Sadhguru says films inspired by the Ramayana have been rudimentary: ‘We have been hypnotised and brainwashed’

Spiritual guru Sadhguru and producer Namit Malhotra talk about Nitesh Tiwari's upcoming Ramayana starring Ranbir Kapoor in the lead role.

Sadhguru talks about Nitesh Tiwari's upcoming film Ramayana. (Photo: YouTube/Nitesh Tiwari)

Director Nitesh Tiwari’s upcoming epic Ramayana is among the most anticipated films of 2026. Spiritual leader Sadhguru recently sat down with the film’s producer, Namit Malhotra, to discuss the project and the immense responsibility that comes with bringing such a story to life.

Namit told Sadhguru about his journey and asked him why he had been chosen for such an important project. He said, “I lead a life of reasonable success. I mean, starting alone with an Apple computer, then going on to become the world’s biggest visual effects company. I think that 30 years of my career prepared me to make Ramayan, because I don’t think a 20-year-old me would have done justice to it. Why do you think that has happened?”

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Sadhguru replied, “Don’t try to look for mystical reasons for simple realities that should have happened a long time ago. We have been so brainwashed and hypnotised that in these 80 years, we have not produced a movie of some substance around Ram, Shiva and Krishna.”

The spiritual leader added, “Those who did make those films, I found them very rudimentary. But still those things had such a massive impact. When Mahabharat was going on on the television, the streets of India would be empty. No people on the street – that was the grip it had on the audience. That is the level of aspiration that is there, but we have left them unfulfilled.”

Sadhguru argued that the current state of the world is very concerning, and the “younger generation needs to be shown what the Ramayana truly is.”

“The younger generation needs to be shown what the Ramayana truly is. Because he (Ram) fought because he thought some injustice was being done, not because he was battle hungry. He repented killing his own enemies. Today we are more empowered than before; we aren’t using bows and arrows. Our fight will finish humanity, and Ramayan is in many ways a representation of what is at the core of us as human beings,” said Sadhguru.

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