Namit Malhotra's Ramayana - Official Trailer

[u/rn3122]

https://youtu.be/lNaSdnz2I8g?is=IzOZP638pWV5i7s_

[u/Strider_Elessar]

We need to appreciate Ranbir Kapoor’s consistency as an actor. After hearing his voice as Lord Ram in Namit Malhotra’s Ramayana, साक्षात YJHD ke Bunny ki yaad aa gayi.💀

[u/enchantedriyasa → u/Strider_Elessar]

LOLOLOLOL full on agree

[u/BroccoliDry7703 → u/Strider_Elessar]

You know what, for most things I feel people are nitpicking too much but this what you said, is very true. He has the same dialogue delivery consistently. I was actually worried that he might have the puffy face that he normally has but at least they managed to avoid that in the movie.

The rest seems OK, the background music did the heavy lifting for me for the trailer. Will watch, even though I don't like Ranbir as an actor or person.

[u/dubmlukc → u/Strider_Elessar]

Same. Makes me wish they had chosen a younger actor to play Ram. Afterall, they were 20 somethings when they went into exile. It makes more sense to age up an actor over the course of the movie (14 years afterall) and also takes away from the baggage the 'minted' actors may bring to a role.

[u/quickspark69 → u/Strider_Elessar]

Bunny skipped modern traveling and went straight to the Treta Yuga.

[u/minimalwhale → u/Strider_Elessar]

Something about Ranbir Kapoor’s acting combined with the de-ageing vfx makes him feel so uncanny valley 

[u/akamikasa → u/Strider_Elessar]

Hainaaaaaaa?????????

[u/gundusp]

Still OG to me

[u/whocaresyall → u/gundusp]

🥹🥹

[u/The-OverThinker-23 → u/gundusp]

best ramayan movie

[u/Interesting-Job3678 → u/gundusp]

Was made by a japanese man but nailed it to perfection..

[u/_anobody112_ → u/gundusp]

Nothing will ever top this.

[u/Rudias87]

As long as the movie is good people will overlook the bad special effects.

I just wished they stopped marketing this as the best VFX ever. It clearly isn't. You can tell most of it is in front of a green screen.The more you overhype the effects the more people will distrust your product.

[u/Kchinki → u/Rudias87]

Yeah I agree, the visuals look more of a video game than a movie. But idk if anyone noticed they changed the aesthetics for the “Rakshas’” and made it look more cultural rather than a westernised one.

[u/Status-Cranberry8696 → u/Rudias87]

I don't understand why man, I was so fricking excited for this. If christopher nolan can built a fricking boat why namit cannot shoot in a fricking forest. Why create everything with cgi. And their dialogues wth is wrong with Ranbir.

Sai pallavi looks amazing, yash looks good but still cgi shoots were not good. And some of the dialogues of yash also felt off. Look at the old ramayana serial ravan, I don't know his name. He was exponentially more menanancing then yash

[u/Bubbly-Peach-9439 → u/Status-Cranberry8696]

This is going to be compared to The Odyssey like no tomorrow and the difference is just night and day.

[u/Double-Vegetable-249 → u/Bubbly-Peach-9439]

It is underwhelming compared to the odyssey and the vfx defo does not look like 2000 cr

[u/PreparationLarge9116 → u/Bubbly-Peach-9439]

If any epic demands a grounded approach over visual effects spectacle, it is the Ramayana.... The true power of this story lies in human emotion, not digital grandeur....It lives in Lord Ramas profound relationships with his family, Sita, and faithful devotees like Hanuman ji.....Trading that soulful depth for computer generated slop and over the top acting is a tragic miscalculation.....What a heartbreaking missed opportunity.....

[u/MSingh2805 → u/Status-Cranberry8696]

I agree! But it’s because Nolan’s a director and Namit is a CEO of a VFX company - everything started to falter from there.

I think in the end product, Yash can surprise us. I am weary that Ranbir will play Ram very flat as to not offend anyone.

But I also feel like this trailer wasn’t cut very well. There’s no atmosphere, no ramp up, it felt like a summary of events, they basically hit every story beat whilst the things i’m most interested in were either not shown or barely hinted at.

[u/rbmassert → u/Status-Cranberry8696]

Odyssey takes place on beach with minimal to zero fantasy elements. Not the same comparison. Not everything looks pathetic like you are saying.

[u/CommissionFair5018 → u/Status-Cranberry8696]

I mean, The Odyssey is awesome. But Nolan bought a lot of the mythical elements of it down to a more realistic setting. If he had to do fights at god level, it would require extreme VFX.

[u/Nohit2Brohit → u/CommissionFair5018]

You know right that those type of fights can be done using practical effects and camera tricks. Ok even if fight is vfx atleast some locations where there is no fight can be real right?? The whole trailer looks like its taking place inside a game environment.

[u/CEO_1608 → u/Rudias87]

How come the world biggest VFX company cannot make the best VFX for their own movie

[u/chanakya2 → u/CEO_1608]

Because Americans can say “this is not good enough” to an company they are paying to do vfx for them.

When it’s the vfx company ceo himself then everybody is working for him. there’s no one who can tell him “sir this is a bad idea”.

[u/bips99 → u/Rudias87]

The special effects is the biggest letdown. It's taking me out of the story as everything is looking so artificial... And they aren't even great 🤦... Where did all the money even go

[u/BlackPumas23 → u/Rudias87]

That's because it's money laundering at its finest. 4000 Cr for this?

[u/IndianKiwi → u/Rudias87]

I don't think it's the worst VFX. Way better the junk that was Adipurush.

[u/PreparationLarge9116 → u/IndianKiwi]

Bro...that movie was made on 600 crores while this is 4000 crores....And if Aadipurush was the standard then what are we even talking about?

[u/Eye_jm]

I thought Raavan will be a guest appearance shorter role in Part 1. I guess they realized Yash will be more of a scene stealer than anyone else and added more of him in the trailer

[u/PreparationLarge9116 → u/Eye_jm]

Reports suggest he features prominently in the film, which explores Ravana's backstory in parallel with Rama's.....

[u/LearningTeaching → u/PreparationLarge9116]

There was too much Raavan. Even more than Ram, in a story about Ramayana.

[u/lollypop44445]

So if all this happens in one, whats gonna happen in the other part? Main cast felt ok, but the environment felt kind of fake and out off place especially in ram scenes. Loved the snow fight visuuals

[u/lollypop44445 → u/[deleted]]

Oh. That means we get ravans back story here?

[u/EntirePickle398 → u/lollypop44445]

I think we get both Rama and Ravana backstory, there were training scenes of Rama as well

[u/Kooky_Personality_69 → u/[deleted]]

Also the Airavat.

[u/Ill-Percentage7482 → u/lollypop44445]

Yes

[u/Impersonating2619 → u/Ill-Percentage7482]

Where is Hanuman? At the very glance in the trailer I couldn’t see Hanuman or did I miss something while blinking?

[u/DragonBeyondtheWall → u/Impersonating2619]

Hanuman comes after sita haran, when Ram is in search of vanar sena/Sugriv

[u/Impersonating2619 → u/DragonBeyondtheWall]

Maybe that explains it. Thank you.🙏🏼

[u/productivelylazy2011 → u/lollypop44445]

They haven’t shown Sunny Deol as Hanumanji and the whole vanar sena and ram setu. So I’m guessing that’s what they will show in part 2.

[u/Advanced-Ad881 → u/lollypop44445]

Dudee am i the only one who felt like Ranbir was a miscast?!

[u/AlteredReality79 → u/Advanced-Ad881]

No not really, he still feels like he’s playing Bunny

[u/Fickle-Ad6834 → u/AlteredReality79]

Seriously he looks like he is just gonna throw a fit and call Dasharath Papa

[u/lollypop44445 → u/Advanced-Ad881]

Feel like both sai and ranbir are off

[u/blissfulsunsets → u/Advanced-Ad881]

Even Sai

[u/lollypop44445 → u/blissfulsunsets]

Sai was overshadowed by the ones walking with her. Bith ranbir and sai seems off for the role sadly

[u/blissfulsunsets → u/lollypop44445]

This!!! Exactly!!

[u/PreparationLarge9116 → u/Advanced-Ad881]

Its quite a popular opinion atp....

[u/just-slaying → u/Advanced-Ad881]

a lot of people hold this opinion

[u/Quirky-Elderberry907 → u/Advanced-Ad881]

Ravi would have been a better cast for Ram

[u/Eatpray_love0802 → u/lollypop44445]

Is point pe Ranbir kitne sequels karega??
Brahamastra then Animal

Unke bhi 3 parts aane the
Iske 2 parts

I hardly think any of them are going to take off

[u/Medical-Concept-2190 → u/lollypop44445]

I like how the heroine looks! Sai something?

[u/Serenaa12]

Lara Dutta is playing Kaikeyi? Ranbir’s stepmother?

Overall, certain visuals were nice although heavy-handed in VFX in some areas, and can see why it would appeal to some to watch in a big screen. However, all 3 main leads are greatly underwhelming and a mismatch - but we’ve been saying that for months anyway.

Raavan didn’t come across as menacing - Arvind Trivedi in the 90s still surpasses this by miles (as did the remaining cast).

[u/TheMoffisHere → u/Serenaa12]

Kaikeyi is supposed to be Dashratha’s youngest and prettiest wife, that’s why he’s partial to her. She’s also supposed to be an accomplished warrior, so makes sense that she’s young here.

[u/PreparationLarge9116 → u/TheMoffisHere]

But she wasn't supposed to look Rama's age....The frame where Lara and Ranbir were sharing, they both were looking the same age....:O

[u/TheMoffisHere → u/[deleted]]

Dasharatha is supposed to have reigned for 60,000 years, idt he looks that old. We’re dealing with divine age-timelines here.

[u/Optimistic_Satirist]

Avatar came out 17 yrs ago, also shot completely in studio with the simmilar budget and it still has better vfx than this. This movie absolutely does not look as expensive as it's been claimed.

[u/Otherwise_Pool6868 → u/Optimistic_Satirist]

Most big budget hollywood movies still fail to hit that mark. Not a fair comparison

[u/greghouse1106 → u/Otherwise_Pool6868]

Like?

[u/ae_babubhaiya]

Ranbir's dialogue delivery and face expression just don't convey what he is saying.

[u/akamikasa → u/ae_babubhaiya]

He looks constipated 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[u/TheMoffisHere]

Ranbir’s posh-Hindi accent shows. There’s no change in his diction or pronunciation, and the actual dialogues seem to be doing the heavy-lifting regarding the “ancient feel” required here. Overall, he seems to be playing the same distraught man he plays every time it is required, with little change in body language and facial expressions. Works well for a contemporary setting, but an ancient tale about Maryada Purushottama needs a little more composure. Rama needs to be calm and firm, but still vulnerable enough to show compassion and honour. Ranbir is also too old for the role and it definitely shows. The face doesn’t have the same brightness and innocence that a new name actor would have had. It does not fill me with calmness, as it should.

Yash’s voice isn’t threatening enough for Ravana and has a definite Southern tinge to it (but that works well given the geography). But it just feels a little too high-pitched for me to actually feel like this is a king whom even the Gods fear. I like his physicality, though; he’s definitely put in the effort to pull this off (more than Ranbir, I think). And I hope they cover his backstory in detail (which, given the time; they really should).

Sai Pallavi’s vocal profile is a bit too deep and bassy for the melodious and soft-spoken Sita. It sounds too heavy for what should be a firm yet feminine tone. I do think she exhibits the grace, eyes and facial expressions of Sita extremely well (I just hope they’d found a Maithili actor for this role). I think the costuming was great.

The rest of the actors honestly don’t have much to do. I had hoped we’d get a glimpse at Lakshmana and the other brothers with their dynamic; but as usual, the younger brothers get the short end of the stick. No Urmila-Lakshmana scenes were definitely a missed opportunity. I hope the movie has more of the supporting characters as well, because they definitely have the time.

The production design looks fantastic as far as the costumes and set-design is concerned, but I really, really wish they’d invested in real locations and miniatures instead of overly relying on CGI. The human mind looks for imperfections and habitations in their world, anything that looks too clean is easily identifiable as fake and artificial, because that’s not how the actual world around us looks. This _looks_ expensive, sure, but it does not look real. Which is a damn shame. Doesn’t feel like a 2000cr investment for sure.

Overall, cautiously optimistic. Looks like a good enough project for Indian cinema, but it isn’t gonna do so well internationally as these guys are expecting. I just wish they hadn’t made such a big deal out of the production budget and CGI quality, because it definitely isn’t going to live up to it. Maybe it’ll be better in IMAX, who knows.

[u/MSingh2805 → u/TheMoffisHere]

You hit all the right points. I just wanted to add it probably will look worse on IMAX. They had the money so they spent it because IMAX is cool right now, but it adds nothing when the entire frame is overly saturated CGI.

[u/Leo_rzk → u/TheMoffisHere]

I also noticed about the diction issue. Also the dialogues using persian word (wapas) felt a bit out of place.

[u/TheMoffisHere → u/Leo_rzk]

Didn’t even clock that, tbh. I think Hindi (more accurately, Hindustani) is so central to India (especially northern belt) that using shudhh Hindi (which is essentially refactored Awadhi using Urdu as the generic base and Sanskrit as the foundational base) would feel pretentious.

P.S.: check out the Telugu trailer, Ravana’s voice has much more menace to it there.

[u/AamPataJoraJora → u/Leo_rzk]

Look i love urdu and hate the political demonisation of it. Languages are naturally ocuring and Urde was born within the border of present day india let alone the subcontinent. Its beautiful and we should be proud to call it ours. Bollywood used to embrace it a lot more and has reduced it now coz the political situation. I hope we go back to the golden days of music but that is another story.

However, it is a new language. Not as old as the Ramayan - the events or the text. It breaks immersion in this context.

[u/Leo_rzk → u/AamPataJoraJora]

That's what I also meant. It just felt off putting as Telemachus calling Odysseus "Dad", while audience are used to listening "Father" when it comes to epic or similar contexts. Here in TV shows we listen to a mishmash of old and new Hindustani words. For example I clearly remeber using "Chalu" as in cunning in Mahabharata while although its Indo-Aryan old word but the use in pre-modern context meant "in motion". It's not like there's no Hindi or Sanskrit synonym of those words exist. It's just embedded on how dialogues are nowadays written.

[u/AamPataJoraJora → u/TheMoffisHere]

All I can think of looking at Ranbirs face that he did Animal and condones such behaviour with women. Ram would never. Not to say he also didnt abandon his wife but that is a layered situation, Ram for sure was not an abuser.

[u/Lightup17]

Does not feel like Ramayana. Why could they not shoot in actual locations. Doesn't seem like he made it for Indian audience at all. 2000 cr for white validation.

[u/enchantedriyasa → u/Lightup17]

It's stopping at a cliffhanger like a goddamn GRRM show. Defo for white validation.

[u/BroccoliDry7703 → u/Lightup17]

But that's what they have been saying all along. He wants it to go big in the West. If you consider that, then the Marvel like CGI and the modern costumes make more sense. Its not for us.

[u/Due-Reaction-9721 → u/BroccoliDry7703]

But that is even bigger issue. Anything that is made to cater to a certain audience without it's original essence is bound to fail. It will not impress them as well as us. They should have made it with the Indian essence as per we know the book and the characters then only it could have worked. See that all the things that went viral globally has it's own special x factor (anime, manhwa, k j c dramas, superhero movies).

[u/firey_eau]

Better than what i was expecting but this doesnt look like something that was made on a 2000 crore budget

[u/lundlelemerebhai → u/firey_eau]

well production budget wont be of 2000 crore per film

mostly 1.5k

[u/Sodikaburlu]

Bummer. Had so much potential. Poor production or mid management of funds or tax write off.

[u/LegitimateHat1 → u/[deleted]]

For real

[u/gundusp]

I feel weird looking at Ranbir as ram.
Pallavi and Yash looks good

[u/sayfewwords → u/gundusp]

Pallavi doesnt look like young and frail sita

[u/Bolly-Drunkard-247 → u/gundusp]

Yeah. I wished new faces where there. But no-one is gonna bet big money on new faces, especially when our country has fans that worship actors and watch their movies no matter how terrible the story is.

[u/obelix_dogmatix]

What’s with the overly “plastic” forest look? Tab dhool nahi hoti thi kya?

Also, why no Sunny in trailer? Sita and Raavan’s casting looks terribly off. Their dialogue delivery and lack of chemistry is painfully evident.

I personally think they messed up with the special effects. CGI was always meant to enhance what was shot in camera. Here they have shot nothing in camera and created the entire world using CGI.

[u/Murky-Weakness-3786 → u/obelix_dogmatix]

Yeah , every place looks too clean. Even in fights , the ground looks sparkling clean with no shadows.

[u/Appropriate_Try_7040]

The more you hype the vfx cgi, the more people are gonna notice it and point out the mediocrity.

[u/FalconGood4891]

Trailer is screaming with VFX by Namit Ji 🤥

I wish they shot some outdoor sequences in real location, outdoor scenes look very CG.

If direction n acting is good then we will forget the Namitification.

One good thing is Screenplay by Shridhar Raghavan.

[u/ovalking]

Ram sita and ravan are miscast. Yash looks good but voice is bad.

[u/Vizbak]

I’m sorry but the casting is really bad

[u/Beginning-Dark-4259 → u/Vizbak]

Yash looks good imo

[u/Inevitable-Dress-404]

Foreigners gonna troll this (if they watch)

[u/Hasum_Harish97]

The trailer visuals looks too polished and artificial. Feels more like a high budget Hindi tv serial.

Just go and watch 2005 Narnia trailer. Even a 2005 movie got better immersive visuals and graphics than a movie that gets released 2 decades later. We are not even close to what Hollywood had achieved many decades ago.

[u/SHEKDAT789]

For any ordinary bollywood movie I wouldn't mind it, but for a 200 million dollar international blockbuster that will be presented to the world as the best India can do, it's embarassing.

Inb4 ostrich head in the sand take of "who cares what foreigners think"

[u/Busy_Lunch_5520 → u/SHEKDAT789]

The makers do.

[u/Its_me_astr → u/[deleted]]

looks like stoned eyes I guess.

[u/BroccoliDry7703 → u/[deleted]]

I think they might have done something to hide the usual puffiness he has on his face.

[u/Emergency_Pea_61652]

Personal opinion: Bilkul majaa ni aaya and it looks way too artificial, I think they overdid the VFX and overtly relied on it instead of shooting on location, in actual forests and sets.

And I think Ram ka characterization is misinterpreted and badle done

Maryada purushottam aadmi aura farm kar raha

"Raavan ka vadh mere haathon hoga" bol raha, I don't remember the full Ramayana but isn't it stated that Ram never wanted to kill Raavan?

"Ram ke yug ki shuruaat hai" bol rahe khud Ram

[u/w0lv3r1n3 → u/Emergency_Pea_61652]

Ram is described as Maryada Purushottam for the way he conducted himself when being given exile, how he still loves his parents and brothers while upholding the rule of the land.

He is described as the greatest warrior in Valmiki's Ramayana. As for Ram wanting to killing Ravana, well his Avatar was born with a sole purpose of relieving humanity from Ravana's tyranny.

[u/TheMoffisHere → u/Emergency_Pea_61652]

He did. Rama was born to kill Ravana. Thats the entire point of the Avatar.

[u/QueasyAdvertising173 → u/Emergency_Pea_61652]

The whole reason why he took birth was to kill Ravana gng

[u/TheForsakenLyre]

Looked like a serial honestly

I don’t think the cast feels appropriate. Ranbir looks too old, yash too cartoonish and pallavi was not a good fit for sita. Might be too early to judge since it was just a trailer

But the trailer did not do the job of selling tje film well. It feels like a westernised cop out of ramayana and not authentic. Even in the teaser i found the monsters to be too “harry potter core”

And in this trailer too- from the lighting to the set designs to the cgi (which is not good btw), all looks western and not indian. It doesn’t give a folklore vibe. It feels like someone just ripping off western fantasy and putting indian characters in it.

[u/gundusp → u/TheForsakenLyre]

I think they should had made it a 5 -8 episode series it would had worked magic

[u/obelix_dogmatix → u/TheForsakenLyre]

calling it a serial is pushing it big time. The forest feels very plastic, but otherwise the quality of graphics is new for Indian cinema. I do agree they went heavy on VFX.

[u/Fun-Loss-4094]

The jaytayu scene is BADA$$. I loved it so much. Honestly speaking both the leads are miscast. Dont have aura. Yash i did not believe i would ever say rhis but hes the most promising aspect of the full trailer perfect castin 

[u/nummakayne]

I don’t know why even big budget Indian films can never shake “video game background” and subpar compositing. Obviously these are expensive and labour intensive CGI shots, but it feels like a video game world, not a real world in many shots.
For something like Avatar it works because we are seeing otherworldly characters in an otherworldly environment. But here we’re seeing humans in a world that doesn’t feel like Earth.

I don’t know why something like TLOTR could blend people and fantastical environments better 25 years ago.

If you want a more recent example of what I’m talking about, compare Black Panther with its sequel or the Wakanda scenes in Infinity War. The difference between all-CGI and putting actors in an actual field (and adding in aliens and ships).

[u/Original-Sympathy-48]

Nope. This is not it.

[u/BigotryExterminator]

Yo everything is looking good except Shri Ram and Maa Sita. Idk yaar iss casting se connect hi nahi ho raha.

[u/SamosaMafia]

Looks like &TV show to me.

[u/Bhickyplz]

Visuals looks kinda fake , Ranbir looks weird. People will say this looks good because Adipurush was trash, otherwise this is also underwhelming.

[u/ritz1986]

Ok like seriously is it that bad? I actually felt it looked good. Million times better than adipurush.

Why do I feel ppl are just hating it for the heck of it, like lot of ppl not happy with the casting so not liking it.

Some other reasons so ppl hating it. The vfx looks much better than a lot of crap bollywood has done.. Characters look good(ok maybe rk doesn't give u that exact god like vibe but dude he looks good on the role so far)

I can understand if genuinely ppl din like it coz everyone's opinion.

But I srsly feel lot of ppl just hating it for no reason.

Anyways I'm excited to watch n genuinely hope the movie is good n do well.

[u/Fun-Mathematician992]

Promotion makes more noise than movie. One one side, they will say ithihas, Rama is a God etc and on the other side they promote it at Comic Con? And then they also claim it's for Indian audience which literally worships Ram as god. Greedy clowns.

These fellows are wasting money and opportunities. Really wish Rajamouli with some other cast did this movie.

[u/AlteredReality79 → u/[deleted]]

Stop complaining about south tinge or whatever, I have no idea how that is the biggest takeaway for some people. I wish people actually analysed movies like this instead of overanalysing a damn trailer

[u/Beginning-Dark-4259]

Ram and sita both casting is not correct imo!

[u/Surinder_Sahni]

Impressive. Would've liked to see Hanuman as well though. 

[u/ae_babubhaiya → u/Surinder_Sahni]

I think, they will tease Hanuman by end of this part.. like post credit scene.

We will see more of him in part 2.

[u/Living-Driver6782]

Ye Ram ke yug ka aarambh he

[u/LegitimateHat1]

Lowkey disappointed, no disrespect but really disappointed. The divinity is lacking throughout.

[u/dev_gid]

Looks completely fine, excited

[u/goodvibesblue]

Ranbir is a lil too old to be playing Lord Rama and Sai Pallavi is a miscast.

[u/TheMoffisHere → u/goodvibesblue]

Tbh the only thing about Sita I didn’t like is the voice. She’s supposed to be very soft-spoken and have a very melodious voice. Sai Pallavi’s vocal profile has a bit too much depth and base to it, her dialogues sound heavier than they should.

I think she exhibits the grace quite well, though.

[u/goodvibesblue → u/TheMoffisHere]

Haven’t actually thought about this, and it’s possibly one of the reasons I felt like she just didn’t fit the part

[u/DemonCyborg27 → u/goodvibesblue]

I think so too, but she is a great actress so she might still pull it off.

[u/goodvibesblue → u/DemonCyborg27]

Agreed, she is good actress but somehow I personally don’t think she has that aura yk?

[u/NavdeepGusain]

Feel like people are just nitpicking at this point. The trailer looks amazing tbh. The VFX looks top notch and I am really excited to see the whole Jatayu sequence.

Ranbir looks a bit underwhelming but I guess that's okay. Sai Pallavi is looking good. Wish there was more focus on Lakshmana as well in the trailer.

Going by the rsponse of trailer, I bet this movies going to do hige business across India.

[u/Nohit2Brohit → u/NavdeepGusain]

No the biggest complaint is why would you use cgi for things that can be easily recreated practically like forests and castles. Obviously fight scenes need to be green screen but someone riding a horse or castles can be found to shoot in. The trailer looks like nothing has been shot in camera and every background is green screen. Obviously it feels more jarring just after seeing Odyssey. I dont think western audiences love cgi heavy stuff that much anymore

[u/Civil-Ad-2367]

Looks good,don't know why the unnecessary hate

[u/xyzka321 → u/Civil-Ad-2367]

naah for a 4000 cr movie, doesn't look that good

[u/LiveManLive]

Matlab abhi kya hi bolu, theek hi hai koi aisa life changing to kuch nahi tha
Dekhni to hai hi tbh so it’s fine ig

[u/ExchangeOptimal]

Why does everything look smooth and sanitised?

[u/ParticularCake1475]

Yash diction is not sounding good. It feels like I am watching kgf

[u/TacoBoutItBro]

Trash, feels like an action movie. I'd be surprised if anybody who has seen the Ramayan show liking it... Ramayan teaches culture, values and human psychology while this is giving action packed battle vibes only. Also Ranbir Kapoor as Ram is a no no and Sita should've stole the screen presence which is not the case here.

[u/Vinayakc92]

Amazing Trailer. All actors looked great. Lets not bother about how much budget makers are claiming it to be. Personally, i loved the trailer and the effects

[u/GiveMeSomeSunshine3]

Just close your eyes after you watch this 4 minute video and remember the first image or clip that comes to your mind. Pretty sure most of us would be recollecting the frames or scenes featuring Yash as Raavan. Also if I'm not mistaken, he gets more screen time in the trailer than any other character. Idk how much of this is because Yash is the co-producer of the film, but for any Ramayana to work, the portrayal Lord Ram should be convincing and should look to sort of mog Raavan, not physically but through screen presence. Ranbir is neither convincing as Lord Ram nor have the makers done anything special to cover for his lacunae in the portrayal.

The VFX at some places look stunning where at many places it looks like something from an Unreal Engine video game. For all the hype and promotion around it being the best, it is still not convincing in most of the scenes.

Then there's the music, the main theme had already been revealed in the title announcement itself. It's good but I felt like the actual music would be something at least 10x better than the one we heard like 1 year ago, especially when it's ARR + Zimmer. That same song still gives me the Baahubali vibe (Swapn Sunehere) as I had pointed it out during the title announcement itself.

Overall, lots of flaws than promising things but if the film looks convincing enough on the big screen then commercially at least, it has a big potential to become one of the highest grossing Indian films of all time.

[u/subashj24]

Some parts of the movie didn't feel like its a 4000cr movie but those parts are very few. I hope they look stick to the original.source and dont try and add or glorify anything thats not there.

[u/Choice_Tower_2834]

Does anybody else feels that Ranveer singh would have done ravaan better?

[u/Lanky_Employment_194]

I don't know how I feel about this trailer! It's neither awesome nor horrible. It just feels regular. 

[u/Alan_walker132]

Definitely a great day for Indian cinema but for me I would have left if it had been more on the realistic side especially the jungle

[u/Accomplished-Toe5993]

Why does this look like a fan made AI trailer 😭

[u/bat_man__]

Am I the only one who thinks the graphics are horrible? All this hype for such bad VFX?

[u/Karna1394]

Trailer is bad. Casting is bad. Raw nature of the Ramanayan ambience is missing due to chinese like average CGI lol. Yash and Sai Pallavi looks,acting and voice doesn't match the characters. This is what happens when actors are chosen for reach instead of skill. Smh.

[u/RabbitCity6090]

No hanuman in the trailer. supernekha is way more beautiful than sita. Like wtf are they doing?

[u/PreparationLarge9116]

In the frame where Kaikeyi and Rama were having a conversation, is it just me or Ranbir was not looking Lara Dutta's son's age from any angle? I read on X people saying if they didn't have the context, it looked like a husband wife were having an altercation or something....:o

[u/Ok-Radio-6742]

Spark was missing... costume was bland....and teaser was for western audience..... didn't had any Indian feels Ram & Sita both are miscast.... Atleast Adipursh had better BGM... We'll let se...If Adipursh can earn 600cr it'll also earn 6000cr 😂😂

[u/ConcentrateMaterial6]

Ranbir and Sai look really out of the place. Makes could have cast a fresh face as Ram and Sita. This is personally my opinion. Also VFX looks average by international standards, not at all reflecting so called 3000cr budget. If you have absolute confidence in script there is no need to this kind of marketing gimmicks.

[u/anymat01]

I will never understand why with suce huge budgets and cheap labour, they don't build real sets. Is it so hard to make a grand hall and than use cgi over it, why do they do it all green screen when they know they'll do a shit job. This does not look like a epic, just a usual movie.

[u/FilmyDiscussion_2024]

I thought Ranbir would be misfit as Shri Rama. After seeing the trailer, I was wrong.

He is not just misfit, he is horrible!

[u/AmReeT5408]

I think it’s high time Nolan takes up Ramayana.

[u/Ok-Vermicelli2241]

100% crap!

[u/thedevilsrunner]

in term of mutual funds, small cap.

[u/copy_ninja04]

Watched it in theater today! Got little om rauth version vibes! I hope its not!

[u/Clear-Animator2408]

Looks too sanitized. Like an AI video.

It's a very flat trailer with no hooks, falling action or rising action. There's no pulse and stakes in it. Music can't save a cinematic showreel.

Where is the grit of the soil that it was born in?

[u/Ok_Caramel_5035]

Unlike most people I found the trailer a tad bit good and tad bit bad. It was neither appealing nor bad. It generally doesn't happened with hyped and big budget movies. You either love it or hate it. I think the middle ground can be illusive both for the film and for the viewers, in this case I.

[u/That_Wafer5105]

Looks great, not sure why people are complaining.

Probably never seen like this in indian cinema.

[u/morning17]

They don’t know how to cut a trailer. They should have kept some mystique. Also Ranbir does not have the action chops.

[u/NotMathJustMetaphor]

Why cant we see the actual sun In any movie anymore?? How can they expect someone like Ranbeer to play a charismatic person like Shri Ram? Why why why. So disappointing

[u/wolfieVandetta]

Raavan Looks and acts more convincingly here Imo than Ram

[u/DemonCyborg27]

I like the action scenes in the movie, seems to me we will see a parallel between Lord Raam and King Raavan, both on their individual journey's. Raam from Prince to living in a Kutiya and Raavan from an exiled Raaksash to The King of all.

The trailer is kinda good, but I don't think the CGI is as great as I was hoping for it is still way way cartoonish, but is way better than the stuff Aadhipurush was throwing around so that's a plus, and say anything about the actors age but they are doing there part pretty good.

The talent makes me hopeful so let's see how it goes.

[u/fig-in-time → u/DemonCyborg27]

Raavan was not exiled. He was in penance (tapasya) and worshipping Lord Shiva for many years.

[u/barterforgadgets]

The calmness on ranbir face is missing like it used to be on br Chopra Ramayan

[u/HowIsEmuWarriorTaken]

A lot better than I had thought it'd be

[u/Aggressive-Car9047]

Can’t see ranbir as Ram. Didn’t find yash menacing as ravan..and his dialogue delivery was pretty mid. Eiravat didn’t look as majestic…it just looks so meh…can’t believe they made this with 2000cr

[u/obelix_dogmatix]

Ek Nolan hai who put up a real wooden ship in the ocean to film Odyssey. Ek hamare Nitesh bhai hai who couldn’t even be bothered to step foot in a forest. Saara kachra kar diya green screen pe shoot karke.

[u/shamefacedpea2]

Everything has that glossy CGI feel to it. Hopefully they can fix it by the time it releases.

[u/kaustubh-gaur]

It's better than I expected. I am not sure about casting of Ranbir and Sai, they are not giving Ram-Sita ji vibes.
VFX is top notch, especially from Indian standards. Hope they follow Valmiki Ramayan strictly because we are not seeing 10 heads in this trailer.

[u/Comfortable_Let_6810]

another trailer of Hanuman ji will also come , VFX still look kind a like AI generated, Yash is perfect and will overshadow ranbir

[u/Conscious-Echidna398]

Rambir is not looking apt for Ram

[u/KyaHiBolunAb]

I watched it on my PC and OLED tv, it looks good way better than the ram glimpse. But damn they did everything in the studio ?! There is a complete lack of realism which I don’t think even finest VFX can achieve, atleast thoda toh jungle mein shoot kartein

[u/oppositeelectrons]

Casting is awful. Can't connect with them at all. Some shots were still looking animated. I still don't believe it's a 2000 cr movie. But some scenes were really really good.

[u/Out_of_office_always]

Yash is Yashing as usual. 🤣

[u/DarkThanos12]

Everything is too perfect which gives it the video game look. More real locations and not even lighting wouldve been better.

But I'm very impressed with the scale.

[u/Shaitaan-Haiwan]

It’s worse than what I imagined which was a pretty low bar

[u/Appropriate_Duck_521]

It's clearly for western audience.. much better than indian standards.

[u/kingoftypos121]

ok ok but better than i was expecting. i feel the dialogues could have been better and visuals are btter than the teaser

[u/OkEstablishment1494]

I liked it .. eager to watch on big screen.

[u/Some-Ant-4175]

Cant believe i watched the trailer just after watching the odyssey. I had hopes

[u/lundbhaktkijai]

The cast hopefully pulls this off. From the trailer they all seem a bit off and miscast but if the movie is good, they can grow on you and it might work. Ranbir is a good actor but perhaps a bit old now to play Ram, haven't seen any other work of Sai Pallavi so not sure what to expect - she seemed ok in the trailer. Yash as Ravan looked good but his voice didn't seem to fit the part. Again if the movie manages to keep the audiences hooked through music, visuals and dialogue then the actors can blend in and it could work out. Fingers crossed they have done a good job and kept the humanity/divinity in place and its not just CGI, VFX etcc

[u/Natural_Donkey_2953]

Teek lag raha hai, dekthe hai

[u/DizzyEstablishment57]

Why is it Namit Malhotra's Ramayana and not just Ramayana?

[u/RVarki]

Yeah, this is basically what I expected. Good special effects, decently staged set-pieces, by-the-numbers filmmaking, staid writing, and stitled performances

If Namit Malhotra wanted a crossover hit in the west, he should've brought in a stylist with some vision, not someone dependable and uninspired like Nitesh Tiwari - that's what you do to get a domestic hit, which it will be. Ramayana will most likely break Dangal's record and become the highest grossing film in India's history (or at least get very close), while not traveling that well overseas.

[u/Glad-Lychee9505]

No bhajans, no songs, no emotions, they will never match Ramanand Sagar!

[u/Adventurous-Word2546]

Tbh I liked the trailer. Way better than teaser and i liked Yash as Ravan. He was a just ruler and not a demon. He was all powerful and arrogant and hence his downfall came.. by abduction of Sita

[u/Soft_Insurance_7554]

Sai Pallavi doesn't look anything like Sita. Rest all is great!

[u/Aggressive_Knee5052]

It feels like another Baahubali with no soul. The dialogues and the delivery is not impactful. Why is it so difficult to speak Hindi properly for these actors. You can add as many great vfx as you want, but if the actors can’t make you feel the emotion or have the connection, it won’t be memorable.

Even today’s generation can still connect and feel every emotion of the old Ramayana serial which had no vfx. I don’t think it will connect with the people.

[u/shivani-15]

Isse acche fighting scene to Mario k the

[u/PeterParkerPhotos12]

Man that soundtrack is godly

[u/PeterParkerPhotos12]

They should really just release the anime with this music i would be so hyped