Nitish Tiwari’s “Ramayana” emerges as most expensive film costing ₹835 crore,
Nitish Tiwari’s “Ramayana” emerges as most expensive film costing ₹835 crore,
Nitish Tiwari’s Ramayana emerges as Indian Film Industry’s most expensive film with a budget of $100 million, almost as much as several Hollywood studio features.
Gone are the days when ₹50 crore was considered a big budget for an Indian film. As of today, with trend in filmmaking having gone a tremendous change. Ane films meant for streaming on OTT are made for twice as much. The biggest Indian films are slowly rivalling Hollywood
productions with their budgets and scale. Pretty soon, the mantle of the most expensive Indian film is set to change, as production wraps up on the country’s first-ever $100 million production, a magnum opus years in the making.
Most expensive Indian film
Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayan breaks the record of the most expensive Indian film to be released in two parts. Recently, Ramayana Part 1 wrapped filming and has now headed into post-production.
As per reports from source close to the production, the film has a massive budget of $100 million, the highest ever in Indian cinema history. This approximately ₹835 crore budget for Ramayana 1 exceeds the budgets of Kalki 2898 AD ( ₹600 crore), RRR and Adipurush (both ₹550 crore). The VFX-heavy Brahmastra Part One is the most expensive Bollywood film made to date, with a reported budget of ₹375 crore and has VFX by an Oscar winner; not Kalki 2898 AD, RRR, Brahmastra, Adipurush.
Ramayana Part 1 is being produced by Namit Malhotra, who owns Prime Focus, the world’s largest independent integrated media services company. Namit is also the CEO of its British-Indian subsidiary DNEG, which specialises in visual effects. DNEG is creating the VFX for Ramayana, and the company comes with a great pedigree, having won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects eight times.
Ramayana is a two-part film based on Valmiki’s epic of the same name. The Nitesh Tiwari directorial project features Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Rama, along with Sai Pallavi as Sita and Yash as Ravana. The film’s star-studded support cast includes Vivek Oberoi, Rakul Preet Singh, Lara Dutta, Kajal Aggarwal, Ravi Dubey, Kunal Kapoor, Arun Govil, Sheeba Chadha, and Indira Krishnan.
Reportedly the film’s first glimpse releases on July 3 and scheduled for Diwali 2026 release.
News Edit KV Raman
