India, July 15 -- Producer Namit Malhotra opened up about what inspired him to bring India's greatest epic, the Ramayana, to life on a scale the world has never seen. Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, the film stars Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram, Sai Pallavi as Sita and Yash as Raavan.

Speaking candidly during a podcast with Prakhar Gupta, Namit shared how a childhood fascination with films, particularly Jurassic Park, sparked his dream to create something equally grand. "When Jurassic Park came out, I was in awe. How did they come up with something so massive and immersive? It made me want to be a filmmaker, to build worlds," he recalled.

But it was during the recent Hollywood writers' strike that Namit found the space to re-examine not just his ...