Ramayana:
Reports
of
Alia
Bhatt
replacing
Sai
Pallavi
in
Nitesh
Tiwari's
highly-ambitious
project,
Ramayana
started
surfacing
after
they
were
seen
together
outside
an
office
in
Mumbai
on
June
7.
The
film
will
reportedly
see
Ranbir
Kapoor
as
Ram
and
Alia
Bhatt
as
Sita.
ALIA
BHATT
SET
TO
REPLACE
SAI
PALLAVI
IN
RAMAYANA:
REPORTS
While
the
movie
will
go
on
floors
by
the
end
of
the
year,
makers
and
producers
of
the
film,
Nitesh
Tiwari,
Madhu
Mantena,
and
Namit
Malhotra
will
reportedly
make
a
formal
announcement
about
the
film
during
Diwali
2023.
Earlier
it
was
reported
that
the
film
has
been
put
on
hold
for
an
indefinite
time
period,
but
soon
reports
started
emerging
that
Sai
Pallavi,
who
was
set
to
star
alongside
Ranbir
in
Ramayana
has
been
replaced
by
Alia
Bhatt.
NETIZENS
REACT
TO
ALIA
BHATT
REPLACING
SAI
PALLAVI
IN
RANBIR
KAPOOR
STARRER
RAMAYANA
Netizens
seemed
pretty
unimpressed
with
the
film's
star
cast
and
especially
the
decision
of
the
film
makers
to
replace
Sai
Pallavi
by
Alia
Bhatt.
Reddit
was
on
fire
as
users
slammed
the
makers'
choice.
A
user
wrote,
"At
the
risk
of
being
trolled,
Alia
and
Ranbir
have
ZERO
chemistry.
I
was
trying
hard
to
convince
myself
of
some
chemistry
during
Bramhastra
but
couldn't
find
any.
Sai
Pallavi
and
RK's
would
have
been
a
fresh
pairing
plus
she
would
look
the
part."
"Alia
Bhatt
snatching
projects
from
other
actresses.
Reduced
fees,
aggressive
PR,
misusing
connections
etc.
this
industry
is
in
the
dumps," wrote
another.
Another
user
commented,
"sita
being
played
by
a
british
actress
who
is
part
white
and
ram
being
played
by
a
fairer
skinned
actor....
it's
giving
colonial
hangover."
A
Reddit
user
who
thought
Sai
Pallavi
would
have
been
a
stellar
casting
choice
wrote,
"Alia
being
in
anything
and
everything
is
just
plain
boring
now.
Nothing
against
her
personally,
but
do
these
people
really
have
no
other
options?
Every
big
project
eventually
ends
up
in
her
lap
only...
sad
since
Sai
would
have
been
a
stellar
casting
choice."
"Nitesh
tiwari
thinks
ranbir
is
lord
ram
,
dimaag
ghutne
mein
gaya
kya
unka," commented
another.
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