Yash has moved the Ramayana conversation from speculation to confirmation. At the trailer launch in Bengaluru, the actor-producer said the two-part adaptation is budgeted at ₹4,000 crore combined, a figure that had been widely debated after producer Namit Malhotra’s earlier comments.
“Both the movies combined is definitely ₹4,000 crore,” Yash said. The budget, he added, covers post-production and promotional expenses as well.
Why Yash is saying the number aloud
Yash defended the disclosure as a deliberate market signal. He noted that in India, speaking with confidence about a project is often read as overclaiming, while in Western markets a modest pitch can get a film dismissed as small. Naming the budget, he argued, is a way to communicate the scale of Indian filmmaking to a global audience.
The framing matters because Ramayana is not being positioned as a domestic event alone. The filmmakers want the two-film epic to travel, and the budget claim is part of that pitch.
The stakes around the epic
The confirmation also arrives at a delicate moment for Yash. He acknowledged that Toxic had received mixed reviews and told fans he would work to make Ramayana a film they could speak of with pride. A star-producer is tying his credibility to the franchise’s delivery as much as to its marketing.
Directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra’s Prime Focus Studios, Ramayana adapts the Hindu epic across two instalments. Ranbir Kapoor plays Lord Rama, Sai Pallavi plays Sita, Yash plays Ravana and Sunny Deol plays Hanuman. The ensemble includes Ravi Dubey, Anupam Kher, Kajal Aggarwal, Rakul Preet Singh, Vivek Oberoi, Kunal Kapoor and Lara Dutta, among others.
- Combined budget: ₹4,000 crore, including post-production and promotions.
- First instalment: November 5, 2026, a Diwali release.
- Second instalment: planned for Diwali 2027.
For Hindi cinema, the significance lies in the stakes. A number of this size turns each release into a test of whether Indian mythology, mounted at global scale, can find a global audience without losing its local centre of gravity.
Source: Hindustan Times
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