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Epic stories are made to narrate the lifestyle lived by the people of ages and it teaches the value of culture and the belief of a community who follow that. When we hear the word ‘Ramayana’, the subconscious mind will show the globally known term which is the “Indian Epic” and it underpins the basic ideologies of a human life such as dharma, devotion and righteousness. All these values are taught through the timeless moral and spiritual journey of Lord Rama, the seventh avatar of Lord Vishnu.
This Epic story has been shaped and presented to the audiences in multiple forms of arm especially in movies, television series and even in animated movies. But the reception among the fans still remains fresh and stuck in awe. Among them, the live-action movie reaches the larger population not only in India but also the international audiences. Because the audience connect themselves quite easily with the favourite actor/actresses of theirs who portray the epic characters of all time. As the first glimpse of the upcoming Nitish Tiwari’s version of ‘Ramayana’ is launched today, it is buzzing the world of social media for the revelation of the biggest star cast, production and the frame was blasting with surprises when it featured Academy Award winning music directors AR Rahman and Hans Zimmer, the collaboration which the Indian and the global audience where dreamed of. So, this gives electrifying expectations over this movie across the nation.
While the days are counted for its theatrical release, it is not the first live-action movie of ‘Ramayana’. The following are the list of live-action movies in the Indian cinema that has released so far all these years. Also, there are many commercial Indian movies, where the core plot of this epic story has also been adapted and modified according to the choice of the creators world.
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| Movie | Year | Language | Cast |
| Sampoorna Ramanyanam | 1958 | Telugu | N.T.Rama Rao, S.Varalakshmi, Rajanala |
| Sampoorna Ramayana | 1961 | Hindi | Mahipal, Anita Guha, M.R.Radha |
| Lava Kusa | 1963 | Telugu/Tamil | N.T.Rama Rao, Anjali Devi, Kanta Rao |
| Kanchana Sita (Depicts the Uttara Kanda of ‘Ramayana’) | 1977 | Malayalam | Ramdas, Venkateswarlu, Chinna Pulliah, Krishnan |
| Lav Kush | 1997 | Hindi | Jeetendra, Jaya Prada, Aruna Irani |
| Sri Rama Rajyam | 2011 | Telugu | Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nayanthara, Sai Kumar |
| Adipurush | 2023 | Hindi/Telugu | Prabhas, Kriti Sanon, Saif Ali Khan |
