{"id":44321,"date":"2025-08-04T10:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/44321\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T10:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T10:10:09","slug":"ramayana-producer-doesnt-mind-spending-3x-the-budget-worth-rs-4000-crore-for-the-ranbir-kapoor-film-says-trade-expert-komal-nahta-he-wants-to-make-it-with-shiddat-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/44321\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Ramayana’ producer doesn’t mind spending 3x the budget, worth Rs 4000 crore for the Ranbir Kapoor, film,’ says trade expert Komal Nahta: ‘He wants to make it with shiddat’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'Ramayana' itesh Tiwari\u2019s upcoming mythological epic, ‘Ramayana<\/a>‘ is one of the most globally anticipated Indian films, especially after the makers dropped its first glimpse last month. With a powerful star cast, groundbreaking visuals, and world-class production design, it\u2019s widely believed to be the most expensive Indian film ever made.The film\u2019s reported budget stands at an astonishing \u20b94,000 crore. However, when trade analyst Komal Nahata asked co-producer Namit Malhotra about the figure, he got an emotional response. \u201cI don\u2019t know if it\u2019s Rs 4,000 crore. I asked the same to Namit\u2026 and he was visibly hurt that I asked that question. He said, \u2018I\u2019m not here to calculate the budget. I want to make Ramayana part 1 and 2 out of shiddat (passion),\u2019\u201d Nahata revealed.In a podcast with Prakhar Gupta, Namit had explained how this dream took shape. \u201cSo, when we set out to make it, six, seven years ago, just after the pandemic, when we started to really get serious about mounting it and producing it, and budget-wise, it was like everybody thought I\u2019m a lunatic. Because no Indian film, by a long distance, comes close to it. So, to put it simply, it\u2019ll be about $500 million by the time we\u2019re done, on both films put together, part one and part two, which is over Rs 4,000 crore.\u201dSpeaking on Faridoon Shahryar\u2019s podcast, Nahata recounted more of his conversation with Malhotra, who seemed unfazed by the astronomical numbers. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter if he invests even 3x the budget as long as he can show the world that India is capable of telling such stories and making such films.\u201d Nahata added that Namit told him, \u201cHe doesn\u2019t even know where the money is coming from, but he\u2019s just pumping it in to secure a historical finished product.\u201dNahata went on to say, \u201cRamayana and Mahabharata are the best stories ever. Every story is based on the Ramayana or the Mahabharata in some way or the other. This is the story of the Ramayana itself. How they\u2019re making it will shake the world and cinema buffs.\u201d He believes that Hollywood may soon look to Ramayana as the new gold standard for visual effects.When Nahata questioned why Indian cinema hasn’t yet received global VFX acclaim despite Indians dominating the industry behind the scenes, Malhotra\u2019s answer was clear: \u201cBecause we don\u2019t have the budget and vision of Hollywood, but otherwise we\u2019re capable of delivering.\u201d Nahata added, \u201cNow, Namit Malhotra\u2019s company will deliver the vision and the means, the money. Namit has it. So, what was lacking, he\u2019s got into Ramayana. Therefore, why will it not succeed?\u201dMalhotra\u2019s commitment isn\u2019t limited to financing the film. Nahata shared that he\u2019s deeply involved in the day-to-day process. \u201cWhenever I call Malhotra, he\u2019s always busy on the Ramayana set. He\u2019s such an involved producer! He says he\u2019s not producing to write cheques or coordinate dates. That\u2019s not his job. All that will be done by his assistants and employees. His job is to be involved in the making of the film not as the captain of the ship, but as a creative producer.\u201dOne of Malhotra\u2019s most innovative goals is to release Ramayana in 30\u201350 international and local languages using Artificial Intelligence. \u201cThat\u2019s his vision, that\u2019s his plan. So I think it\u2019s just waiting to explode on the screens of the world, not just of India or of the traditional overseas markets. Maybe he\u2019ll throw open an entire new world to Hindi films,\u201d Nahata predicted.He also praised director Nitesh Tiwari<\/a> for his \u201csuper sharp brain,\u201d calm nature, and \u201cimmense clarity of thought.\u201d As for the cast, Nahata couldn\u2019t stop praising Ranbir Kapoor<\/a>, who plays Lord Rama: \u201cSincere, dedicated, and one of the best actors of the current times,\u201d he said. \u201cHe will deliver his 2,000%.\u201dThe epic saga also stars Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash (also co-producing) as Ravana, and Sunny Deol as Hanuman. The music is being composed by an iconic duo: AR Rahman and Hans Zimmer.Ramayana Part 1 is scheduled for a Diwali 2026 release, with Part 2 to follow in 2027, aiming for a global theatrical rollout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"itesh Tiwari\u2019s upcoming mythological epic, ‘Ramayana‘ is one of the most globally anticipated Indian films, especially after the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,31323,75,31319,337,31318,31316,31317,31315,31321,24054,31320,31322],"class_list":{"0":"post-44321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-diwali-2026-release","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-film-budget","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-mythological-epic-films","15":"tag-namit-malhotra","16":"tag-nitesh-tiwari","17":"tag-ramayana","18":"tag-ramayana-movie","19":"tag-ranbir-kapoor","20":"tag-vfx-in-indian-cinema","21":"tag-world-class-production-design"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}