How Did Hans Zimmer React to Ramayana? Namit Malhotra Spills The Details

Legendary musical genius Hans Zimmer is working on the tracks of Namit Malhotra and Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana. The first look for the movie was recently released, where Ranbir Kapoor as Rama and Yash as Ravana were introduced. Some glimpses into their epic fight were also shown in the video.

During a podcast with Prakhar Gupta, Namit Malhotra shared more details about Ramayana. He opened up about Hans Zimmer, who is working on the larger-than-life tracks of the movie. Namit explained that Hans Zimmer stopped his midway when he tried to explain the story. The music composer said, “It’s clearly something beyond us. You and I don’t need to explain it.”

Namit noted that Zimmer also asked him not to explain it further. Hans acknowledged how relevant Ramayana is, and shared, “You don’t have to explain it (Ramayana) to me. Something that has lived through thousands of years, generations of people, and continues to be relevant after all of that time you and I don’t need to explain it. Something is there, why it is relevant even today. Let’s acknowledge it and let’s do the best we can because it’s clearly something that’s beyond us.”

Namit Malhotra also opened up about AR Rahman and Hans Zimmer working on the epic, which has been split into two parts. Sharing how the two legends work together, Malhotra shares, “I have sometimes sat there and witnessed the two of them together. I’m like… there is so much mutual respect, so much admiration for each other’s work that, as artists, it’s actually something to learn from.”