Ramayana review: Ranbir Kapoor impresses, but Yash steals the show

Gulf News · Manjusha Radhakrishnan ·

Ramayana is beautifully mounted, with imagination and conviction

Ramayana is beautifully mounted, with imagination and conviction

Somewhere between admiring the sheer ambition of Ramayana and wondering when it would finally get to the point, I realised I was having two equally strong reactions: this is magnificent, and this needs an editor with considerably less patience.

Nitesh Tiwari’s epic gives a story many of us grew up watching on Doordarshan the full cinematic royal treatment. The world-building is impressive, the cinematography spectacular, and the scale frequently breathtaking. It also takes its own sweet time getting anywhere. Apparently, even destiny must wait for another beautifully captured shot.

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