Mumbai: Ranbir Kapoor, who was in the news for his speech given on the occasion of Dussehra, has now apologized. The actor said that during the program held in Kolkata, he had made a mistake in speaking, which he termed as a slip of the tongue. Let us tell you, this matter is related to a Dussehra program held in Salt Lake Central Park, West Bengal. The theme of this event was 'Ram's Ayodhya'. Here Ranbir talked about the importance of the festival, but questions started being raised on social media regarding one of his sentences. After the video went viral, people started taking his words in the wrong context.
Clarification given on audio launch of Ramayana in Chennai
Ranbir himself spoke on this issue during the music launch of Nitesh Tiwari's film 'Ramayana' in Chennai on Wednesday. He said, “I would like to use this opportunity to apologize for the incident that happened yesterday. I was at a Dussehra event and I slipped while speaking there. What I really wanted to say was that no matter how powerful evil is, in the end good and truth will prevail.”
#WATCH | Chennai, Tamil Nadu: Actor Ranbir Kapoor apologizes for his remarks at a Dussehra event in Kolkata after videos of his speech went viral on social media. He says, "I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for the incident that happened yesterday. I was at the Dussehra event, and I had a slip of the tongue. What I meant to say is, 'No matter how powerful the evil may be, in the end I will live and be true'…" He adds, "This reminds me of a collaboration that I had with Rahman sir (AR Rahman) in Rockstar. What I want to say is 'Whatever I want to say, destroy my words'. So I truly apologize for that…"
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Taking his point further, Ranbir mentioned his own film 'Rockstar'. He said, “This reminds me of a song I did with AR Rahman sir – Jo bhi main kehna chah chahiye, vaada karen alfaaz mere. So I am really sorry.” During this, producer Namit Malhotra, director Nitish Tiwari and actor Ravi Dubey were also present on the stage.
When will 'Ramayana' be released?
Nitesh Tiwari's 'Ramayana' will be released in two parts. The first part of the film will be released worldwide on 5 November 2026 on the occasion of Diwali, while the second part will release in Diwali 2027. The budget of this film is said to be around Rs 4000 crore and it has been jointly produced by Prime Focus Studios, DNEG and Yash's company Monster Mind Creations.
In the film, Ranbir Kapoor plays the role of Lord Ram, Sai Pallavi plays Sita, Yash plays the role of Ravana, Sunny Deol plays Hanuman and Ravi Dubey plays Laxman. Apart from this, Lara Dutta, Arun Govil and Rakul Preet Singh are also in important roles. The film will be released in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and English and will also be shown in IMAX.