Ranbir Kapoor on AI, Fatherhood and Ramayana Release — SkimNews
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- Ramayana: Rise of a Legend, billed as a major new adaptation of the Indian epic Ramayana, is scheduled for release this week in English as well as several Indian languages.
- Ranbir Kapoor headlines the cast of the epic adaptation alongside co-stars Yash and Sai Pallavi.
- Diwali, the festival of lights, comes after the release window, placing the Ramayana adaptation in the pre-festival slot.
- Noor Nanji, the BBC's culture correspondent, met the stars of the adaptation to hear their reflections on the film.
- Ranbir Kapoor shared his thoughts on AI in film and described what it felt like to make Ramayana as a new father.
Why it matters: The timing is the material detail: Kapoor's comments on AI in film arrive in the same week his epic adaptation, alongside Yash and Sai Pallavi, reaches English-language and several Indian-language audiences ahead of Diwali. For viewers, a new treatment of the Ramayana epic becomes available across multiple languages inside the pre-festival release window.
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