Basu put it simply: "It was very tough, and you need a lot of courage to get into that character to play Ram."
The movie also stars Sai Pallavi as Sita and Yash as Ravana.
Ramayana: Part one is set for a global release on Diwali 2026, with Part two following in Diwali 2027.
Producer Namit Malhotra even called Ranbir "the finest actor of our generation" and gave him a shoutout for making TIME100 this year.