Ramayana: Part 1
On November 6, 2026, the most-viewed article on Wikipedia was Ramayana: Part 1, with 785,245 views. Here's why it spiked.
Why the popularity?
This summary is AI-generated and may contain errors. It's researched by Claude Sonnet 5.5 using web search and Wikipedia, then reviewed and rewritten by a separate Claude Sonnet 5.5 editor.- Nitesh Tiwari's epic retelling of the Ramayana hit theaters worldwide in five languages, right in time for Diwali.
- Ranbir Kapoor is Rama and Sai Pallavi is Sita, but critics keep talking about Yash's Ravana.
- Hans Zimmer co-composed the score with A. R. Rahman, his first time working in Indian cinema.
- For the English version, human voice actors were recorded, then AI was used in post-production to reshape the actors' mouths so they look like they're speaking English.
Ramayana: Part 1 is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language epic mythological film directed by Nitesh Tiwari, who co-wrote the screenplay with Shridhar Raghavan. Produced by Namit Malhotra and Yash, the film is based on the epic poem Ramayana by Valmiki. It is the first of a two-part film, with Part 1 being based on the first three kāṇḍa (chapters) of Ramayana which chronicles the life of Prince Rama from childhood up to his adventurous 14-year exile. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, Sai Pallavi, Ravi Dubey, Sunny Deol, Anupam Kher, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Vivek Oberoi, Kunal Kapoor, Adinath Kothare, Arun Govil, Indira Krishnan, and Lara Dutta.
