It’s The Biggest Film Made on Indian Soil: Addinath Kothare on Playing Bharat in Ramayana

Addinath Kothare is the newest addition to a stellar ensemble cast of Ramayana as he has confirmed to be playing the role of Bharat, the doting brother of Lord Ram. He shared the joy of being a part of Nitesh Tiwari’s big project, which he believes is among the biggest ones to be ever made in Indian cinema. Addinath also shared how grateful he is to have landed this important role and lauded Nitesh Tiwari’s film’s scale, vision, and writing.

Addinath shared how much the film means to him and said, “It’s a blessing. It’s the biggest film made on Indian soil. It’s also one of the biggest films made globally today. To be a part of it, I am truly indebted to Mukesh Chhabra. He is the man who cast me and, of course, Nitesh sir for choosing me for the character of Bharat. And also Namit Malhotra sir who believed in me and entrusted me with such a big responsibility.”

For those unaware with the epic, Bharat is one of the four brothers of Lord Ram, who has an unflinching devotion and loyalty towards his brother. Addinath also stated that the scale and ambition of Ramayana is something he has never witnessed before in his career as an actor.

He expressed admiration for the makers’ commitment, revealing more, “They are amazingly clear about their vision. They are absolutely well-planned. They have spent almost 10 years in the pre-production of this project. Nitesh sir started the journey of scripting Ramayana in 2016 or 2017. Also, Namit sir, Prime Focus and Nitesh sir have been working on the VFX together and the pre-production for this film started even before the lockdown, I think.”

Appreciating the film’s meticulous production planning, Addinath said, “It’s one of the most well-planned movies on Indian soil, I think. We are fortunate enough to witness this from close quarters. And I am really fortunate to have got this opportunity in such a big film, not just as an actor, filmmaker, human being, but just to get to witness this humongous scale of film production. No film school can teach you this.”

He is also really impressed by the script and he added, “I was blown away when I heard the screenplay. Now, the display, production value, VFX and detailing; all this is just a cherry on the cake. It is one of the finest scripts I have read, to be honest.”

The rest of the cast of Ramayana includes Ranbir Kapoor portraying Lord Ram, Sai Pallavi as Sita, Ravie Dubey as Lakshman, and Sunny Deol as Hanuman.

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