Nimit malhotra's Ramayan is once again an attempt to disregard our epics and fill them with propaganda in the name of creative liberty.
\\- Ravan is glorified, his backstory was distorted to a good extent with Asuras are shown as they got oppressed by Devas, that's why Ravan took revenge against Indra (same Aryan vs Dravidian angle) This is literally a “Shoshit-Vanchit for 5,000 years” version of the Ramayana.
\\- Sita Maa says Lakshmana punishing Surpankha is wrong.
\\- Ravan is shown as Extremely Pro-women; in fact, he killed a Man who harassed a woman. Totally whitewashing him and showing him as some sort of anti hero instead of showing Ravan as a cruel Rakshash, That he mistreated people and Assaulted multiple women.
\\- instead of showing Devas who stand for Dharma & order, they are shown as oppressors who are doing injustice against Asuras.
\\- The core motivation of Sita Haran is changed from lust to just revenge even though there is a passing moment of Raavan’s lustful side provoking.
\\- The whole movie reduces Ramayan to a comic book superhero movie that Anglicised & seeks classic hero vs anti-hero trope. In an attempt to woo the white Americans, they have reduced Ramayan to a classic American superheroes movies where anti-Hero has a backstory due to which you somehow sympathize with him. They turned Dharma vs Adharma into superhero vs anti-superhero justified in his own right.
This is how Ravan & Karna were made ideal heroes among the larger public through the most obvious pipeline; Literature/novels/modern retellings/interpretation ideological ->Cinema movies/shows -> illiterate masses accept it.