Confirmed: Ranbir-Hrithik As Rama-Ravana In Nitesh Tiwari’s Webseries, The Budget Will Stagger You

Hrithik and Ranbir  who will play Ravana and  Rama: The mythical   clash of  the mythological  titans  Rama and Ravana has been a part of the Indian Hindu  heritage since the start  of civilization. Filmmakers of every hue have attempted  to film the story.

Now it is  Nitesh Tiwari who is all set to  direct  a new version of the Ramayan. To be produced by  Madhu Mantena , the  three-film trilogy on the Ramayan will  be made at a whopping cost of Rs 750 crores!

And that’s only the estimated   budget.

According to a source  in the know,  both Hrithik and Ranbir  who will play Ravana and  Rama, respectively will be paid  Rs 75 crores each   .

“The rest of  the budget will go   into  making the kind of staggering epic  that the Ramayan has never been treated to before ,” the source inform me.

While Rama and Ravana have been cast, Sita is  yet to be  found for Mantena’s  unfathomably ambitious project.

The source says stories  of Kareena Kapoor being approached  to play Sita were completely false. “They were planted by her marketing team. Kareena  for  all her talent,doesn’t  suit the part at all,” says the  source.

Kareena Kapoor Khan’s husband Saif Ali Khan has been cast as Ravana in  another project based on the  Ramayan  titled Adipurush which is being directed by Om Raut.