A still from the film Ramayana showing Ranbir Kapoor, who plays the Hindu god Ram, dressed in traditional attire and gold fineriesImage source, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend, Sony Pictures
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The film adapts the revered Hindu epic Ramayana

ByZoya MateenBBC News, Delhi
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India's most expensive film - a lavish retelling of the Hindu epic Ramayana, made in two parts for a reported $500m - has opened in cinemas worldwide, sparking enormous expectations and mixed reviews.

Directed by Nitesh Tiwari, Ramayana: Rise of a Legend is the first of two planned films, a sprawling production that brings together some of India's biggest stars, Hollywood visual-effects expertise and two Oscar-winning composers in an attempt to take one of the country's most revered stories to a global audience.