- By Tapapriya Dutta
- Mon, 29 Jul 2024 01:44 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Ranbir Kapoor, who is all set to play Lord Ram in Nitesh Tiwari's much-anticipated movie Ramayana, has opened up about his religious beliefs. The actor shared that he started reading a lot about mythology in a couple of years. He also said that he started believing in the Sanatana Dharam. Ranbir also stated that his relationship with god is more like gratitude. He also called his late father Rishi Kapoor very pious and a great devotee to god.
In an interview with Nikhil Kamath on his People by WTF podcast, Ranbir said “So when I grew up, my father (Rishi Kapoor) was extremely pious. He used to do two pujas a day... we celebrate every festival, we have Navratas at home... so God was a very big thing for me growing up. I think it gave a lot of peace to my father; my mother (Neetu Kapoor) was less religious... so, I have a good feeling about God... even when I’m in trouble, when I’ve been like, my mother’s fighting with me, and I don’t have another conflicted conversation with her, where she’s going to cry and stuff like that. Or I want a film to succeed, or I want to buy something. I’ve never asked for that. So my relationship with God is a lot of gratitude. And you know, I feel very, very grateful for the place I’m in, of everything that I have. And so that kind of sums up my relationship with God.”
“I started believing a lot in the Sanatana Dharam. I think I started reading a lot about it in the last couple of years. I went quite deep into what it is, what the effects are. And see, you believe it or you don’t believe it. If you believe it, it is like hope. It is like giving yourself a good system, good values... I think there is something good about it. I feel connected,” he added.
Ranbir is playing Lord Ram in upcoming film "Ramayana"
— पौने दो आँखवाला (@Ponedo_aankh) April 27, 2024
Nitesh signed an actor who'd been a womaniser
Ram was a one woman man, he respected his elders & hence he was called "Maryada Purushottam"
Whereas Ranbir had multiple affairs & stayed separately
It hurts Hindu Semtiments! pic.twitter.com/sNe3f7cEv5
Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana also stars Sai Pallavi as Sita, Yash as Ravana, Lara Dutta as Kaikeyi, Sunny Deol as Hanuman, Arun Govil as Dashrath and Ravi Dubey as Lakshman. The movie is scheduled to be released in theatres in 2025.
Also read: Ramayana: Ranbir Kapoor-Sai Pallavi Starrer Working Title Revealed; Actor To Begin Preparations Soon