The designer sweated a lot in creating the look of Ravana in ‘Ramayana’, Yash wore a costume weighing 33 kg, the crown was 1.8 kg.

November 10, 2026

It is not easy to make a grand mythological film on a Hindu epic like Ramayana, because of the religious sentiments of the people attached to it. Costumes play an important role in making such characters come alive and making the audience believe in their portrayal. During a recent interview, costume stylist and designer Sania Sardhariya talked about Yash’s elaborate look as Ravana. He told that the actor had to wear costumes weighing 16 to 20 kg. Some days the weight of these costumes could even reach 33 kg. Apart from this, the crown of Ravana of ‘Ramayana’ was 1.8 kg.

The designer talked about the weight of Yash’s costume of ‘Ramayana’

Speaking to India Today, Sania said, ‘Most of the costumes weighed around 16 to 20 kg including jewelery but some costumes were very heavy, like Ravana’s look associated with Lanka, his wedding costume and the costume he wore during Shurpanakha’s wedding. If I remember correctly, his weight was around 30 to 33 kg.

The weight of Yash’s crown in ‘Ramayana’ was 1.8 kg.

Sania told that the most difficult task in designing Ravana’s costume was to prepare his crown. He revealed that despite several attempts to reduce the weight of the crown, it weighed only 1.8 kg. He said, ‘I think the most difficult thing was wearing the crown, because even with a little weight on the head, it feels very heavy and uncomfortable. So, we did a lot of experiments on this. We made several 3D mock crowns to make sure the design was perfect. Then we ‘reverse-engineered’ it to make it lighter, but I don’t think we could make it lighter than 1.8 kg. We did as much as we could. Still it seemed very heavy. Even though this problem may not be visible in his expression, in reality it was a huge task.

Story of the 10th head of Ravana of ‘Ramayana’

Designer Sania Sardhariya wrote in a post on her Insta, ‘The Tenth Head – a design story… Ravana was not just a king with ten heads. To me, his ten heads symbolized different aspects of his extraordinary personality and thinking. These included intelligence, knowledge, ambition, strength, devotion and many such contradictions in his personality, which make him a very interesting character. When I began envisioning this design for the Los Angeles premiere of RSY, I wanted to present this symbolism in my own style rather than replicate it exactly. So I deliberately decided to make only nine heads in it, because I liked to believe that RSY himself would be its tenth head.