate closure scenes.
The reviews did not comment on the authenticity of the story being true to Sage Valmiki's original text but stated that technically, movie is good leap over normal productions yet there are places where it is easily noticable that green screen had been widely in use. Overall, they mark it watchable but not exceptional and feels like a serial based screenplay too at places. Let's wait for 5th November release in India to known how people who are deeply connected with the story will react to the film and its portrayal.
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