India, July 3 -- Ramayana, directed by Nitesh Tiwari, has been described as India's biggest film. With a reported budget of Rs.835 crore and stars from across the film industries, it certainly has enough in its arsenal to be called that. It has stars like Ranbir Kapoor, Yash, Sai Pallavi, and Sunny Deol, and a director of Tiwari's calibre. Yet, the film's title card does not have any of these names. That honour has gone to producer Namit Malhotra, a man who is no stranger to the grand stage, but not that well-known to Indian audiences.

Born into a film family, Namit Malhotra is the son of film producer Naresh Malhotra and grandson of cinematographer MN Malhotra. After completing his education in computer graphics, Namit started his first...