New Delhi:

Arun Govil is known for playing the role of Lord Rama in Ramanand Sagar’s film The RamayanaThere was a full-circle moment when he returned as King Dasharatha in Nitesh Tiwari’s upcoming two-part film. in the Ramayana, The actor plays the father of Lord Ram, played by Ranbir Kapoor. In a recent chat, he opened up about how he initially didn’t like playing the role of King Dasharatha, but Nitesh Tiwari was adamant.

Arun Govil said Variety India“Would you believe it, I didn’t want to do it at all. Frankly, I didn’t feel the need when it was offered to me. But then, these guys were so adamant. Nitesh Tiwari was so adamant.”

He added, “No, sir, you have to do it.” It took me about three months to say yes. They were after me. It got to such a point that they started saying that it is very easy to sign Yash and Ranbir. But signing Dasharatha was very difficult. So, finally, I said yes.”

Arun Govil has the unique quality of playing Lord Rama, Lakshmana and Dasharatha. He played the role of Laxman in the 1997 film love kush

On the difficulty of playing Dasharatha

Also, Arun Govil said that playing the role of Dasharatha was not difficult, as the character was already in his mind since he played the role of Lord Ram.

“Even at the time of Ram, Dasharatha made sense to me. To understand Ram’s emotions, Dasharatha’s emotions were in front of me. Being the father of a 46-year-old son in real life, fatherly emotions came naturally to me,” said the actor.

As for his upcoming projects, Arun Govil said that he hasn’t said yes to anything after Ramayan, as he doesn’t like to do anything “routine”.

About the movie

Made on a budget of Rs 4,000 crore, Ramayana is considered to be the most ambitious film of Indian cinema ever made. The film was widely promoted worldwide. On October 27, the producers held a special screening in Los Angeles.

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