Ravan Trailer

Raavan - Mani Ratnam returns with the most anticipated movie of the year which is rumored to be a modern day ada...

Raavan - Mani Ratnam returns with the most anticipated movie of the year which is rumored to be a modern day ada...

Raavan is rumoured to be a loose adaptation of Ramayana which tells the story of Rama, whose wife Sita is abducted by the demon king of Lanka, Ravana. The film will be told from the view point of Ravana. It is also rumoured that Abhishek's character is based on the life of the Maoist leader Kobad Ghandy. Abhishek plays Veera, a naxalite leader of the downtrodden villagers in eastern Madhya Pradesh.

While Aishwarya Rai plays a character inspired by Sita, Vikram enacts the role of Rama in this contemporary version of the epic. The supporting characters are also said to be inspired by the characters from Ramayana. While Govinda is reported to be the modern day version of Hanuman and Nikhil Dwivedi is Lakshman, National Film Award winning actress Priyamani is expected to play the role of Raavan's sister Soorpanaka.

Raavan is also made in Tamil as Raavanan with Vikram playing the title role. While Aishwarya Rai is retained in the role of Sita, Malayalam actor Prithviraj plays the role of Rama in the Tamil version. Also the film will have a dubbed version in Telugu.