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Reliance Animation Academy/Tenali Rama Animation India’s Reliance Animation Academy and Tenali Rama Animation have unveiled “Ravana – The Lost Battle with Shri Ram,” one of India’s first student-led theatrical feature films, to be produced through an industry-education partnership.
The project centers on Ravana, the many-headed demon king whose abduction of the princess Sita sets in motion the climactic war at the heart of “The Ramayana” – one of Hinduism’s foundational epics, attributed to the sage Valmiki and revered across South and Southeast Asia. Where most adaptations cast Ravana as a straightforward villain, the film aims to present a more complex reading of the character. The epic has inspired countless screen iterations, from the 1993 Indo-Japanese animated co-production directed by Yugo Sako, Ram Mohan and Koichi Sasaki – re-released in 4K in India in 2025 – to Nitesh Tiwari’s upcoming big-budget live-action adaptation starring Ranbir Kapoor as Rama and Yash as Ravana, due in cinemas for Diwali 2026.
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