Apr 24, 2024, 03:17 PM IST

From NTR and Arun Govil to Prabhas: Actors who played Lord Rama before Ranbir Kapoor in Ramayan

Abhimanyu Mathur

Ranbir Kapoor become the latest in a long line of actors to play Lord Rama on screen when he appears in Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayan

Perhaps no other actor has defined the portrayal of Lord Rama quite like the legendary NT Rama Rao, who played him in a dozen films

Sobhan Babu followed in NTR's footsteps when he played Rama in the 1974 Telugu hit Sampoorna Ramayanam

For Hindi-speaking audiences, the most memorable portrayal of Lord Rama remains Arun Govil in Ramanand Sagar's 1988 TV show Ramayan

Jr NTR followed in his gradfather's footsteps when he played a young Prince Rama in Bala Ramayanam (1997)

Bollywood star Jeetendra played Lord Rama in a supporting role in the 1997 film Lav Kush

The most recent member of the Nandamuri family to play Lord Rama is NTR's son Balakrishna, in Shri Rama Rajyam (2011)

In recent times, TV star Gurmeet Chaudhary did the most iconic and memorable portrayal of Lord Rama in the 2008 reboot of Ramayan 

And of course, there is Prabhas' much-derided and criticised portrayal of Lord Rama in the box office bomb Adipurush from 2023

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