The trailer of director Nitesh Tiwari’s ‘Ramayana: Part One’, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash, has taken the internet by storm. It has drawn praise for its visuals and devotional tone while also inspiring a wave of memes online. Released during Brahma Mahurat on July 30, the trailer has generated massive excitement among fans.
Ranbir Kapoor’s Lord Ram look becomes meme fodder
The trailer sparked a flood of humorous posts on X, with users reacting to various moments from the first glimpse. Sharing a screenshot of Ranbir as Lord Rama, one user wrote, “Bro looks like he’s about to say ‘Main udna chahta hu Naina (I want to fly Naina)’….#Ramayana (sic).”
Yash’s Ravana army scene gets compared to a ‘colony of bees’
A sequence showing Yash’s Ravana with his army also caught netizens’ attention. One user compared the shot to a swarm of insects, posting, “#Ramayana Trailer Shot Looks Like Colony Of Bees (sic).”
Sarcastic Dharma Productions’ casting swap goes viralAnother post imagined an alternate cast for the film, swapping images of Ranbir Kapoor, Ravie Dubey, Sai Pallavi and Rakul Preet Singh. It read, “If Ramayan was made by Dharma Productions, this would be the casting we’d get (sic).” The post, along with several other reactions, added to the wave of light-hearted content surrounding the trailer’s release.
More about ‘Ramayana The Introduction’
Besides Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash, the film also features Vivek Oberoi, Kunal Kapoor, Rakul Preet Singh and Sunny Deol in key roles. Sunny plays Lord Hanuman, though his character does not appear in the trailer. Based on sage Valmiki’s ancient epic, Ramayana: Part One is directed by Nitesh Tiwari and produced by Namit Malhotra. The film is set for a theatrical release on the occasion of Diwali 2026, with fans eagerly awaiting the first part of this mythological saga.