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ALTBalaji signs Rithvik Dhanjani for a digital series

Rithvik Dhanjani has been winning our hearts with his great hosting skills for a long time now, but the diehard fans of the actor still want to see him in a fiction show. Dhanjani, who made his acting debut with a cameo appearance in Ekta Kapoor's Bandini, has not been seen in any fiction show after his popular show Pavitra Rishta ended its run a couple of years ago.

However, if sources are to be believed, the popular actor is teaming up with his mentor Ekta Kapoor once again, but their next venture is not a TV show. Rithvik has been signed to play a pivotal role in ALTBalaji's forthcoming web-series which also stars Vivek Oberoi and Ravi Kishan. The crime and gangster drama series is expected to go to the sets very soon.


Besides this untitled web-series, ALTBalaji is also making a digital show, titled Broken. It stars Vikrant Massey in the principal role.

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Yash says Ravana in Ramayana must connect with Western viewers as film eyes global audience

Highlights

  • Yash says he humanised Ravana to help global audiences relate to the character.
  • Asura designs in the first glimpse drew criticism for looking too Western-inspired.
  • Producer Namit Malhotra compares the film's tone to Lord of the Rings and Gladiator.
Yash, who plays the demon king Ravana in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana, says his portrayal was shaped by one clear goal: making the character relatable beyond Indian audiences.
Speaking at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this week, where the film was presented alongside major Hollywood releases, the actor said he worked to strip away the purely mythological reading of the role.

"I have tried to internalise the whole essence of Ravana and tried to make him as human as possible at times," Yash told Reuters.

"It is important for people to relate to him, and since we have global ambitions, we need to make it familiar to a Western audience as well."

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