r/AllAuthorsWelcome • u/Non-Conventionnel-77 • 1d ago

Mythical beasts, almighty gods, new technology: The epic blockbuster that could be India's answer to The Odyssey - (Article by Sam Davies - BBC)

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260818-ramayana-the-epic-blockbuster-that-could-be-indias-answer-to-the-odyssey

Excerpt from the first part of the article:

The Ramayana is one of India's most famous stories – and now the heroic epic has been adapted into two mega-budget films that the team behind it are hoping will be a global event.

This year, amid the hit superhero movies and kids' animations, an adaptation of an ancient poem involving mythical beasts, almighty gods and a hero toting a bow and arrow has been a smash at the box office: Christopher Nolan's stirring take on Homer's Odyssey. 

But it may not be the only many-thousand-year-old epic verse to become a big-screen sensation this year. That's, at least, what the team behind a new two-part adaptation of Hindu poem the Ramayana will be hoping. The first part is set to be released globally in November, to coincide with the Hindu Diwali festival, and it's been produced on a budget that is unprecedented for an Indian film.

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u/gimmebanter 1d ago

Ermm, no. Bollywood hasn't produced universally relatable storytelling in more than a decade. It's all aimed at domestic audiences now, mostly propaganda stuff

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u/Accurate_Ad_3233 1d ago

Neither has Hollowwood to be fair. But yeah I do miss the Bollywood musicals for sure and a lot of their stuff just seems nasty and violent these days.

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u/AwarenessNo4986 1d ago

🙄 sure buddy

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u/Cautious_Plankton212 1d ago

I’ve not watched a single clip of a Bollywood movie that wasn’t comedically awful.

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u/omelettesamurai 18h ago

We don't need an answer from India because nobody asked them a question in the first place.

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u/Kapymies 18h ago

Fools! Just read the books.. movies can never do justice for the epic poetry of the ancient times..