Prithviraj Kapoor Portrayed Lord Ram Before Ranbir Kapoor: A Family Legacy
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Ranbir Kapoor Continues Family Legacy, Plays Lord Ram After Great-Grandfather Prithviraj
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Moneycontrol•03-04-2026, 00:08
Ranbir Kapoor Continues Family Legacy, Plays Lord Ram After Great-Grandfather Prithviraj
•Ranbir Kapoor is set to portray Lord Ram in the upcoming film 'Ramayana', following in the footsteps of his great-grandfather Prithviraj Kapoor.
•Prithviraj Kapoor played Lord Ram in the 1933 film 'Seeta', one of Indian cinema's earliest talkies, which earned an honorary diploma at the Venice International Film Festival in 1934.
•The teaser for Nitesh Tiwari's 'Ramayana', featuring Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, and Sunny Deol as Hanuman, was unveiled on Hanuman Jayanti 2026.
•The film is scheduled for a grand release in December 2026, with the first installment of 'Ramayana' slated for Diwali 2026 and 'Ramayana: Part 2' for Diwali 2027.
•This marks a rare, full-circle legacy moment in Indian cinema, with the same family portraying the iconic character across different eras.