Ramayana title lands in controversy

Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi, Yash's Ramayana directed by Nitesh Tiwari is capturing the imagination of all. The title glimpse released couple of days won the appreciation from all quarters. The film is slated for release on Diwali in two parts in 2026 and 2027.

In the midst of all this, Ramayana title sparked a controversy. Industrialist  and one of the owners of the Chitale group, Nikhil Chitale came up with a question saying  "It’s Ramayan, not Ramayana. It’s Ram, not Rama. We need to avoid the anglicization of our words. Our heritage doesn’t need a colonial accent. It’s written by Valmiki, FYI."

Netizens reacted in the following manner.

Some netizens supported him saying, "That's a really important point about preserving the authenticity of our heritage." and "Correct Similarly, it's Mahabharat not Mahabharata; Yog not Yoga; Dharm not Dharma, Itihaas not Itihaasa and so on...Others did not agree with him.

However, others disagreed with the businessman's point of view.

One of the users commented, "That's not anglicization. Kannada adds an 'a' at the end of almost every word and that's not influenced by English. For Kannadigas it is always 'Ramayana', 'Rama', 'Mahabharatha', 'Ganesha', 'Arjuna', 'Bheema'."

Another one penned, "The pronunciations are Rama and Ramayana in sanskrit. Agreed that if the movie is made in hindi then they should've kept the hindi pronunciation spellings."