India, July 4 -- The first glimpse of Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana was unveiled on Thursday. The film, billed as the biggest and most expensive ever made in India, features heavyweights like Ranbir Kapoor as Lord Ram and Yash as Ravana. The title card also features Sai Pallavi as Sita and Sunny Deol as Lord Hanuman. And alongside these stars is a former TV actor, for whom the film just may be his big film breakthrough. Ravi Dubey plays Lakshman in the mythological epic, which makes him one of the leads of the big-budget film.

Born in Gorakhpur, Ravi Dubey grew up in Delhi and Gurgaon, before pursuing electronic and telecommunications engineering at the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology in Mumbai. During his college days, Ravi began workin...