{"id":775934,"date":"2026-05-05T23:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/775934\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T23:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T23:02:20","slug":"tarun-khanna-reacts-to-ranbir-kapoors-ramayana-being-compared-to-prabhas-adipurush-ranbir-is-among-the-best-of-this-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/775934\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarun Khanna reacts to Ranbir Kapoor\u2019s Ramayana being compared to Prabhas\u2019 Adipurush: \u2018Ranbir is among the best of this generation\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tarun Tarun Khanna<\/a>, who has played Lord Shiva in several TV shows like Karmaphal Daata Shani, RadhaKrishn, Jai Kanhaiya Lal Ki, Devi Adi Parashakti, Paramavatar Shri Krishna, and Santoshi Maa, has weighed in on the ongoing conversation around Ranbir Kapoor<\/a>\u2019s casting in Nitesh Tiwari<\/a>‘s Ramayana, backing the actor and his approach to the role.Calling Ranbir one of his favourites, Tarun revealed that the actor had attended his stage show as part of his preparation.\u201cRanbir Kapoor is my favourite, and my wife\u2019s favourite too. He came to watch our show at NCPA with his wife Alia Bhatt, his mother Neetu Kapoor, and his friend Ayan Mukerji\u2014just for his prep. Imagine how seriously he takes his craft,\u201d he told Galatta India.<\/p>\n

\u2018Looks don\u2019t matter, emotion does\u2019<\/p>\n

Reacting to debates around Ranbir\u2019s look as Lord Ram, Khanna dismissed such discussions.\u201cThese things are exaggerated\u2014how he looks and all that\u2014it\u2019s meaningless. Ultimately, only one thing connects with people: real, raw emotion,\u201d he said.He added, \u201cA film works when there\u2019s an emotional connection. If that doesn\u2019t happen, you can spend crores, but the film won\u2019t work.\u201d<\/p>\n

Calls out early negativity<\/p>\n

Tarun also addressed the negative commentary surrounding Ramayana, especially comparisons with Adipurush.\u201cPeople are already saying so much money has been spent and the film won\u2019t work. Why spread negativity? Why say it\u2019s going to be another Adipurush?\u201d he said.He pointed out that such narratives impact not just stars but the larger crew. \u201cIt\u2019s not just Ranbir Kapoor\u2014there are so many people whose livelihoods are attached to a film.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Ranbir is among the best of this generation\u2019<\/p>\n

Praising the actor further, Tarun said, \u201cHe is one of the best actors of our generation in the last 20 years. Such a big superstar, such a fine actor\u2014I\u2019ve never heard any controversy about him.\u201dHe criticised attempts to pull the actor down even before the film\u2019s release. \u201cThe film hasn\u2019t even released yet, and people are trying to pull it down.\u201d <\/p>\n

Watch<\/p>\n

Moti Sagar backs Ranbir Kapoor as Ram in Ramayana; says comparisons with TV show are unfair<\/p>\n

\u2018VFX doesn\u2019t make a film work\u2019<\/p>\n

On discussions around the film\u2019s scale and VFX, Tarun maintained that technology alone cannot guarantee success.\u201cNo film works because of VFX. It works because of emotion. If the emotion is right, the film will work. If not, even if you shoot on the moon, it won\u2019t work,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Ranbir, Alia attended his show<\/p>\n

Tarun also recalled that Ranbir, along with Alia Bhatt and Neetu Kapoor, attended his stage performance at Mumbai\u2019s NCPA.\u201cWe spoke before the show. But they left about five minutes before the last scene because otherwise the audience would have surrounded them. Their team took them out quickly,\u201d he shared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tarun Khanna, who has played Lord Shiva in several TV shows like Karmaphal Daata Shani, RadhaKrishn, Jai Kanhaiya…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":775935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[317971,171,317972,53,250444,290695,317973,317970,29967,290694,317969,317974,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-775934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-adipurush-comparison","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-lord-ram-casting","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-nitesh-tiwari","13":"tag-nitesh-tiwari-ramayana","14":"tag-prabhas-adipurush","15":"tag-ramayana-movie","16":"tag-ranbir-kapoor","17":"tag-ranbir-kapoor-ramayana","18":"tag-tarun-khanna","19":"tag-tarun-khanna-on-ranbir-kapoor-ramayana","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-unitedstates","22":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116524466143146650","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=775934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/775934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/775935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=775934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=775934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=775934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}