Mukesh Khanna Lord Ram on Ranbir Kapoor: Can he actually incarnate Marayada Purushottam?
Actor Mukesh Khanna recently shared his views on casting the lead role in Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Ramayana’. He voiced his reservations about whether Ranbir Kapoor would be able to clearly portray Lord Ram’s ‘Merida Purushottam’ image.
In short
- Ranbir Kapoor played the role of Lord Ram in Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Ramayana’
- Mukesh Khanna suspect Ranbir can portray the ‘Merida Purushottam’ image
- Khanna Objects are shown as a warrior in AI-Janit teaser.
Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor is playing the role of Lord Ram in Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Ramayana’. The initial glimpse of the film unveiled in July has created a lot of enthusiasm among fans. However, in an interview recently, Mukesh Khanna, who played the Bhishma Pitamah in Brahma Chopra’s famous television series ‘Mahabharata’, told about the reservation whether Ranbir will be able to assure Lord Ram’s image. Marida purus,
Mukesh Khanna recently expressed doubts about Ranbir Kapoor’s depiction of Lord Ram. In an interview with Galata indiaThe actor is known for his role, which suggests ‘Shaktiman’ that he intended to record a response video to the teaser of Ramayana, depicting Ranbir Kapoor’s trees and shooting arrows. However, his team advised him against it, explaining that the teaser was AI-Janit.
Khanna objected to portraying Lord Rama as a warrior in the first glimpse, commenting, “If you instigate you, you will get into trouble. You are showing Rama as a warrior, but he was Marida purusIdeal man. They are climbing trees to Lord Rama and shooting arrows. Krishna or Arjuna can do this, but Ram will not be there. If Rama declared himself a warrior, he never sought the help of monkeys. He was enough, a man against Ravana. ,
He said, “I don’t believe what I have seen, Ranbir Kapoor can shut down Marida purus The image of Rama. He is a good actor, but he has a certain image, which is a ‘animal’. I have no objection to this; He could definitely do this. But I think if you present Ram as a warrior, people can be difficult to accept. This may cause some disputes. ,
Veteran actor, who was famous for his prestigious depiction of Sheikton and Bhishma Pitamah, recently made his debut in Gujarati cinema with the Vishwa Guru, which was released on 1 August 2025. It is also reported that he will re -write his role as ‘Shakatan’ in an audio series built by his company, Bheshma.
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra, the film also includes Sita as Sai Pallavi, Revi Sabi as Laxman, Sunny Deol as Lord Hanuman and Kannada superstar Yash as Ravana. The film is planned to be released in two parts, one during Diwali 2026 and the other in Diwali 2027.
The first Jhalak video showed Ranbir as Lord Ram and Yash as Ravana, but it was VFX that actually impressed fans, many declared it better than Om Raut’s ‘Edipurush’.
