Ranbir Kapoor (Ramayana, 2026) | In Nitesh Tiwari’s big-screen adaptation, Ranbir Kapoor essays the role of Lord Ram opposite Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, and Sunny Deol as Hanuman, with Ravi Dubey playing Lakshman and Arun Govil portraying King Dasharatha. The first part of the cinematic retelling focuses on Ram’s early years in Ayodhya, his marriage to Sita in Mithila, their subsequent 14-year exile alongside Lakshman, and the events leading directly to Sita’s abduction by Ravana. (Image source: YouTube)
\n\nPrithviraj Kapoor & Trilok Kapoor (Seeta, 1934; Shri Ram Bhakta Hanuman, 1948) | Ranbir Kapoor’s casting follows a 90-year family lineage. In 1934, his great-grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor played Lord Ram in Debaki Bose’s bilingual film Seeta opposite Durga Khote, centring on the Uttara Ramayana and the upbringing of Luv and Kush. Years later, his younger brother Trilok Kapoor headlined several mythological films, including Homi Wadia’s Shri Ram Bhakta Hanuman (1948) alongside Sona Chatterjee as Sita and S.N. Tripathi as Hanuman, which framed the epic through Hanuman’s devotion and the battle of Lanka. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons; YouTube)
\n\nPrem Adib (Ram Rajya, 1943) | Directed by Vijay Bhatt, Ram Rajya starred Prem Adib as Lord Ram opposite Shobhna Samarth as…
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