Maya's Ramayana - The Epic to release on Dussehra

The new era of animation begins here...

This Dusshera, Maya Digital Media Production's 3D animation flick Ramayana - The Epic is all set to hit the silver screen pan India. Directed by Chetan Desai, the flick is inspired by Valmiki's version of the Ramayana, and showcases some of the most complex animated characters, environments, and spectacular virtual sets.

The film is distributed by Warner Bros in India and will hit the screens on 15th October. It is being released in English and Hindi along with versions in Tamil, Telegu, Gujrati and Marathi as well.

Speaking to Bollywood Hungama, debutant Director Chetan Desai shared, "With the initial script that was nine hours long, the film took four years in the making out of which, one and a half years spent in refining the script and pre-production"

Over 100 minutes long, Ramayana - The Epic is a mythological adventure, made in a stylized and contemporary manner with action sequences, imaginative visual virtuosity and an aesthetic visual design.

Maya's Ketan Mehta, added, "With Ramayana - The Epic Indian animation industry is scaling new heights. It has a spectacular audio visual experience far beyond any thing ever attempted in India,"

'Ramayana - The Epic' has Manoj Bajpayee, Juhi Chawla, and Ashutosh Rana lending their voices to the lead characters of Ram, Sita and Ravan respectively.

On a concluding noted, Producer Deepa Sahi added "Ramayana - The Epic with its moving contemplation of mortality, human values and power of good over evil is a perfect piece of popular entertainment that will be watched and loved by all ages. Just like the classic tale it has action, emotion and vivid characters, and it always keeps moving forward."