Ramayana fans will have to wait little longer as the makers pushed the arrival of Part 2 a year ahead. Part 2 will now arrive in theatres during Diwali 2028. The sequel was initially expected in Diwali 2027, and producer Namit Malhotra has confirmed the change, citing the extra time needed for a production of this scale. No exact theatrical date has been announced.
Why was Ramayana Part 2 delayed?
Malhotra in an interview revealed that the makers wanted more time to do for the grand finale what they did on Part One. He said the extra year is needed to do justice to a film of this size, and that the team did not want a rush job.
Cinematographer Pankaj Kumar has revealed that around 60 per cent of the second instalment has been filmed so far. However, keeping the scale of the film in mind, remaining work is expected to take considerable time, with several computer-generated characters, including Lord Hanuman and the entire vanar sena to be created.
“We have already shot about 60 per cent of Part 2. A lot of VFX work, a lot of motion-capture work is left because the second part is going to be more grand than the first part. It has a lot more CG characters, like Hanuman and the whole vanar sena. A lot more details need to be worked on, he said.”
The second instalment is expected to cover Rama and Lakshmana’s journey to Kishkindha, their meeting with Hanuman and the search for Sita. It is also expected to feature extensive war sequences between Rama and Ravana, which need significant action design and visual-effects work.
Highlighting the creative approach, he said,” If we shot Ramayana in a real jungle, the world would look very real, but maybe that’s not what we’re looking for. We want our world to look more enhanced, better than the real forest. For the forests that Ram and Lakshman are walking in to fight demons, realistic trees in the jungle may not give us that larger-than-life experience, with giant monsters attacking and our characters swinging from one tree to the other. Where is realism in that? There is no realism in that. You are giving a fantasy world to the audience. So why be a stickler for realistic-looking leaves or branches? It’s just a different medium of expressing yourself.”
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the film stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, Yash as Ravana and Sai Pallavi as Sita. Part One released on November 5.
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