{"id":375170,"date":"2026-04-04T19:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/375170\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T19:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T19:21:10","slug":"ranbir-kapoor-says-he-initially-rejected-ramayana-out-of-fear-im-not-fit-enough-to-play-lord-ram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/375170\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranbir Kapoor says he initially rejected Ramayana \u2018out of fear\u2019: ‘I\u2019m not fit enough to play Lord Ram’ |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RanbirWhen the first glimpse of Ramayana dropped on Hanuman Jayanti, it instantly grabbed attention, with Ranbir Kapoor\u2019s look as Lord Ram becoming one of the most talked-about reveals. But the actor has now admitted that his first instinct was to turn down the role, recalling, \u201cOut of fear, I said no… I\u2019m not fit enough.\u201d Ranbir revealed that when producer Namit Malhotra first approached him, there wasn\u2019t even a script narration\u2014just a direct question. When the first glimpse of Ramayana<\/a> dropped on Hanuman Jayanti, it instantly grabbed attention, with Ranbir Kapoor<\/a>\u2019s look as Lord Ram becoming one of the most talked-about reveals. But the actor has now admitted that his first instinct was to turn down the role, recalling, \u201cOut of fear, I said no… I\u2019m not fit enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘My instinct reaction was no’<\/p>\n

In a recent conversation with Collider, Ranbir revealed that when producer Namit Malhotra first approached him, there wasn\u2019t even a script narration\u2014just a direct question. <\/p>\n

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When Ranbir Kapoor Almost Walked Away From Ramayana \u2014 The Turning Point Explained \u201cWhen Namit offered me this part, he didn\u2019t narrate the script to me. He just said, \u2018Listen, I\u2019m making this film. What do you feel about playing Lord Ram?\u2019 And out of fear, my instinct reaction was, \u2018No, I can\u2019t do it. I\u2019m not fit enough for it,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

‘I still have to pinch myself’<\/p>\n

Ranbir shared that his perspective changed once he understood the vision behind the film and heard the narration from director Nitesh Tiwari.\u201cOver a period of time, Namit took me through his vision… Then, when I met Nitesh sir and he narrated the story to me, I could not thank my stars that I was in the right place at the right time,\u201d he said.\u201cI still have to pinch myself to understand that I am playing Lord Ram, and that\u2019s something which is probably a big turning point in my life and career.\u201d<\/p>\n

‘A year before filming, I felt the jitters’<\/p>\n

Opening up about the emotional journey, the actor admitted that fear and nervousness stayed with him for a long time before filming began.\u201cIf I can go back a year before filming is when I felt the jitters, when there was a lot of fear,\u201d he shared.However, that fear eventually turned into gratitude. \u201cBy the time it was a month before filming, I felt so much gratitude to get this opportunity. It was a blessing of Lord Ram that I got to play this\u2014nobody can represent him, but to actually surrender myself to the character.\u201d <\/p>\n

‘I was chasing the director to learn more’<\/p>\n

Ranbir also revealed how deeply he immersed himself in preparation closer to the shoot.\u201cA month before, I was chasing the director, Nitesh Tiwari, to try to take as much as I could about the story, about the journey of Ram. Because it\u2019s limitless, right? There is not just a definite \u2018this is it,\u2019\u201d he said.\u201cI think to truly surrender to the part, to make certain sacrifices about your life, make certain changes… a month before shoot, I was all there.\u201dThe ambitious two-part film features Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, Ravie Dubey as Lakshman and Sunny Deol as Hanuman.With anticipation already sky-high, Ramayana: Part I is slated for a grand Diwali release this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When the first glimpse of Ramayana dropped on Hanuman Jayanti, it instantly grabbed attention, with Ranbir Kapoor\u2019s look…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[146,85,46,180022,397,176708,34439,180024,180025,180023,135371,15741,176893,176710],"class_list":{"0":"post-375170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-il","10":"tag-israel","11":"tag-lord-ram-role","12":"tag-movies","13":"tag-nitesh-tiwari-director","14":"tag-ramayana","15":"tag-ramayana-diwali-release","16":"tag-ramayana-film-cast","17":"tag-ramayana-movie-release","18":"tag-ranbir","19":"tag-ranbir-kapoor","20":"tag-ranbir-kapoor-ramayana","21":"tag-sai-pallavi-sita"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}