Release date: November 6, 2026 (USA)
Producers: Yash, Namit Malhotra, Merzin Tavaria, Rohan Desai
Music composed by: Hans Zimmer, A. R. Rahman, James Newton Howard, Rishab Rikhiram Sharma
Languages: Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, English
Production companies: Double Negative, Monster Mind Creations, Mukesh Chhabra Casting Company, Prime Focus Studios
A 3-hour 15 Minute runtime was giving me pause on watching this now or later on….. I’m so freaking happy I turned up and saw this in Hindi with English subtitles (Maybe I’ll check out the English Dub to see what 30 minutes was cut).
I’m slightly torn about my rating on this feature but ultimately giving it 9/10. Reason being. For a 3-hour, 15 Minute long movie…. I’d have loved it to be longer 😀 honestly! Or give me an intermission for a bathroom break, and let’s play parts 1 & 2 back to back.
Not long until Part 2 releases in 2028, and I have a whole lot of consuming to be had catching up with all things Ramayana and it’s world / lore. I loved the characters, and it gave me that Nezha moment, which honestly I wanted more and more of. To say the pacing was rushed wouldn’t be right for such a beefy runtime. However! I’d have loved to see more of the characters’ upbringing and connections between the siblings/family before becoming their present-day selves.
That first hour intro into the film was awesome though. Such a delight. The music (Which I heard was cut for international release)…. INSANE! It’s another reason I’d like to see the English Dub and see what they cut, because I couldn’t think of a single scene that could or should be cut. Scenes being played out over the music had such depth and connected us with so many world-building and character moments that I’d be shocked not to see them.
The pacing honestly was amazing. Despite wanting to see more. You were moved around so frequently to explore and develop the world and its characters. There’s no time to be bored. Constantly dropping in across the world and its characters as threads are pulled and woven. I heard this being compared to Odyssey and Lord of the Rings. Man, were they right to make such a claim.
That feeling reaching the end of The Fellowship of the Ring is what I got with Part 1 of Ramayana. Wanting to instantly put on Part 2 and continue this journey / tale. What a feeling!
This movie had so much epic action and music to go alongside it that I stayed during the credit roll, just totally immersed in it. Critique for my 8.5 stance – Even if minor, but a note. Sometimes a scene was out of focus whenever the camera panned. The world was so beautiful; why wouldn’t you focus the camera so we could enjoy what’s supposed to be shown on screen? Regardless, I was left wanting to watch Part 2 straight after, and for that, a truly great epic movie was delivered, and something I can see many owning on Blu-ray in the highly anticipated wait for 2028’s Part 2.
Have you checked out Ramayana? Planning to? Or just curious about it? Love to hear your thoughts in the comments below.
Appreciate you coming by Popped for your movie “Reviews”. With Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die being bopped off the top 10 list of 2026…what’s to be dropped going forward for the remainder of 2026! What strong competition this year in movies! I’m excited but a little scared to rank them, haha. But a deed that must be done prior to Oscar Nominations!
Until next time, fellow movie-goers, happy movie-going!
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