Arun Govil reacts to Ranbir Kapoor playing Lord Ram in Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana: calls Ranbir Kapoor ‘cultured’

Ranbir Kapoor appears to have gotten a stamp of endorsement to play Lord Ram on screen by India’s favourite Ram — Arun Govil — who captured the nation’s affection with his legendary portrayal of Ram in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan (1987)…. Arun Govil recently said that he thinks Ranbir would be able to play the role of Ram in Nitesh Tiwari’s film as the actor is “very hardworking” and “sanskari”.

When inquired in case he considers Ranbir Kapoor would be able to play Ram within the Nitesh Tiwari directorial, Govil told Bollywood Spy, “Woh ho sakta hai ya nahi ho sakta hai woh toh samay batayega. Pehle se kuch nahi kaha ja sakta kisi ke baare mein (As it were time can tell in case that will happen or not, can’t say anything in advance about it). But, as distant as Ranbir is concerned, he could be a great on-screen character. He is an award-winning actor.”

Arun Govil states that as far as he knows Ranbir, he is very hardworking and is very cultured. He also states that he himself was Ranbir several times and that he is sure that Ranbir will try to do his best

Arun Govil played Ram, Sunil Lahiri played Lakshman, Deepika Chikhalia played Sita, Arvind Trivedi was Ravana and Dara Singh played Hanuman. It is being detailed that in Nitesh Tiwari’s reimagination of Ramayana, Ranbir will play Ram, Sai Pallavi will play Sita, KGF star Yash as Ravana and Sunny Deol as Hanuman. There are also reports that suggest Arun Govil will play Dashrath within the movie. While there’s no official announcement regarding the movie, it’s expected to hit theaters in 2025.