Ranbir Kapoor Ramayana: RRR Opened Global Doors, Now Ramayana…

Ranbir Kapoor Ramayana: RRR Opened Global Doors, Now Ramayana Follows

Ranbir Kapoor says RRR opened doors — now Ramayana is walking through

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Ranbir Kapoor’s Rama is the talk of Varanasi — and not just because of the temple bells. The actor, who plays the titular deity in Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana, has credited SS Rajamouli’s RRR for clearing a path to global audiences, speaking to BBC Asian Network on Thursday morning. 'RRR may have not made a lot of money globally with a foreign audience, but the amount of foreigners who saw it on, say, Netflix, that’s where they really sampled that film,' he said.

'And I think RRR has really opened the doors, you know, for us.' He added: 'Maybe we will open the doors now for Varanasi, you know. So, it’s a film changes that.' The quote, clipped from a wider interview, landed like a stone in a quiet pond, not because it was shocking, but because it confirmed what many had suspected: Ramayana isn’t just a mythological epic.

It’s a cultural pivot point. The film, which hit screens last Friday, has already crossed ₹150 crore worldwide in three days, with Saturday’s collections surpassing both the first and second days. That momentum is being read as proof of a shift, one where Indian cinema no longer needs Hollywood-style spectacle to break through.

Instead, it’s leaning into heritage, scale, and spiritual gravitas. Sai Pallavi plays Sita, Yash is Lakshmana, Sunny Deol is Dasharatha, and Kajal Aggarwal is Kaushalya. But the real star? The narrative arc of Indian storytelling itself.

And Ranbir, despite his own past controversies, is now positioned as its ambassador. Whether that sticks depends on how well the film holds up beyond the opening weekend, and whether the world sees Varanasi not as a setting, but as a signal.