Executive Producer Namit Malhotra and Director Nitesh Tiwari Reveal Why the Epic Means More Than Box Office

Reel Perspectives

Novemeber 5, 2026

Ramayana: Rise of a Legend delivers a visual effects bonanza, but bringing its extraordinary world to the screen required more than ambitious CGI. When Reel Perspectives sat down with producer Namit Malhotra and director Nitesh Tiwari, they discussed the painstaking care behind the spectacle, from pushing technology forward to protecting the relationships that make this story so beloved.

“We were bringing India’s most revered epic to the world in the grandest way possible,” Tiwari explained. That ambition came with an enormous responsibility: honoring a story that holds deep spiritual significance for generations while welcoming audiences discovering it for the first time. As he put it, “We had to tread very, very carefully.”

The filmmakers wanted to use today’s technology to present the epic in a way audiences had never experienced. Yet Tiwari was clear about what had to guide every breathtaking image. “Ramayana is all about relationships, all about emotions,” he said. “The values of Ramayana cannot be compromised.”

Watch our full interview below as Malhotra and Tiwari discuss the extraordinary work behind Ramayana: Rise of a Legend

That commitment makes the work behind the visual spectacle especially interesting. Creating a world this expansive meant coordinating talent, technology and production processes while continually considering what those images needed to communicate. Malhotra described the undertaking as “frontier filmmaking,” explaining that new technologies were developed along the way and that the actors performed their own voices.

The painstaking work also extended to how the story would reach different audiences. The filmmakers developed separate Indian and global versions, with Malhotra explaining that the global version involved rewriting the script, adjusting the pacing and providing clarification for newcomers. Throughout those changes, he said, the priority remained “the core emotion and the core heartbeat of what the story means to people.”

For all the conversation about scale and innovation, Malhotra’s most revealing answer came when we asked about the film’s impact beyond the box office. His response offered a personal glimpse into why he committed so much to bringing Ramayana to life.

“If I had to make a film to make money, instead of a Ramayana, I would have made five films for the same amount of money,” he said. “But that would not give me half the joy that we have had in bringing the Ramayana to the world.”

That affection alongside the technical ambition gives the spectacle even more reason to watch. That passion comes through in a film that deserves to be experienced on the biggest screen possible. With breathtaking visual effects and deeply human relationships, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend invites audiences into an extraordinary world and gives them an emotional reason to stay invested.

 Ramayana: Rise of a Legend is playing in a theater near you.