Ramayana: Rise of a Legend made its Dussehra moment about the antagonist. On 20 October, as advance bookings opened across India, the filmmakers shared a new musical unit built around Yash as Ravana—titled Rise of Asura in Hindi.
What the unit shows
The sequence is designed as a character introduction rather than a story beat. Yash appears as the ruler of Lanka in a commanding, larger-than-life register; the makers are selling physicality, look and intensity rather than plot. The Hindi version features vocals by Vishal Dadlani, lyrics by Dr Kumar Vishwas, and music supervision by A.R. Ameen and Hiral Viradia. The unit is called Ravana Tandava in Kannada and Ravana Tandavam in Tamil and Telugu, with Tamil vocals by Anirudh Ravichander and G.V. Prakash Kumar. Songs are being released under the T-Series label.
Tandav, in the mythological context the film draws on, is the cosmic dance associated with Lord Shiva—creation, preservation and destruction. Ravana’s devotion to Shiva, and his association with the Shiva Tandav Stotram, gives the sequence its cultural logic: the filmmakers are presenting Ravana through devotion and strength as much as menace.
Why the date matters
Dussehra marks Ram’s victory over Ravana, so a Ravana-led reveal is a deliberate inversion of the festival’s usual emphasis. It also signals how Nitesh Tiwari’s two-part adaptation wants to handle the epic—not as a simple fight between good and evil, but with a Ravana who can carry his own mythology.
The release plan
- Ranbir Kapoor plays Ram, Sai Pallavi plays Sita, Yash plays Ravana, Sunny Deol plays Hanuman and Ravie Dubey plays Lakshman.
- Part 1 releases worldwide on 5 November 2026; Part 2 is set for Diwali 2027.
- The film will be released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, and in IMAX.
- Prime Focus Studios produces with DNEG and Yash’s Monster Mind Creations; Sony Pictures handles global distribution outside India, while Dharma Productions takes the Hindi-speaking market.
The opening of advance bookings makes the release concrete. For audiences, it is the moment to lock in seats for a film that is being positioned as an event across languages and formats. For the industry, it sets an early test: whether a mythological spectacle built around star casting and festival-timed reveals can convert attention into sustained demand over the next two weeks.
Source: Peeping Moon
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